Grace Kaufman, an American film and TV actress, has followed her family into acting, recently signing up to Apple’s adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s YA novel, The Sky Is Everywhere.

Marking her first major film credit, Kaufman will join How I Met Your Mother’s Jason Segal and Succession’s Cherry Jones in the big budget picture. The 18 year old, whose father is voice-actor David Kaufman, has mainly worked in TV, starring opposite Matt Le Blanc in Man With a Plan and The Last Ship, and has won a Best Actress award at the HollyShorts Film Festival.

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