Laine MacNeil

Laine MacNeil (born October 28, 1996)[1][2] is a Canadian actress. MacNeil made her motion picture debut at the age of thirteen, and is perhaps best known for her role as Patty Farrell in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid feature film franchise, which earned her five Young Artist Award nominations, including a win as Best Young Supporting Actress in a Feature Film.

Laine MacNeil
Born (1996-10-28) October 28, 1996
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Life and career

MacNeil was born and raised in Surrey, British Columbia. She attended Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School between 2009 and 2013.[3] She began her acting career at a young age and appeared in her first significant film production in a non-negligible marginal role. In Mr. Troop Mom with all-rounder George Lopez in 2009 she had the role of the Kayla. The following year the young actress came to her international breakthrough when she was cast in the role months before as "Patty Farrell" in the first film adaptation of the successful book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

For her performance in the film, the young Canadian was awarded several times and honoured. So she has received many awards in the Young Artist Awards 2011 nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" on 3 August 2012. In addition, it was with the cast of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, consisting of Peyton List, Karan Brar, Robert Capron, Grayson Russell, Zachary Gordon, and Devon Bostick at the same ceremony with a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast".

In 2011 MacNeil followed for numerous other appearances, including among other things a guest appearance on the short-lived Canadian police series Shattered. They also took over in 2011 published the second part of the film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Again in the role of Patty Farrell and was also still in a guest role in the series RL Stine's The Haunting Hour see. After these engagements, MacNeil was in the following year again represented at the Young Artist Awards. She received the award of the Young Artist Awards 2012 a nomination in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16" for her performance in Shattered and was additionally a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" for their involvement in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

In 2012, MacNeil had a guest role on RL Stine's The Haunting Hour and made an appearance in an episode of Falling Skies. In 2012, she played a supporting role in Norman Buckley's directorial debut film The Pregnancy Project and returned to Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, where she was nominated to the Young Artist Awards 2013 in the categories of "Best Performance in a TV series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14–16" for her performance in American television series "Falling Skies" and "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress" for her performance as Patty Farrell in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and part of the "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast" where the cast won.

In 2013, she appeared on Canadian-American horror film Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe, where she played the role of young Glenna. Furthermore, that same year she appeared on three episodes of the American crime drama The Killing and again on an episode of R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series [4]

In 2014, MacNeil appeared on several TV series such as Almost Human, Motive, and Strange Empire. As well, she appeared on two TV films, The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story and Damaged. She was nominated that same year to the 35th Young Artist Awards in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21" for her appearance in R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour and in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 17-21" for her recurring role in The Killing. As well, she worked for a few months as a Fright Night Performer at the Pacific National Exhibition.

She was nominated on 2015 for the 36th Young Artist Awards in the category of "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21" and the Joey Awards in the category of "Best Actress in a TV Drama Guest Starring Role Age 14-18 Years" for her work on Strange Empire. Outside of acting, MacNeil started to work that same year as a fitness coach in The Dailey Method where she continues to work as of 2020.

Between 2016 and 2017, she had a recurring role on You Me Her's first 2 seasons as Ava Matherfield, Lori's teenage daughter. In 2016, she appeared on On the Farm, The Edge of Seventeen and The X Files. In 2017, she was nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards in the category of "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series" for her work on You Me Her.[5]. Furthermore, she worked between 2016-2017 as a Belayer in Coastal Climbing Centre.

In 2019, she appeared on Episode 2, "Noise, Noise, Noise" of the American television series Deadly Class, portraying the role of Rory's daughter.[6]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Patty Farrell
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Patty Farrell
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Patty Farrell
2013 Horns Glenna Shepherd (age 13)
2016 Unclaimed Girl AKA, On the Farm
2016 The Edge of Seventeen TCBY Girl
TBA Spontaneous Jenna Dalton Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Mr. Troop Mom Kayla TV film
2011 Shattered Mia Simms "Key with No Lock"
2011 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Kayla "Catching Cold"
2012 The Pregnancy Project Payton TV film
2012 Falling Skies Teresa "Worlds Apart"
2013 The Killing Angie Gower "Eminent Domain", "Try"
2013 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Tracey "Séance"
2014 Almost Human Emily Wilson "Disrupt"
2014 Motive Marlisse Grauer "The Made Me a Criminal"
2014 The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Teenage Girl #1 TV film
2014 Damaged Macey TV film
2014 Strange Empire Martha "How Far Is Heaven"
2015 R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls Andrea Payton TV film
2015 The Hollow Jill TV film
2016 The X-Files Girl "Babylon"
2016–2017 You Me Her Ava Recurring role
2019 Deadly Class Rory's Daughter "Noise, Noise, Noise"

Accolades
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2011 Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young ActressDiary of a Wimpy KidNominated[7]
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
(with Zachary Gordon, Karan Brar, Robert Capron, Grayson Russell, Devon Bostick, Alex Ferris, Chloë Grace Moretz)		Diary of a Wimpy KidWon
2012 Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young ActressDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesWon[8]
Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14-16ShatteredNominated
2013 Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young ActressDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog DaysNominated[9]
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
(with Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Peyton List, Karan Brar, Connor & Owen Fielding, Devon Bostick, Grayson Russell)		Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog DaysWon
Best Performance in a TV series - Guest Starring Young Actress 14–16Falling SkiesNominated
2014 Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourNominated[10]
Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 17-21The KillingNominated
2015Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 17-21Strange EmpireNominated[11]
Joey AwardsBest Actress in a TV Drama Guest Starring Role Age 14-18 YearsNominated[12]
2017Canadian Screen AwardsBest Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic SeriesYou Me HerNominated[13]
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References
  1. Laine MacNeil [@TheLaineMacNeil] (October 28, 2012). "80's themed sweet sixteen today! #madonna #legwarmers!!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 6, 2013 – via Twitter.
  2. Laine MacNeil [@TheLaineMacNeil] (September 4, 2013). "@RobKrisIs4ever actually born in '96" (Tweet). Retrieved September 6, 2013 – via Twitter.
  3. https://www.reddit.com/r/LodedDiper/comments/e5klbv/hey_im_patty_farrell/
  4. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351930/
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351930/
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351930/
  7. "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  8. "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  9. "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  10. "35th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  11. "36th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". youngartistawards.org. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  12. "Joey Awards". www.joeyawards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  13. "2017 TV Nominees - Academy.ca". Academy.ca. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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