Stephanie Katherine Grant is a multi-talented young person from Tennessee, who conquered Hollywood in her teenage years. Since 2014 she has been appearing in the ABC series “The Goldbergs”.

Early life and family

Stephanie Katherine Yallourakis was born on 17 August 2000, in Kingsport, Tennessee USA, so holds American nationality and her zodiac sign is Leo. Stephanie was born into the family of Anna and Stephen Yallourakis, both of Greek descent. Her mother is a dentist and director of surgical specialty, while her father is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. She has an older brother, Michael Grant, who is also an actor.

Stephanie started taking cello classes when she was only four years old, yet she was very into it and did well on her lessons.

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Stephanie began singing when she was five years old, and her talent was discovered by the local vocal coach in Nashville, who worked as the Country Music Stars, and encouraged Stephanie to try herself as a singer and performer, which advice she followed, and took her last stage name Grant to honor her coach. She participated in the Tennessee State Fair Singing Competition, winning it with the son “Part Of Your World” from the Disney animation film “The Little Mermaid”. Her family moved to Los Angeles in 2009 to hopefully develop their kids’ acting careers with wider exposure.

Brother, Michael Grant

Stephanie’s older brother, Michael, deserves separate mention for his multiple works on TV. Born on 12 May 1996, he is a gifted classical concert pianist, winning his first music competition at the age of six, participating in the Tennessee State Piano Competition.

In 2006 he also won in the concerto and solo performing competitions. In 2009, moving to Los Angeles with the family, Michael landed minor roles in such TV series as “Private Practice”, “Criminal Minds” and “Victorious”, in the latter brilliantly performing the role of a pianist. Later he appeared as Connor in “Pretty Little Liars”, could be seen in the role of Ethan when joining the regular cast of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”, and he also played Jake in “I Didn’t Do It”, appearing in the episode “The Not-So-Secret Lives of Mosquitos and Muskrats”. Among his latest roles there are Warren in the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” series, Danny in “Pitching Tents” (2017) and Marty Shaw in “Chicago P.D.”.

Educational background

Stephanie matriculated from her local high school in Los Angeles in 2019. As of 2020, she is pursuing her acting career an, meantime attendings various drama courses in Hollywood.

Stephanie Katherine Grant

Career

First steps

In 2009 Stephanie managed to get into the crowd of the concert scene in “Hannah Montana: The Movie”, starring Miley Cyrus and Emily Osment, but of course wasn’t credited. However, she got her first minor role in the series “Criminal Minds” in 2010, appearing as Amber Riverton in the episode entitled “Safe Haven”. In 2012 Stephanie landed the role of Madonna in the short film “Grandsons of Anarchy”, sharing the screen with Joe Aceves and Donald Bowen, and the same year she also landed the role of Maria and the voice-over role of the narrator for “Hark the Angel Sings”, the short film directed by Chao-Tung Huang, also featuring Zadrina Eisenmann, Anna Fitzwater and Stone Eisenmann.

Further success

In 2013 Stephanie landed more support roles, among them Tween in the “Save Me” series in the episode “The Book of Beth”, and Jenny Rose the granddaughter of the title character in the drama “Max Rose”, starring Jerry Lewis and Kerry Bishé in the story of a jazz pianist who discovers that his marriage that lasted more than 65 years was one big lie.

At the end of 2013 Stephanie made an appearance in the episode “Ghost Knight” of the mini-series “Deadtime Stories”, landing the role of Princess Gianna, a nice, friendly ghost who was trapped in the walls of a medieval castle. She also played the younger version of Petra in the short film “The Wonder Girls”, and could be seen in “Spy”, a TV movie in which Stephanie played the role of a young girl.

In 2015 she landed the role of Katie in “Nine Million Bicycles in Beijing”, and in the popular TV series “Survivor’s Remorse” Stephanie appeared as Brittany in the episode “One-Love”.

The Goldbergs

Stephanie’s career got a major twist after her landing the role of Emmy “Muscles” Mirsky in the sitcom “The Goldbergs”, aired on ABC network. Emmy is a girl in the neighborhood, who likes to spend time with Adam, the youngest son of the Goldbergs. They grew up together, so they treat each other more like siblings then just close friends. Stephanie shared that she liked playing Emma particularly the scene in which she behaved as ‘one of the guys’, forgetting she was a girl in the company of Adam’s friends, who were all boys. All in all, Stephanie appeared in 32 episodes of seven seasons of the show, continuing into 2020.

For her work in the series she won her first Young Artist Award, founded by the Hollywood Foreign Press. She later won the Young Entertainer Award in the category “Best Recurring Actress in a Television Show”.

Stage performances and other endeavors

Stephanie is also into stage work, as she has always found theatre to be one of her biggest dreams and passions. She landed a role in the “Coney Island Christmas” production at the Geffen Playhouse, located in Brooklyn, New York. Stephanie’s performance earned her positive reviews from theatre critics, who even compared her with young Meryl Streep, which melted Stephanie’s heart.

