Hannah Marks

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Hannah Marks
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Marks at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1993-04-13) April 13, 1993 (age 30)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • director
Years active2005–present
Relatives Ernie Ball (maternal grandfather)
Ernest Ball (maternal great-great grandfather)
Website hannahmarks.com
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Hannah Marks (born April 13, 1993) [1] is an American actress, writer, and director. [2] She played Amanda Brotzman on the television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency .

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Early life

Hannah Marks was born in Los Angeles, [3] the daughter of Robin Marks and Nova Ball, a former actress, and grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. [4] Hannah's maternal grandfather was entrepreneur and musician Ernie Ball, and one of her maternal great-great-grandfathers was composer Ernest Ball. [4] [5]

Career

Marks appeared in the 2006 feature film Accepted as Lizzie Gaines. She has guest-starred in television programs such as Ugly Betty and Weeds . She was featured in the cover story of the June 4, 2006 issue of The New York Times Magazine with her friend Liana Liberato. [6]

Marks played Tammy in The Runaways , a 2010 biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name. [7]

She has been nominated twice for a Young Artist Award, first for her performance in the film Accepted, and again for her performance in the television series FlashForward . [8] [9]

Marks starred as Amanda Brotzman in the BBC America original Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency .

In July 2017, Marks was named one of Rolling Stone's 25 Under 25 Artists Changing the World. [10]

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Marks with John Green in a YouTube video about Turtles All the Way Down

In January 2019, she was named as the director for an upcoming film adaptation of the John Green novel Turtles All the Way Down . [11] This adaptation is scheduled to release in Spring 2024 on the streaming service Max. [12]

In March 2021, she was named as the director for the Amazon Studios film Don't Make Me Go starring John Cho. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Doll Graveyard Sophia
2006 Danika Lizzie Geralds
2006 Accepted Lizzie Gaines
2010 The Runaways Tammy
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Missy Kallenback
2013 Kristin's Christmas Past Kristin Cartwell (age 17)
2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Jess Evans
2015 Anesthesia Ella Zarrow
2015 Southbound Eva
2015 Punk's Dead Penny
2016 Hard Sell Lake
2018 After Everything N/ADirector, writer
2018 Banana Split AprilDirect-to-video film; also writer
2019 Daniel Isn't Real Sophie
2020 Dinner in America Bethalso executive producer
2020 I Used to Go Here April
2021 Mark, Mary & Some Other People N/ADirector, writer
2022 Don't Make Me Go TessaDirector
2024 Turtles All the Way Down HollyDirector
TBAYou Can't WinJulia

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Numb3rs Libby LambergEpisode: "In Plain Sight"
2006 Criminal Minds Dalia NadirEpisode: "Secrets and Lies"
2007 The Winner TracyEpisode: "What Happens in Albany, Stays in Albany"
2007 Heartland Lesley WalkerEpisode: Pilot
2007 Private Practice RubyEpisode: "In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead"
2008 Ugly Betty TaylorEpisode: "Zero Worship"
2008–2009 Weeds Harmony Recurring role, 7 episodes
2010 Hank Taylor KellyEpisode: "Hank's Got a Friend"
2010 FlashForward Annabelle Campos3 episodes
2010 Saving Grace Mae RodriguezEpisode: "I Killed Kristin"
2011–2013 Necessary Roughness Lindsay Santino Main role (seasons 1–2); guest role (season 3)
2012 Grimm GracieEpisode: "Organ Grinder"
2013 The Client List KimEpisodes: "Wild Nights Are Calling", "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am"
2014 Castle Jordan GibbsEpisode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2014 Awkward GloriaRecurring role (season 4)
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Evie BarnesEpisode: "Pornstar's Requiem"
2016–2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Amanda BrotzmanMain role
2016 The Real O'Neals Mimi WaxbergRecurring role
2019 You're the Worst MariahEpisodes: "A Very Good Boy", "Magical Thinking", "Pancakes"

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