Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn
Hahn in 2012
Born (1973-07-23) July 23, 1973
Westchester, Illinois, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education Northwestern University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Occupation Actress, fashion model and comedian
Years active 1999–present
Spouse(s)
Ethan Sandler (m. 2002)
Children 2

Kathryn Hahn (born July 23, 1973)[1][2] is an American actress, fashion model and comedian. She began her career on television, playing Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series Crossing Jordan (2001–07). Hahn went on to appear as a supporting actress in a number of major comedy films, including roles in the films How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Step Brothers (2008), Our Idiot Brother (2011), We're the Millers (2013), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), and The Visit (2015).

As a lead actress, Hahn starred in the 2013 comedy-drama film Afternoon Delight, directed by Jill Soloway. She had a starring role in the comedy film Bad Moms (2016), and its sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas (2017). She has also appeared in a number of dramatic films, including Revolutionary Road (2008), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Tomorrowland (2015), The Visit (2015), and Captain Fantastic (2016). In 2017, she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Transparent (2014–present).

Early life

Hahn was born in Westchester, Illinois, the daughter of Karen and Bill Hahn.[3] She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. She was raised Catholic.[4] Hahn grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio[5] and attended Beaumont School.[6] She attended Northwestern University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in theatre before attending Yale University.[7] While attending Yale School of Drama, Hahn starred as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and as Célimène in Molière's play The Misanthrope.

Career

Early work

Hahn's first appearance on any television program was Hickory Hideout, a local puppet show for children for then-NBC owned-and-operated station WKYC in Cleveland. (By the time of its cancellation, Hickory Hideout was airing cross all of NBC's O&O stations.) While attending a theater festival, she met an NBC casting director, who, in turn, introduced her to creator/producer Tim Kring. Hahn impressed Kring so favorably that he created the character of Lily Lebowski in Crossing Jordan specifically for her.[8] The series aired from 2001 to 2007. Hahn has said of meeting Kring, "NBC and Tim Kring took a huge leap of faith in casting me. To be worked into a show that was in production and on the schedule, is an amazing stroke of luck." On October 21, 2008, TV Guide reported that Hahn had signed a talent holding deal with Fox.[9]

In 2003, Hahn appeared in a supporting role alongside Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy film, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The following year, she appeared in Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Around the Bend, and Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie. She later had more supporting roles in films, including the 2005 romantic comedy-drama A Lot like Love starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet, The Holiday (2006) with Cameron Diaz, the science fiction adventure drama The Last Mimzy (2007) alongside Rainn Wilson, Step Brothers (2008), Revolutionary Road (2008) starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009), How Do You Know (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), and Wanderlust (2012).

On television, Hahn starred alongside Hank Azaria in the short-lived NBC comedy series, Free Agents, a 2011 remake of the British series of the same name.[10] She had recurring roles on HBO shows Hung and Girls. From 2012 to 2015, she received praise for her recurring role on the NBC comedy series, Parks and Recreation as Jennifer Barkley, campaign manager to Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) opponent Bobby Newport (Paul Rudd, whom she starred alongside in Our Idiot Brother, How Do You Know, and Wanderlust).[11] She received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for her performance.[12]

Hahn at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You.

2013–present

In 2013, Hahn played her first leading role, in the comedy-drama film Afternoon Delight, which was written and directed by Jill Soloway. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[13] For her role, she was nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Breakthrough.[14] Later that year, Hahn appeared opposite Jennifer Aniston (her co-star in Wanderlust) in the box-office hit We're the Millers, and co-starred alongside Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. In 2014, she starred in the comedy film Bad Words alongside Jason Bateman, the ensemble comedy-drama This Is Where I Leave You, and Peter Bogdanovich's She's Funny That Way alongside Owen Wilson.

