Grainger was born in Didsbury. She is of partial Italian descent through a grandfather. Growing up in Manchester, Grainger's first taste of acting came aged 6 when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. From then on, she appeared in multiple TV shows and independent films as a child actor. She attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006, then she started in 2007 a degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds. However, with her passion for acting, she eventually opted for an Open University where she recently gained a First Class Honours Degree.
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| - Grainger was born in Didsbury. She is of partial Italian descent through a grandfather. Growing up in Manchester, Grainger's first taste of acting came aged 6 when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. From then on, she appeared in multiple TV shows and independent films as a child actor. She attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006, then she started in 2007 a degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds. However, with her passion for acting, she eventually opted for an Open University where she recently gained a First Class Honours Degree.
- Grainger attended Parrs Wood Technology College where in August 2006, in her A Levels, she scored two A's (in Biology & English Language), and scored two B's (in English Literature & General Studies). Grainger also achieved an A in her AS Level Spanish. Grainger was also a pupil at The Madeley School Of Dance. In 2007, Grainger started a degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds, which she decided to continue with the Open University, due to her hectic filming schedule. In May 2010, Grainger was named one of the 55 faces of the future in Nylon magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
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| - Grainger attended Parrs Wood Technology College where in August 2006, in her A Levels, she scored two A's (in Biology & English Language), and scored two B's (in English Literature & General Studies). Grainger also achieved an A in her AS Level Spanish. Grainger was also a pupil at The Madeley School Of Dance. In 2007, Grainger started a degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds, which she decided to continue with the Open University, due to her hectic filming schedule. In May 2010, Grainger was named one of the 55 faces of the future in Nylon magazine's Young Hollywood Issue. Grainger became a series regular on the Showtime television series The Borgias, portraying Lucrezia Borgia, in 2011. She also appears in a pair of 2011 films – Jane Eyre, playing one of the Rivers sisters opposite Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, and the Bel Ami, alongside Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. In June 2011, Grainger was cast as Estella in Mike Newell's film adaptation of Great Expectations, opposite Jeremy Irvine and Helena Bonham Carter.
- Grainger was born in Didsbury. She is of partial Italian descent through a grandfather. Growing up in Manchester, Grainger's first taste of acting came aged 6 when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. From then on, she appeared in multiple TV shows and independent films as a child actor. She attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006, then she started in 2007 a degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds. However, with her passion for acting, she eventually opted for an Open University where she recently gained a First Class Honours Degree.
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