Grace Blood
Grace Violet Blood, also known as Grace Violet, is a fictional character from the third generation of the British teen drama Skins. She is portrayed by Jessica Sula. In Series 5, Grace's story arc revolves around her conflicting social roles — as daughter of arrogant David Blood, as the quieter, more docile friend of Mini McGuinness and Liv Malone, and as the girlfriend, and eventual fiancée of Rich Hardbeck. On a trip to Morocco with her friends in Series 6, Grace is seriously injured in a car crash, the consequences of which set into motion the events of the sixth series. Characterisation Grace Blood, who goes by the alias Grace Violet, is the only daughter of David Blood, the headmaster of Roundview College. She is shown to be imaginative, idealistic and endearingly childish, though sometimes bordering on the point of naive, with actress Jessica Sula (who plays Grace) commenting that "[she has]...a kooky, eccentric side" to her personality. However, Grace can also be very level-headed, resourceful and practical minded, as shown in her series 5 episode, where she did not let her friends' personal affairs and conflicts disrupt her theatre production, instead using the tension to harness an effective and