In 2014, Hahn was cast as Rabbi Raquel Fein in the Amazon Studios critically acclaimed dark comedy-drama, Transparent, whose creator, Jill Soloway, had directed her in Afternoon Delight, as noted above. She received a personal Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2017) as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination along with the cast. In 2015, she starred alongside Steve Coogan in the Showtime comedy-drama, Happyish,[15][16] but the show was canceled after a single season.[17] That same year, Hahn co-starred alongside George Clooney and Hugh Laurie in the science-fiction adventure film Tomorrowland,[18] and starred in the box-office horror hit The Visit.[19][20]

In 2016, Hahn appeared alongside Viggo Mortensen in the drama film Captain Fantastic,[21][22] and starred alongside Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell and Jada Pinkett Smith in the comedy film Bad Moms.[23] IndieWire's Kate Erbland gave the film a B-, noting that it "boasts some good jokes but Hahn's revelatory performance is the big draw."[24] She next appeared in the Amazon comedy pilot I Love Dick, based on the novel by the same name by Chris Kraus, which Afternoon Delight writer-director and Transparent creator Jill Soloway directed, and which premiered on August 19, 2016.[25][26][27]

In 2018, Hahn begun appearing in TV commercials for Chrysler. In the same year, she provided the voice of character Ericka Van Helsing in the animated comedy Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.

Personal life

Hahn has been married to actor Ethan Sandler since January 3, 2002. The couple reside in Los Angeles, and have two children: a son, Leonard (b. 2006) and a daughter, Mae (b. 2009).[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Flushed Women
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Michelle Rueben
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Angelica
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Helen
2004 Around the Bend Sarah
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Helen
2005 A Lot Like Love Michelle
2006 The Holiday Bristol
2007 The Last Mimzy Naomi Schwartz
2008 Step Brothers Alice Huff
2008 Revolutionary Road Milly Campbell
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Babs Merrick
2010 How Do You Know Annie
2011 Our Idiot Brother Janet
2012 Wanderlust Karen
2012 The Dictator Pregnant woman
2013 Afternoon Delight Rachel
2013 We're the Millers Edie Fitzgerald
2013 Bad Words Jenny Widgeon
2013 Dark Around the Stars Judith
2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Odessa Mitty
2014 She's Funny That Way Delta Simmons
2014 This Is Where I Leave You Annie Altman
2015 The D Train Stacey
2015 Tomorrowland Ursula Gernsback
2015 Len and Company Isabelle
2015 The Visit Loretta Jamison
2015 The Family Fang Camille Fang
2016 Captain Fantastic Harper Cash
2016 The Do-Over Becca
2016 Bad Moms Carla Dunkler
2017 Flower[28] Laurie Vandross
2017 A Bad Moms Christmas Carla Dunkler
2018 Private Life Rachel
2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ericka Van Helsing voice role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001–07 Crossing Jordan Lily Lebowski 104 episodes
2006 Four Kings Sharon 2 episodes
2010 Hung Claire 3 episodes
2011 Funny or Die Presents Huntress 2 episodes
2011 Traffic Light Kate 2 episodes
2011 Mad Love Linda Clay Episode: "Friends"
2011 Free Agents Helen 8 episodes
2012–15 Parks and Recreation Jennifer Barkley 11 episodes
2012 Girls Katherine Lavoyt 4 episodes
2012 The Newsroom Carrie Episode: "I'll Try to Fix You"
2012 Childrens Hospital Lamaze Teacher Episode: "Childrens Lawspital"
2012 Robot Chicken Mrs. Marquez / T-shirt Girl #1 (voices) Episode: "Hemlock, Gin and Juice"
2013–15 Kroll Show Mikey's mom 5 episodes
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Marge Episode: "TGI Murder"
2013 The Greatest Event in Television History Greta Strauss / Sara Rush 2 episodes
2014 Bob's Burgers Jessica (voice) Episode: "Slumber Party"
2014 Chozen Tracy (voice) 10 episodes
2014 American Dad! Luli (voice) Episode: "Honey, I'm Homeland"
2014–16 Transparent Raquel Fein 21 episodes
2015 Happyish Lee Payne 10 episodes
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Herself Episode: "Kathryn Hahn Wears Ripped Jeans and Black Heels"
2016 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Eleanor Horstweil Episode: "Hostage Situation"
2016–17 I Love Dick Chris Kraus 8 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Boeing-Boeing Gloria Longacre Theatre
April 19 – October 5, 2008

