Mackenzie Foy

Mackenzie Christine Foy is an American actress and model who was born on November 10, 2000. She first gained widespread public recognition for her breakout role as Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 fantasy film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. She is also well known for portraying Cindy Perron in The Conjuring Universe and playing young Murph in the 2014 science fiction film Interstellar.

Foy was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her family had no prior connections to the film industry, as her father worked as a truck driver and her mother was a homemaker. Outside of her work in entertainment, Foy is a practitioner of Taekwondo. She began her modeling career at three years old and started acting at eight years old.

Foy began modeling in print advertisements in 2004, working for brands such as Garnet Hill, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Guess. She subsequently modeled for major companies including The Walt Disney Company, Mattel, and Gap. Her television acting debut arrived at age eight through guest roles on series such as 'Til Death, FlashForward, and Hawaii Five-0. In 2012, she also appeared in two separate episodes of the television series R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, playing the characters Natalie and Georgia Lomin.

In 2010, Foy was cast as Renesmee Cullen in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel Breaking Dawn. She was shown in a flash-forward in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 in November 2011, followed by her full breakout performance in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 in November 2012. In February 2012, Foy joined James Wan's horror feature film The Conjuring, which was shot in North Carolina and released in July 2013.

Foy co-starred as the childhood version of Matthew McConaughey's daughter in Christopher Nolan's 2014 film Interstellar. In addition to live-action feature films, she has performed voice roles in several animated projects, including the English dub of Ernest & Celestine in 2012, The Boxcar Children in 2014, and The Little Prince in 2015. She also played lead roles in the film adaptation of David Baldacci's book Wish You Well and in Erica Dunton's 2014 movie Black Eyed Dog.

In July 2016, Foy was cast in the lead role of Clara in the 2018 film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In May 2019, it was announced she would co-star alongside Kate Winslet in a new adaptation of Black Beauty, which was filmed in late 2019 and released in 2020. In December 2024, reports indicated she was cast alongside Sean Bean and Odeya Rush in the John Suits-directed feature The Isolate Thief.

Over the course of her career, Foy has received recognition for her screen performances. Her breakout role in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film. For her work in Interstellar, she won a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor alongside receiving other award nominations.