Kennedy McMann is an American actor and singer from Mesa, AZ. She was born on October 30th, 1996 in Holland, MI and completed her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018. Kennedy is known for her work on television in the show "Gone" opposite Chris Noth and Leven Rambin. Kennedy is the daughter of Lisa McMann, an American novelist, and Matt McMann, a writer and musician. She has a brother named Killian. Before being cast as Nancy Drew, McMann was cast on Gone in 2017 (episode: 1.06 Family Photo) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2018 (episode: 20.04 Revenge). On February 14, 2019, Deadline announced that McMann was cast for the role of Nancy Drew in The CW's upcoming television adaptation