Biography

Called “electrifying” by The Huffington Post and “phenomenal” by The New York Times, Grace McLean is a multi-hyphenate actor-singer-writer. Stephen Holden of The New York Times proclaims, “Ms. McLean’s voice [is] a flexible instrument with unexpected reserves of power…behind her playful adventurousness lies a well of passion.” Now, with a newly-inked record deal to Meridian/ECR Music Group (Sony) and her debut full-length album My Lovely Enemy set for release in early 2024, McLean’s lead single “Reckless” is out May 23rd. An accomplished performer (and currently on Broadway in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Bad Cinderella), McLean’s songwriting has been praised as, “Savvy” by Vulture, and “Musically complex, dramatically abstract and...intensely intimate in style” by Broadway World. Much like recording-artist contemporaries St. Vincent and Tune-Yards, McLean pursues both the visceral and intellectual on her forthcoming debut album, and its lead single “Reckless.” Grace McLean is a Writer In Residence at Lincoln Center Theater where her first original musical In The Green was commissioned and produced, received a 2020 Richard Rodgers Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical. McLean was awarded Best Score from the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2021, and the Black Bear Award for Best Sound (Score) at the Athens International Film Festival in 2022.