Agnes Bruckner was born on the 16th of August 1985. She had a very fascinating background. She was born from a Russian mother and Hungarian father who later on divorced. Her grandfather from her father side was German. Her parents fell in love and married in Hungary but then moved to the United States in 1984. With her background she speaks fluent Hungarian and English and some Russian. She grew up in Los Angeles but the family moved to Oregon when she was five and stayed there till she was ten years old. After that they moved again to Los Angeles.

As a child she loved dancing and had been dancing ballet, tap dance and classical dance at the age of five. When she was eight years old she did some modeling. This was brought by the encouragement of her mother who also entered her to a beauty contest. Her career in acting was launched when she was jus eleven years old. She appeared in many commercials for televisions, in many television shows and in the daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999.

In 2002, when she was fifteen, she got her first role in the movies. She was offered the lead in Blue Car. Blue car was independently produced and her role was that of a high school student who had an affair with her teacher. Her teacher was played by actor David Strathairn. She was praised by the critics and even Roger Ebert acknowledged the challenge she overcame in portraying the character. She was then nominated for Best Female Lead by the Independent Spirit Award.
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