Maddie Hasson

Last updated

Maddie Hasson
Born
Madelaine Hasson

(1995-01-04) January 4, 1995 (age 29)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Spouse
Julian Brink
(m. 2015)

Madelaine Hasson (born January 4, 1995) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Willa Monday on Fox's television series The Finder . [1] She also co-starred in the ABC Family series Twisted . [2] She starred in the YouTube Premium series Impulse as Henrietta "Henry" Coles. [3]

Contents

Early life

Hasson was born in New Bern, North Carolina, [2] [4] the daughter of Catherine and Michael. Hasson grew up in Wilmington, where she attended Cape Fear Academy. She was a competitive dancer in Wilmington's Fox Troupe Dancers for eight years. As a child and young teen, Hasson performed in a variety of stage productions, including Grey Gardens and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She began auditioning for films under a local casting director, Jackie Burch.

Career

Hasson's first callback was for the CW's The Secret Circle . She was not cast, however, and went on to win the role of Willa Monday in Fox's The Finder . In 2012, Hasson traveled to Canton, Ohio to film Underdogs. [5] Hasson co-starred in ABC Family's Twisted as Jo Masterson. In 2015 she appeared as Billie Jean, the second wife and widow of Hank Williams, in the Williams biopic I Saw the Light . [6] That same year she also starred in the indie feature "Good After Bad". In 2016 she starred in the indie feature "Novitiate". Beginning in 2018, she starred in YouTube's series Impulse as Henrietta "Henry" Coles. [7]

Personal life

Hasson relocated to Los Angeles, California with her mother for her job, and finished high school through online coursework. She lives in Los Angeles. [8]

She came out as bisexual in January 2021. Hasson has been married to Julian Brink since 2015. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 God Bless America Chloe
2013 Underdogs Renee Donohue
2015 I Saw the Light Billie Jean
2015A Light Beneath Their FeetDaschulla
2017Good After BadShellyAlso performer
2017ApeBlonde Short film
2017 Novitiate Sister Sissy
2019 We Summon the Darkness Valerie
2021 Malignant Sydney Lake
2022 Taurus Llanna
2024 Elevation Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 The Finder Willa MondayMain cast
2012 Grimm Carly KampferEpisode: "Bad Moon Rising"
2013–2014 Twisted Jo MastersonMain cast
2017, 2019 Mr. Mercedes Allie4 episodes
2018–2019 Impulse Henrietta "Henry" ColesMain cast
2022 The Recruit Karolina2 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer TV Star: Female Twisted Nominated
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress: Drama Nominated

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doug Liman</span> American film director and producer

Douglas Eric Liman is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films Swingers (1996), Go (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Jumper (2008), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and American Made (2017).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoff Stults</span> American actor

Geoff Stults is an American actor. His first regular roles on television included 7th Heaven, October Road, and Happy Town. He went on to star as Major Walter Sherman on The Finder, Sgt. Pete Hill on Enlisted, and Marco Strzalkowski on Guilty Party. He also played the recurring role of Mitch on seasons 1-3 of the hit Netflix series Grace and Frankie. His film roles include Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up, She's Out of My League, Only the Brave, and 12 Strong. As of April 2023, he has most recently been seen as Jake opposite Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me.

Alexandra Chando is an American actress and director. She is known for her role as Maddie Coleman in the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns and for her dual role as identical twins, Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family drama series, The Lying Game.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordan Fisher</span> American actor and singer

Jordan William Fisher is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career with recurring roles on several television series, including The Secret Life of the American Teenager in 2012 and Liv and Maddie from 2015 to 2017. He also had supporting roles in the television films Teen Beach Movie (2013), Teen Beach 2 (2015) and Grease Live (2016), The Flash (2021-2022) and starred in Rent: Live (2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avan Jogia</span> Canadian actor (born 1992)

Avan Tudor Jogia is a Canadian actor, singer, author and director. He first received recognition for portraying Danny Araujo in the television film A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006). After moving to the United States in his late teens, he landed various television roles within series such as Caprica (2009–2010).