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series Parks and Recreation Nominated
2013 Gotham Awards Best Breakthrough Actor Afternoon Delight Nominated
2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Transparent Nominated
2017 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Captain Fantastic Nominated
2018 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy I Love Dick Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "High-stakes Journey Of An Actress - Hartford Courant". Articles.courant.com. November 29, 1998. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "7 Sisters Of Drama - Hartford Courant". Articles.courant.com. April 29, 2001. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "From the Cleveland Play House to Hollywood: Kathryn Hahn talks about her career and latest film, 'This Is Where I Leave You'". cleveland.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ "On Unorthodox, Irin Carmon Talks 'Notorious RBG,' and Kathryn Hahn Describes Playing a Rabbi on Amazon's 'Transparent'". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kathryn Hahn". SideReel. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "From the Cleveland Play House to Hollywood: Kathryn Hahn talks about her career and latest film, 'This Is Where I Leave You'". cleveland.com. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ Said on March 15, 2012, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  8. 1 2 "Kathryn Hahn biography". Tribute.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Kathryn Hahn Is 'Crossing' Over to Fox." TV Guide. October 21, 2008. Retrieved on October 22, 2008.
  10. ↑ Free Agents at NBC web site
  11. ↑ Grabert, Jessica (November 28, 2011). "Free Agents' Kathryn Hahn Nabs Recurring Role On Parks and Recreation". Cinema Blend. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Critics' Choice TV Awards Noms: Community At Top Of List". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Afternoon Delight". August 30, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Gotham Independent Film Awards 2013 Nominations". Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ Lesley Goldberg (November 13, 2014). "Kathryn Hahn Sets Return to Showtime's 'Happyish'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Kathryn Hahn Moves From Antic Gal Pal to 'Happyish' Woman". The New York Times. April 12, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  17. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (July 24, 2015). "'Happyish' Cancelled By Showtime After One Season". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  18. ↑ Borys Kit (October 4, 2013). "Kathryn Hahn Joins George Clooney in 'Tomorrowland' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Kathryn Hahn Talks The Visit, Ab Fab and Getting Her Head Blown Off in Tomorrowland". E! Online. September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Weekend Agenda: The Visit Star Kathryn Hahn on Working With M. Night Shyamalan - Vogue". Vogue. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  21. ↑ Fischer, Russ (January 25, 2016). "Sundance Review: 'Captain Fantastic' Starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, And Kathryn Hahn". Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Captain Fantastic". July 8, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  23. ↑ Anita Busch. "'Bad Moms' Movie: Jada Pinkett Smith & Kathryn Hahn Join Cast - Deadline". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  24. ↑ Calvario, Liz (July 28, 2016). "'Bad Moms' Critical Roundup: Critics Agree That Kathryn Hahn Steals The Show In 'Funny Enough' Comedy". Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  25. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 23, 2016). "Kathryn Hahn To Star In Jill Soloway Amazon Pilot 'I Love Dick'". Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  26. ↑ "'Transparent' Star Kathryn Hahn Cast in Jill Soloway's 'I Love Dick' Amazon Pilot". February 23, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  27. ↑ Petski, Denise (July 21, 2016). "'The Tick', 'I Love Dick' & 'Jean-Claude Van Johnson' Amazon Pilots Get Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  28. ↑ Jr, Mike Fleming (June 23, 2016). "Max Winkler Indie 'Flower' Blooms With Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker & Adam Scott". Retrieved July 29, 2016.
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