So excited for an all new episode of Goldbergs tonight at 8/7c on ABC!! Adam and his friends go off campus for lunch… until Beverly finds out. This is a super fun episode and I can’t wait for you all to see it!!! 🎬🎉 pic.twitter.com/nzYpdWTBsU

— Stephanie Katherine (@StephKathGrant1) February 26, 2020

Aside from the previous, Stephanie has participated in multiple commercials too, including the Amazon Kindle, which is a special device for more comfortable online shopping. In 2018 Stephanie modelled for the clothing brand Brandy Melville, and the clothing company J. Lindeberg (Stockholm, Sweden).

Stephanie is eager to become an accomplished director

Stephanie has tried herself as a director and writer – along with her brother, Michael Grant, she wrote and directed the short movie “Dominion” (2016), which was accepted by several major film festivals, such as Oscar Qualifier Los Angeles Shorts Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and a few others.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

• Stephanie enjoys reading most of all, studying British Literature, especially science fiction and fantasy books.
• She also likes riding her horse she keeps in Kingsport, Tennessee, coming there from time to time to see her pet.
• Stephanie loves ballet, both dancing and watching.
• One of the dishes Stephanie enjoyed most recently was a Umami hamburger; she likes Italian cuisine and often eats pizza, pasta and raviolis, as well as Korean food.
• Her favorite dessert is a tiramisu cake covered with chocolate glaze and fresh strawberries and raspberries.
• Stephanie’s dream travel destination is Paris, France.
• She likes wild flowers, such as heather, clover and gillyflowers.

Appearance, clothing style

Stephanie has long light brown hair and hazel eyes. She is 5ft 4ins (1.63m) tall and weighs around 110lbs (50kgs). As to her clothing style, she likes wearing hats and hoodies, as she shared she enjoys winter’s cool weather. She doesn’t like wearing high heels.

Net worth and salary

As of 2020, Stephanie’s net worth is reported to be around $1 million, earned from her multi-faceted career over the last 15 years. The Goldbergs series is still successful, so Stephanie’s fortune is only going to grow.

Early life, family, educational background

American actress Grace Kaufman was born on 29 April 2002, in Los Angeles, California, USA. Her father, David Kaufman, is famous for voicing Danny Phantom in Nickelodeon’s “Danny Phantom.” Her mother, Lisa Picotte, is also a renowned actress and voice actress. Grace has one brother, Henry Oliver Kaufman.

She turned down home-schooling in favor of attending the Acting Institute, and when she’s working, she is taught by on-set tutors, and later makes up lessons by attending online classes and getting help from her school friends.

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Family’s personal life

David has appeared in “CSI,” “Boston Legal,” “ER,” “The Mentalist” “Rizzoli” and “Isles.” He has voiced characters in the animated series versions of “The Avengers” and “Back to the Future”, as well as “Superman: The Animated Series.” Lisa has appeared in “Married with Children,” “His & Hers” and “The Closer.” She has voiced characters in “Fievel’s American Tails”, and the video game “Interstate ’76.” They run a Young Actors Space institute where they train young actors, and have been training Grace in voice modulation since she was young.

Henry is also an actor; he has appeared in “Major Crimes” and lent his voice to “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”

Career

She began attending her parents’ acting classes purely for fun, but soon realized that she wanted to pursue it as a career. Her first professional job was when she was seven-years-old, playing Tootie at the Carpenter Center in Long Beach, California, in a production of “Meet Me in St. Louis.” According to earnthenecklace.com, when recalling her first role in an interview, she stated, ‘It was magical.’ Before her acting career began to take off, she appeared in single episodes of “Free Agents” and “The Closer.”

From 2014-18, she played Ashley Chandler in TNT’s action-drama series, “The Last Ship,” and from 2015-18, she played Berry in “Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets.”

However, she is best known for her current role from 2016 as Kate Burns in CBS’s sitcom, “Man with a Plan,” which stars Matt Le Blanc. Her role as Nikki Presser in 2017’s “Sister” was her debut in a feature film. Other appearances include the season three and four leading role of Deema in “Bubble Guppies” from 2013-2016 – for her audition, she used her father’s microphone. The part also required Grace to sing, which was no problem for her as she has a background in musical theatre. She played multiple characters in “Clarence,” spanning over 40 episodes from 2013-2018.

In 2014, she appeared in eight episodes of “Bad Teacher” as Bronwen, one episode, of “2 Broke Girls,” entitled “And the Childhood Not Included,” as the voice of Young Max, and she also voiced Melody Mouse in the episode “Minnie’s Winter Bow Show!” of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” In 2017-19 she returned to the show as Melody Mouse, voicing her in one episode each year.

For a few years already, she has worked with a vocal trainer, Steve Hollis, to further learn about vocal technique and support. She said that he has given her various warm-up tips which are immensely helpful, especially when she needs to sing for several hours.

