Grace VanderWaal

I genuinely did not expect to be as moved as I was watching a twelve-year-old from suburban New York strum a ukulele on America's Got Talent and just — own the room. Grace VanderWaal won that show in 2016, but what struck me wasn't the victory, it was the songs she wrote herself, raw and emotionally specific in a way that most adult songwriters can't pull off. Her debut EP and her album "Just the Beginning" showed she wasn't a one-season TV curiosity; she has actual artistic instincts. Then she pivoted into acting with "Stargirl" in 2020 and was honestly perfect for it — that same quiet, otherworldly quality that makes her music work translated right onto screen. She's still barely in her twenties, and I find myself genuinely curious where she takes things next, because the ceiling feels wide open.

Name (English)

Grace VanderWaal

Name (Japanese)

グレース・ヴァンダーウォール

Reading

ぐれーす・ゔぁんだーうぉーる

Born

January 15, 2004 (age 22)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / composer / actor / singer / songwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Teen Choice Awards

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.gracevanderwaal.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gracevanderwaal/
• Xhttps://x.com/GraceVanderWaal
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Kansas
• singer-songwriter
• composer
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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