Gracelyn Awad Rinke
Biography
Gracelyn Awad Rinke (born December 6, 2007) is an American child actress who gained her first acting experience in 2014 in theater productions at West Valley Christian School. She appeared in short films and music videos at an early age and quickly developed into a young talent in the television industry. Her best-known role is Sahar in the successful sci-fi comedy series Resident Alien. She has been a recurring cast member since 2021 and has appeared in over two dozen episodes. In the superhero series DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2019), she played the young Zari, the younger alter ego of Tala Ashe's character, in two episodes. In Plant B (2019), she appeared in six episodes as Layla. She made her feature film debut in the movie Psychosynthesis (2020), playing the role of Olive. She also appeared in the music videos “You Can Cry” (2018) by Marshmello, James Arthur, and Juicy J, and “Let's Imagine a World of Love” (2019) by Hillary Hawkins.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Young Zari
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Sahar Karimi
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Olive
A sickly young mother's life unravels when she receives a heart transplant and begins to take on her donor's personality and memories.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Annie
A young mother is asked a chilling question by her daughter, triggering a past trauma she once shamefully repressed.