Young Sheldon is a coming-of-age prequel series to Big Bang Theory and the show is airing on CBS and All4. The series stars Iain Armitage, who plays the younger version of Sheldon Cooper, the main character in Big Bang Theory who is played by Jim Parsons. Fans have grown particularly fond of the connection between the younger Sheldon and his friend Paige (Mckenna Grace), and they are keen to find out more about the actress.
Paige does not feature at all in the original Big Bang Theory series, but in Young Sheldon she is the other 10-year-old genius in his class with Dr John Sturgis (Wallace Shawn).
Her character does not appear until the second season, in the episode A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Newton, during which Sheldon becomes jealous of her intelligence and the attention from his teacher.
Wanting Sheldon to have another friend, his mum Mary (Zoe Perry) invites Paige over to their house for a play date.
Paige later attends a lecture on carbon dating at a museum and she spots Sheldon there. They both become bored and Paige dares Sheldon to sneak out and enter a closed exhibit.
She reappears in the episode A Stunted Childhood and a Can of Fancy Mixed Nuts, during which she meets Sheldon at the shopping mall.
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During the episode, there is a nod to Sheldon’s adult character as Paige and Sheldon’s sister Missy (Raegan Revord) have a sleepover.
Paige tells Missy the fact he is overly mature for his age may cause him to be a social misfit and a “weirdo” as an adult.
Adult Sheldon is renowned for being the socially awkward genius who finds it difficult to form emotional connections with people, so Paige’s warning may have been a foresight.
Paige’s last episode is in season three, in Body Glitter and a Mall Safety Kit, during which her parents get a divorce and it has an impact on her appearance.
She swaps her floral dresses for denim and adds a pink streak to her hair, and her attitude becomes more rebellious.
To get herself back on track she spends a weekend with the Cooper family, and Sheldon finally learns how to open up to women.
Sheldon listens to how she feels and then offers to make her a hot drink, which is a revelation in the eyes of Big Bang Theory fans.
Fans of the series will know Sheldon goes on to marry his dream woman Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) in the Big Bang Theory, but they had other ideas for him.
Some have suggested he should have instead married his Texas childhood friend Page instead, saying she is better suited to him than Amy.
Sheldon is irritated by Paige, to begin with, as he is not used to knowing someone as smart as him, but she challenges him in ways that benefit him in the long run.
If he had grown up with Paige as a girlfriend he may have even become better-adjusted when it comes to forming relationships with strangers.
Paige recognises Sheldon’s ignorance at an early stage and she could have set him on a different path to maturity.
Fans are keen to find out in the new series of Young Sheldon what causes their friendship to end.
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Mckenna Grace, who plays Paige, is a 13-year-old actress from Texas who began acting at a professional level when she was just six.
She starred in the Disney sitcom Crash and Bernstein in her early career, and then took on the role of Faith Newman in the soap The Young and the Restless.
More recently she has featured in the ABC and Netflix show Designated Survivor, playing the role of Penny Kirkman, and she plays Rose in the Netflix comedy, Fuller House.
Fans may also recognise her as the young Theodora in the chilling supernatural horror series, The Haunting of Hill House.
She is a vegetarian who has directed her love for animals towards work with Farm Sanctuary and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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Her other acting credits include starring alongside Captain America star Chris Evans as a lead role in the film Gifted, for which she was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer in 2017.
Her Marvel credits also include a role as the younger version of the titular character in Captain Marvel, and she has since become known to play the younger version of characters.
The teen star also played the younger version of Tonya Harding in the biopic I, Tonya, which starred Margot Robbie as the older skating hero.
She made a joke about how the cast had to show her how to swear using her middle finger for a particular scene in the film.
Grace posted on Twitter: “Margot Robbie and our director Craig had to show me how to do this. Everyone on set was holding up their middle finger trying to show me how. We filmed it only like three times because I was embarrassed.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress has joined the cast of the Scooby-Doo film Scoob! which was due to be released in May 2020. She will play the younger version of Daphne Blake.
She also guest-starred in Netflix’s hit series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as a younger version of Sabrina Spellman.
Young Sheldon is available to watch on CBS and All4
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