Since her debut as a child artist in the 2008 film Matchmaker Mary, American actress Katherine McNamara has appeared in over a dozen movies and tv shows, besides several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. She is perhaps best known for essaying the role of Clary Fray in the supernatural drama tv series Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, for which she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star in 2016. Significant among McNamara's feature film credits are A Sort of Homecoming (2015), the dystopian sci-fi action thriller Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and its sequel Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). Other notable television credits include popular sitcoms like 30 Rock and Glee.