Hannah Gross

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Hannah Gross
Hannah Gross in Little Cabbage.jpg
Gross in Little Cabbage (2015)
Born (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990 (age 34)
Alma mater New York University
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
Parents

Hannah Gross is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Debbie Mitford in the Netflix drama Mindhunter .

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Early life

Gross grew up in Toronto. [1] She is the daughter of actors Martha Burns and Paul Gross. [2] She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, minoring in Religious Studies. [3]

Career

In 2010, Gross played Katie in Sharon Pollock's 1984 play Doc and directed Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She performed in Williams' 1953 one-act play Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen in 2012. [3] [2] Gross was cast in I Used to Be Darker (2013) after meeting its director, Matthew Porterfield, at the after show party for the New York City screening of his previous film, Putty Hill (2010). [4] Also in 2013, she played the title character in Dustin Guy Defa's short film Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman. [5] Gross played the lead female character in Charles Poekel's film Christmas, Again , which had its premiere at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. [6] [7] She also performed in Nathan Silver's 2014 film Uncertain Terms, and reunited with him in his 2015 film, Stinking Heaven. [8] [9] [10] Also in 2014, Gross played the lead role in David Raboy's short film Beach Week. [11]

In 2017, Gross appeared in the Netflix drama Mindhunter , in which she played the role of Debbie Mitford, a post-graduate student at the University of Virginia and the girlfriend of one of the three leads. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Men with Brooms Girl at GameUncredited
2004 Wilby Wonderful Girl at MotelUncredited
2005Drei MädchenDaughterShort film
2013 I Used to Be Darker Abby
Lydia Hoffman Lydia HoffmanLydia HoffmanShort film
The Sixth YearGabbyFifth segment
2014Uncertain TermsCammy
Christmas, Again Lydia
HazeNatalieShort film
2015ValedictorianEmily
Stinking HeavenAnnAdditional writing
Take What You Can CarryLillyShort film
Beach WeekLaureShort film
Little CabbageAnaShort film
2016The Zeno QuestionKirstenShort film
Dramatic RelationshipsShort film
Psychic Ills: BabyGirl at BarShort film
Psychic Ills: Another ChangeGirlShort film
Unless Norah
NightshadeRose WaltzShort film
2017 Marjorie Prime Young Marjorie
2018 The Mountain Susan
Her Smell Tiffany
2019 Joker Young Penny Fleck
Disappearance at Clifton Hill Laure
Colewell Ella
2020 Tesla Mina Edison
Falling Gwen Peterson
Flashback Karen
2023 The Adults Rachel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Mindhunter Debbie Mitford10 episodes
2018 The Sinner Marin Calhoun8 episodes
Deadwax Etta Pryce7 episodes
2023 Essex County Beth3 episodes
2025 Zero Day Anna Sindler1 episode
The Savant TBAMiniseries [13]

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010DocKatie Young Centre for the Performing Arts
2012Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me ListenCollapsable Hole
A Streetcar Named Desire —Director

References

  1. ↑ Eckardt, Stephanie (October 16, 2017). "Meet Hannah Gross, the Wild, Brainy Partner-in-Crime-Solving of Mindhunter's Jonathan Groff". W Magazine . I grew up in Toronto
  2. 1 2 Zekas, Rita (August 13, 2010). "No, you haven't seen her before". Toronto Star . Star Media Group . Retrieved July 23, 2014. Gross, 20, is playing ages 12 to 17 in Doc
  3. 1 2 "Hannah Gross - I used to be darker". iusedtobedarkermovie.com. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Diester, Michel; Farkas, Christoph (January 10, 2014). "A Talk with Hannah Gross und Deragh Campbell (I Used to Be Darker)". filmtexte.wordpress.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ Brody, Richard (June 20, 2013). "BAM's Excellent Indie-Film Series". The New Yorker . Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Christmas, Again by Charles Poekel". Kickstarter . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Latham, Brandon (July 16, 2014). "Locarno Film Festival Announces Lineup Including Luc Besson's 'Lucy'; Honors Juliette Binoche, Mia Farrow". Indiewire . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Stinking Heaven | Film Review | Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ Salovaara, Sarah (April 14, 2014). "Nathan Silver's Undeniable Pressure Cookers". Filmmaker . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Project of the Day: 'Stinking Heaven'". Indiewire. April 23, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Beach Week". david-raboy.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ Eckardt, Stephanie (October 16, 2017). "Meet Hannah Gross, the Wild, Brainy Partner-in-Crime-Solving of Mindhunter's Jonathan Groff". W Magazine . The 27-year-old Canadian actress Hannah Gross
  13. ↑ Petski, Denise (April 3, 2024). "'The Savant' Apple Series Rounds Out Cast With 8, Including Jordana Spiro, Michael Mosley, Dagmara Dominczyk". Deadline. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
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