Grace Van Patten was raised on the sets of Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos. The now-27-year-old daughter of director Timothy Van Patten even guest starred on the latter when she was eight, playing Eugene Pontecorvo’s daughter. This rare behind-the-scenes access gave Van Patten a clear sense of the industry—and reasons to fear it.
“I saw how scary and unpredictable it was and how hard it is,” says Van Patten, who lives in Los Angeles. Two decades later, Van Patten, 27, has proven she has what it takes to make it in Hollywood, working alongside A-list actors, including Nicole Kidman and Adam Sandler, as well as starring in the hit show Tell Me Lies, a TV adaptation of Carola Lovering’s dark coming-of-age novel. The long-awaited second season of the Emma Roberts–produced series, which follows college students entangled in a toxic relationship, is finally streaming on Hulu.
