Mackenzie Davis

Mackenzie Rio Davis (born April 1, 1987) is a Canadian actress, producer, and model. She made her feature film debut in Smashed (2012), and later appeared in Breathe In (2013), What If (2013), That Awkward Moment (2014), The Martian (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and Happiest Season (2020). She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for The F Word (2013). From 2014 to 2017, she starred as computer programmer Cameron Howe in the television series Halt and Catch Fire. She also co-starred in the “San Junipero” episode of the television series Black Mirror. In 2019, she starred as the augmented super-soldier Grace in Terminator: Dark Fate.

Early life

Davis was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Lotte, a graphic designer from South Africa, and John Davis, a hairdresser from Liverpool, England. Her parents own AG Hair Care. She graduated from the private Collingwood School in the exclusive suburb of West Vancouver in 2005 and then attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. She went on to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.

Career

Davis was discovered by American film director, screenwriter and producer Drake Doremus, who decided to cast her for a supporting role in the 2013 feature film Breathe In. In 2015, Davis appeared in The Martian as a NASA satellite communications engineer named Mindy Park. From 2014 to 2017, she played programming prodigy Cameron Howe in Halt and Catch Fire for the duration of its four-season run.

In 2016, she starred as Yorkie in “San Junipero”, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In June 2016, Davis was cast as Mariette in Blade Runner 2049.

In 2019, she headlined as one of the newest cast members to join in Terminator: Dark Fate. In the film, Mackenzie stars as an augmented super soldier from the future who is sent back in time to protect Dani Ramos. In October 2019, she was cast as one of the lead roles in the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven.

In 2020, Davis starred as Kate in The Turning, opposite Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince. The film is a modern adaptation of the 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. She also starred as Diana Hastings in Irresistible, a film by Jon Stewart about the outsized influence of money on the American electoral system. She also starred in a 2020 rom-com Happiest Season co-starring Kristen Stewart.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Alex	Terri	Short film
2012	Smashed	Millie
2012	The Hat Goes Wild	Cathy	Credited as Mackenzie Rio Davis
2013	Breathe In	Lauren Reynolds
2013	The F Word	Nicole	Alternative title: What If?
2013	Bad Turn Worse	Sue
2013	Plato’s Reality Machine	Sophia
2013	Moontown	Shayna	Short film
2014	That Awkward Moment	Chelsea
2014	Emptied	Charlotte Laurence	Short film
2015	Freaks of Nature	Petra Lane
2015	A Country Called Home	Reno
2015	Memory Box	Isabelle	Short film
2015	The Martian	Mindy Park
2016	Always Shine	Anna	Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Monster Fest Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film (Female)
2017	Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town	Izzy	Special Jury Award – Best Breakout Performance Napa Valley Film Festival Tacoma Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Performance
2017	Blade Runner 2049	Mariette
2018	Boomerang	Jenifer	Short film
2018	Tully	Tully
2019	Terminator: Dark Fate	Grace Harper
2020	The Turning	Kate Mandell
2020	Irresistible	Diana Hastings
2020	Happiest Season	Harper Caldwell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	I Just Want My Pants Back	Lucie	Episode: “Safety Nets”
2014–2017	Halt and Catch Fire	Cameron Howe	Main role; 40 episodes
2016	Black Mirror	Yorkie	Episode: “San Junipero”
2017	No Activity	Patricia / “Pat the Rat”	Episode: “The Witness”
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Princess Buttercup	Episode: “The Shrieking Eels”
2021	Station Eleven	Kirsten	Upcoming miniseries