Grace Van Dien
Grace Van Dien
Grace Van Dien (born 15 October, 1996), in Los Angeles, California, USA, is an actress, best known for portraying the titular character of the live action adaptation of “Sleeping Beauty”, released in 2014.
She’s also worked on other projects such as “Max” and “Greenhouse Academy”, and alongside her father, actor Casper Van Dien.
Early Life
Grace was born on 15 October 1996, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Her father is actor Casper Van Dien; her mother is Carrie Mitchum.
She descends from a former royal lineage, as her grandmother is Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia of the House of Karageorgevich, a human rights activist, and a former presidential candidate for the country of Serbia.
She is the great-great-great niece of Samuel Langhome Clemens, known worldwide under the pen name Mark Twain. Twain was a humorist, but many called him the father of American literature. She is also the great-grandniece of notable silent film actor Harold Lloyd.
Dien attended a high school.
It was after graduating from high school that she actually started to focus on her acting career.
Personal
She loves pets and owns several pet dogs and cats.
She also loves art, photography, and spending time outdoors.
She has an account on Instagram which she uses to post personal photos and show a bit of her life away from acting. She loves vintage looks and filters, often using them to portray her as someone in history. She also promotes some of her recent work, including publication features such as in “1883 Magazine”. She also has an account on Twitter, promoting her work while also giving a few updates on her life, and expressing her advocacies. There is also an account named after her on Facebook, but it is a fan account which has not been updated since 2018.
She has been in a relationship with actor Connor Paolo.
Career
Van Dien made her first on-screen appearance in the 2005 Lifetime reality show entitled “I Married a Princess”, which followed the life of her father and his wife Catherine Oxenberg who is descended from Serbian Royalty, and in line to the succession of several titles. However, she herself is not considered a princess by any government, making the show’s pretense false, she wasn’t a blood relation of Catherine, as she is a child from Casper’s first marriage, to Carrie Mitchum.
Having debut alongside her father in “Sleeping Beauty” – also directed by him but didn’t fair well critically or commercially, she was cast in “Greenhouse Academy”, a Netflix series based on the Israeli television show entitled “The Greenhouse”, which aired for two seasons. Shortly afterwards she was cast in the film “Charlie Says”, which stars Matt Smith[2][3] as the killer Charles Manson. One of her latest projects is the NBC series entitled “The Village” in early 2019, but which was cancelled after one season.
Filmography
2019 the village
2018 Charlie Says
2017 Greenhouse Academy
Awaken Shadowman
2016 The Bad Twin
Patient Seven
Shit Kids
Storage Locker 181
Hope Ranch
2015 San Amdreas Quake
Army Dog
2014 Sleeping Beauty
2005 I married a Princess
Escaping Dad
2010 The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation
Net Worth
As of early 2020, sources estimate a net worth that is over $500,000, earned through a so far short but successful career as an actress.