MacKenzie Grace Mauzy (born October 14, 1988) is an American actress. She played the role of Phoebe Forrester on

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'' from 2006 to 2008, and recurred as Abigail on the 2014

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''.

Personal life

Mauzy was born in

Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalitie ...

and raised in

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. On June 9, 2012, she married fellow stage actor, and former American Idol contestant, John Arthur Greene. They separated and, later, divorced in 2015. Mauzy married PLL Lacrosse Player Scott Ratliff on October 1, 2022.

Career

Before launching her acting career, Mauzy worked in

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, and

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in stage productions of classic plays such as

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and

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. In 1998, Mauzy won the Anna Wentworth Award for "Best Child Actress" for her role as Annie Warbucks in the production of '' Annie'' at Showtimers Theatre in Roanoke, Virginia. She also played Lizzie Spaulding on the

soap ''

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'' from October 2000 to August 2002. She has also guest starred on

's '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' CSI: NY'' and

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's '' Law & Order: SVU''. She played the role of the rich Phoebe Forrester on

'' from July 2006 until December 2008, when her character Phoebe was killed off. In July 2008, MacKenzie was cast as Ilse in the 1st National Tour of the hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening. MacKenzie turned it down in order to be in the Broadway musical, ''

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''. Mauzy played The Seamstress in the musical, which was executive produced by Barbara Russell and Ron Sharpe. The play, which cost $16 million to produce, closed on November 16, 2009, after 33 previews and 68 regular performances. Mauzy joined the Broadway cast of ''

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'', temporarily standing by for Jennifer Damiano as Natalie Goodman. She then succeeded Meghann Fahy as the standby for Natalie, with Fahy replacing Jennifer Damiano as the full-time Natalie. Mauzy stayed with the Broadway production (going on at various times) until the Broadway production closed on Sunday, January 16, 2011, after 21 previews and 733 regular performances. She starred in the musical, ''White Noise'', which is, in part, based on a real life white supremacist pop duo,

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. ''White Noise'' played a limited run at the Royal George theater in

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. The play, presented by

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, opened on April 9, 2011, and received mixed reviews and audience feedback. It closed ahead of schedule on May 15, 2011.White Noise To End Its Chicago Run Early
''Chicago Sun Times'', May 6, 2011 Starting October 26, 2012, Mauzy had a featured role in

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's musical

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as Claire "Luz" Benedict. In 2014, Mauzy landed a recurring role in the ABC television drama ''

'', playing Abigail, the late wife of the character Henry Morgan (

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); Henry was a 200-year-old immortal and he married Abigail after they met during World War 2, with their relationship being portrayed through flashbacks. In that same year, she was featured in the film ''

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'' as Rapunzel. In 2016 Mauzy was cast as

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in the Lifetime television film, ''Manson's Lost Girls'', alongside Jeff Ward, Eden Brolin and

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Filmography

References

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