Grace Avery VanderWaal(born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and ukuleleist from Suffern, New York. In 2016, at 12 years of age, she won the eleventh season of the NBC TV competition show America's Got Talent.At the end of the broadcast, VanderWaal was announced as the season 11 winner. She is the second female winner and second child act winner in the show's history.