---
name: "Grace VanderWaal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/grace-vanderwaal"
fi1m_id: "grace-vanderwaal"
imdb_id: "nm8437490"
tmdb_id: 2096167
wikidata_id: "Q26897673"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 January 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:52:46.816502+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Grace VanderWaal

## Identity

Grace VanderWaal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/grace-vanderwaal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** grace-vanderwaal
- **IMDb ID:** nm8437490
- **TMDB ID:** 2096167
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26897673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_VanderWaal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26897673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8437490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2096167

Composer. Born 15 January 2004 in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 January 2004, Lenexa, Kansas, USA
- **Also known as:** 그레이스 밴더월, Grace Avery VanderWaal
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_VanderWaal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26897673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8437490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2096167

## Biography

Grace VanderWaal is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She first came to prominence in 2016 when, at the age of twelve, she won the eleventh season of the NBC talent show America's Got Talent.

She made her acting debut in the 2020 Disney+ film *Stargirl*, in which she played Susan "Stargirl" Caraway, and reprised the role in the 2022 sequel *Hollywood Stargirl*. In *Megalopolis* (2024) she played Vesta Sweetwater and contributed original music.

*Sources: collider.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Vesta Sweetwater — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Megalopolis* (2024), as Vesta Sweetwater · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Hollywood Stargirl* (2022), as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway
- *Christmas in Vienna* (2020), as Performer (uncredited)
- *Stargirl* (2020), as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway

## Gallery

- ![Grace VanderWaal](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-203f553a237a.jpg) Grace VanderWaal — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-9_%2844221314270%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-9_%2844221314270%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-bb4063c0d308.jpg) Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-10_%2844221313790%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-10_%2844221313790%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-0625346e445e.jpg) Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-11_%2831098189807%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-11_%2831098189807%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-465df8b4fad2.jpg) Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-12_%2832166308508%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-12_%2832166308508%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grace VanderWaal](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-fcd8f84792de.jpg) Grace VanderWaal — Image via TMDB
- ![Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-14a2424c490c.jpg) Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-13_%2832166307958%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-13_%2832166307958%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/10879/gallery-63b64bda55b2.jpg) Grace VanderWaal performing live at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, July 22, 2018. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-14_%2844221308960%29.jpg/1280px-Grace_VanderWaal_07_22_2018_-14_%2844221308960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Teen Choice Awards 2017: Teen Choice Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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