Hallee Hirsh

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Hallee Hirsh
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Hirsh in 2009
Born
Hallee Leah Hirsh

1987or1988(age 35–36)
Alma mater UCLA
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Ryan Martin
(m. 2013)
Children2

Hallee Leah Hirsh (born 1987/1988) [1] is an American actress perhaps best known for her roles as Mattie Grace Johnson on JAG , Daley in the children's series Flight 29 Down , and as the adolescent and young adult Rachel Greene on ER .

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Early life

Hirsh began acting when she was three, with her older brother Greg. [2]

Hirsch and her family moved frequently, first to Pensacola, Florida, where Hallee landed her first role after her first audition in Orlando for Disney's Big Red Boat cruise line. [2] When she was four, her mother was transferred to Long Island, and Hallee began taking the train into Manhattan after school to audition almost daily, landing roles such as Annabel Fox in You've Got Mail. [2]

After her agent, Abby Bluestone, moved to Los Angeles, Hallee at age 11 and her family followed, and her mother was stationed in Monterey, California. Hallee lived with her father in the Oakwood Toluca Hills apartment complex, alongside other notable child stars such as Hilary Duff, a time which she has referred to as "an important part of her life". [2] She graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 2011, majoring in anthropology and minoring in Chinese. [2]

Career

Hirsh first portrayed Rachel Greene in the eighth season (2001-02) of ER in a storyline where a now teenage and rebellious Rachel leaves her mother in St. Louis to be with her father, Mark Greene; the character returns to St. Louis when Mark dies that season. Hirsh later reprised her role in 2004 in the season 10 episode "Midnight", visiting her stepmother Dr. Elizabeth Corday. In the ER series finale, aired April 2, 2009, titled "And in the End", Hirsh's character returned as a candidate interviewing for medical school, bringing the Greene family history full circle.

Following her one main season on ER, Hirsh appeared in the recurring role of Matilda "Mattie" Grace Johnson, for 17 episodes (2003-05) on the television series JAG . Hirsh next starred in the Discovery Kids Channel teen series, Flight 29 Down .

Hirsh was nominated for Best Comedic Actress in a Feature Film at the 2009 Method Fest film festival for her work in 16 to Life [3] and won Best Actress for same role and film at both the 2010 Tunis International Film Festival [4] [5] and the 2010 Alaska International Film Festival. [6]

Hirsh has not been active in film or television since 2014, with one subsequent credit in the film Chasing The Rain in 2020. [7]

Personal life

Hirsh married Ryan Martin in 2013 and they have two sons, born in May 2014 and December 2018. [8] At the end of 2014, the family relocated from Los Angeles to Asheville, North Carolina, where they operate Hole Doughnuts, [9] a doughnut shop which received recognition from Bon Appétit magazine for "Dessert of the Year" in 2016. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Lolita Little Girl in Bunny Suit
1997Norville and TrudyBobbie Kockenlocker
1998 One True Thing Ellen Gulden (age 8)
1998 You've Got Mail Annabel Fox
2000 Spring Forward Hope
2000 Joe Gould's Secret Nora Mitchell
2002IncestLizShort
2002 Manna from Heaven Young Theresa
2004 Speak Rachel Bruin
2005 Happy Endings Mamie Toll (age 17)
2006Wild HeartsMadison Hart
2008 Fading of the Cries Sarah
2009 Make the Yuletide Gay Abby Mancuso
2009 16 to Life Kate
2013Bad BehaviorZoe
2014InfiltratorsMicki Thorne
2014The Last Dinner PartyHaleyShort
2020Chasing the RainVanessa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Various"1.11"
1993–1998 Late Show with David Letterman VariousTV series
Unknown episodes
Uncredited
1993–1995 Loving Heather Rose ForbesTV series
Unknown episodes
1994 Saturday Night Live Caroline Giuliani / Little Girl"Nancy Kerrigan/Aretha Franklin"
1996 All My Children 1 episode
1996 As the World Turns Annie HasbrookTV series
Unknown episodes
1997 What the Deaf Man Heard Young TallasseTV film
1998 Saint Maybe Young AgathaTV film
1998Carson's Vertical SuburbiaPenelopeTV film
1998 Law & Order Gillian Lanetti"Grief"
1999 Law & Order Jenny Brandt"Killerz"
1999 LateLine Jennifer Karp"Kids 'N' Guns"
1999The Snooker ReportShanna LevineTV series
2000 Malcolm in the Middle Jessica"Traffic Jam"
2000 The Ultimate Christmas Present Allison "Allie" Rachel ThompsonTV film
2000 Judging Amy Jodi Larson Pruitt"Shaken, Not Stirred", "Dog Days"
2001 Family Law Katie Pollack"Obligations"
2001Taking Back Our TownCatherine MelanconTV film
2001The Gene PoolDina FinemanTV film
2001–2009 ER Rachel GreeneRecurring role
2002My Sister's KeeperYoung Judy ChapmanTV film
2002 The American Embassy Liv Faulkner"Pilot"
2002 The Young and the Restless Abby1 episode
2002 The Guardian Andrea Caffey"The Innocent"
2003–2005 JAG Mattie Grace JohnsonRecurring role
2004 Six Feet Under Kaitlin Stolte"Parallel Play"
2004 Will & Grace Olivia Walker"Christmas Break"
2005 Nip/Tuck Madison Berg"Madison Berg"
2005–2007 Flight 29 Down Daley MarinMain role
2006 Grey's Anatomy Claire"Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response", "Losing My Religion"
2006 Wild Hearts MadisonTV film
2006 Without a Trace Malia Norton"All for One"
2007 Boston Legal Michelle Cabot-Levinson"Selling Sickness"
2007Flight 29 Down: The Hotel TangoDaley MarinTV film
2007 Cold Case Tina Quinn (1998)"That Woman"
2008 Ghost Whisperer Amy Benton"Home But Not Alone"
2008 Saving Grace Sophie Ward"It's a Fierce, White-Hot, Mighty Love"
2008 90210 Hannah Zuckerman-Vasquez"We're Not in Kansas Anymore"
2009 Criminal Minds Carol"Cradle to Grave"
2009 Private Practice Melissa"The Hard Part"
2011SAM: A Puppy, Toothbrush & Frying PanPretty LadyVideo short
2012–2014Sloppy TacosBerriRecurring role
2013Hidden AwayAmyTV film

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