Grace Kaufman

At 2012’s HollyShorts Film Festival, she received the Best Actress Award, and at 2014’s Traverse City Film Festival, she won the Discovery Award. She posts song covers to her Instagram page and YouTube channel.

Personal life

She is taking her acting career very seriously, and aside from that, she is also a model, Instagram influencer, singer and social media personality.

She therefore, has had little time for relationships – and as far as the public’s knowledge goes, she has never been in a relationship.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

• Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
• She lent her voice to the 2012 video game, “Call of Duty Black Ops II.”
• She got into acting after watching ‘Golden Era’ films which her grandmother introduced to her.

Her favorite…

• Actor is Bradley Cooper.
• Actress is Jessica Alba.
• Singer is Lady Gaga.
• Holiday destinations are Germany, London and Moscow.
• Colors are blue, pink and black.
• Food is Japanese dishes such as Udon, Sushi and Miso Soup.
• She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, as well as shopping.
• She donates to various charities such as Precious Paws, Homes4Families and Ronald McDonald House Charities.
• She believes that, as a role model, she should promote ‘giving back.’
• She also raises awareness and funds for autoimmune diseases. She supports the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) explicitly. The cause is personal to her as it has affected some of her family members.
• For auditions, she uses her father’s microphone, as she has deemed it her good luck charm.
• Although it is widely assumed, Grace is not related to writer and co-creator of “Friends,” Marta Kauffman.

Appearance

She is of white ethnicity. She stands at 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall, weighs around 117lbs (54kgs), and her vital statistics are 33-24-34; her bra size is 32B, and she wears a US shoe size 7. She has dark brown eyes and brown hair.

Net worth and salary

Her annual income varies according to her commitments, but her estimated net worth is over  $500,000, as of early 2020.

Early life, family, educational background

American actress, Katherine Herzer was born on 17 January 1997 under the sign of Capricorn, in Los Angeles, California USA, so is of American nationality. There is no information about her father, but her mother is Manuela Herzer. She grew up in California with her mother and two older siblings, and matriculated in 2015 before obtaining her Arts degree from New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts.

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Family’s personal life

Manuela filed two lawsuits against, billionaire businessman, Sumner Redstone, in August 2018. She fought to reclaim ownership of an apartment in the Carlyle Hotel. Since being evicted from the Los Angeles home of Sumner and his daughter, Shari Redstone in 2015, Manuela has been in a legal battle against both of them. At the L.A. Superior Court in Santa Monica, she sued the 96-year-old Viacom mogul, claiming that he had purchased the $3.75 million Carlyle Hotel apartment as a gift for her in 2014.

In January 2019, the Californian court granted Manuela $50 million, and Sumner’s mansion valued at $20 million.

Career

At the young age of 6, Katherine was supported and encouraged by her family to follow her dreams, so she began acting. In 2005, she appeared in the incredibly popular movie, “Mr. and Mrs Smith,” starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. As well as “A Lot Like Love,” which starred Taryn Manning, Kathryn Hahn, Amanda Peet, Ali Larter, Ashton Kutcher and Kal Penn; the movie was directed by Jason Reitman.

Her real claim-to-fame is her role as Elizabeth McCord and Henry’s daughter, Alison McCord, in CBS TV’s series “Madam Secretary,” from 2014. The American political drama series was created by Barbara Hall and followed Elizabeth (played by Téa Leoni) as the US Secretary of State, who was formerly a political science professor and CIA analyst. The show also stars Patina Miller. The series ran on CBS from 21 September 2014 to 8 December 2019 and aired 120 episodes.

In May 2019, the sixth and final season of the series was announced, the networked added that the season would consist of ten episodes. The sixth season premiered on 6 October 2019 and filming ended on 13 November 2019. Katherine has also appeared in television series in support guest roles, including in popular shows such as “Without a Trace” from 2004-2019; “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” both in 2008; in 2009 as Tanya in “Little Monk” and as Missy in “Three Rivers”; in 2012 she played a young Anne Frank in “American Horror Story”, and in 2014, Lauren in “Men, Women and Children.”

Kathrine Herzer

While she was still in university, she worked alongside the then vice-president of the US, Al Gore, when she interned at the presidential office in Washington DC, mainly working with him on his climate reality project.

Personal life

She didn’t grow up in a financially-abundant household. To learn how to act and dance, she would stand outside of acting and dancing lessons and watch the students, and would then go home and practice what she observed in front of her mirror.

She became very good with dramatic roles. To assist her family financially, she earned money doing menial-tasked jobs.

Her mentors are her on-screen parents, Téa Leoni and Tim Daly, but she is tight-lipped about her biological father.

Interesting facts

She volunteers at Los Angeles’ Teen Line Program, helping at-risk teenagers through counselling.

Appearance

Katherine has black hair and brown-black eyes. She is 5ft 5in (1.65m) tall and weighs around 132lbs (60kgs).

Net worth and salary

According to Payscale, she earns an annual average salary of over $50,000, depending on appearances, and has an estimated net worth of close to $500,000 as of early 2020.