<i>The Finder</i> (American TV series) 2012 American TV series

The Finder is an American procedural drama television series created by Hart Hanson that ran as a midseason replacement on Fox from January 12, 2012, to May 11, 2012. The series originally aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm, and moved to Fridays at 8:00 pm beginning April 6, 2012. It is a spin-off of another Fox television series, Bones, where the backdoor pilot, a season-six episode entitled "The Finder", aired in April 2011. It is loosely based on The Locator series of two books by Richard Greener. On May 9, 2012, Fox cancelled the series after its one limited season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Courtney Stodden</span> American television personality

Courtney Alexis Stodden is an American media personality, model, and singer. After competing in beauty pageants in their home state of Washington and releasing original music, then-16-year-old Stodden came to international attention after being wed to 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison in 2011. The controversy and media attention surrounding the marriage led Stodden to appear on the reality television shows Couples Therapy (2012) and Celebrity Big Brother (2013), and later appearances on Reality Ex-Wives (2015), The Mother/Daughter Experiment (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2017), and Courtney (2020).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mercedes Mason</span> Swedish-American actress (born 1982)

Mercedes Mason is a Swedish-American actress and former model. She is known for playing the role of Zondra in the television series Chuck, and Isabel Zambada in the procedural drama The Finder. She also starred in the 2011 American horror film Quarantine 2: Terminal, portrayed Louise Leonard in the supernatural drama series 666 Park Avenue (2012–2013), played Talia Del Campo in NCIS: Los Angeles, and was a regular on AMC's television series Fear the Walking Dead from 2015 to 2017. In 2018 she played Captain Zoe Andersen in ABC Police crime drama The Rookie.

<i>Twisted</i> (TV series) 2013 television series

Twisted is an American teen drama mystery-thriller television series. The pilot episode aired on March 19, 2013, and the show's remaining 10 episodes resumed airing on June 18, 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dove Cameron</span> American actress and singer (born 1996)

Dove Olivia Cameron is an American singer and actress. She gained recognition for her dual role of the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–17), for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. She also starred in the Disney Channel Descendants franchise (2015–2021).

Katherine Chang is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rebecca Ahn in The Bling Ring (2013) and Maddie Kim in Pantheon (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kylie Bunbury</span> Canadian-American actress (born 1989)

Kylie Bunbury is a Canadian-American actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anne Winters (actress)</span> American actress (born 1994)

Anne Christine Winters is an American actress. She has played roles in the FX's series Tyrant as Emma Al-Fayeed, ABC's series Wicked City as Vicki Roth, and Netflix's series 13 Reasons Why as Chlöe Rice. She also starred in the films Sand Castles (2014), Pass the Light (2015), The Bride He Bought Online (2015), Mom and Dad (2017), and Night School (2018).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maddie Ziegler</span> American actress and dancer (born 2002)

Madison Nicole Ziegler is an American actress and dancer. She appeared in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms, from 2011 until 2016, and starred in a series of music videos by Sia, beginning with "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart", which have in total attracted more than 6 billion views on YouTube. Ziegler has appeared in films, television shows, concerts, advertisements and on magazine covers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willa Fitzgerald</span> American actress (born 1991)

Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress. She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV's Scream. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network's television drama series Dare Me and officer Roscoe Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video television series Reacher. Her other notable roles include Amazon Studios' television series Alpha House, the USA Network's drama series Royal Pains, and Netflix's horror miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mackenzie Ziegler</span> American singer and actress (born 2004)

Mackenzie Frances Ziegler is an American singer, actress, former dancer, and internet personality. She appeared as a child for six years on the Lifetime reality dance series Dance Moms together with her older sister, dancer and actress Maddie Ziegler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madelaine Petsch</span> American actress and YouTuber (born 1994)

Madelaine Grobbelaar Petsch is an American actress and social media personality. She is best known for portraying Cheryl Blossom on The CW television series Riverdale (2017–2023).

<i>Impulse</i> (TV series) 2018 American science fiction drama series

Impulse is an American science fiction drama television series based on the 2013 Steven Gould novel Impulse. The novel was one of a series following Gould's novel Jumper. The series is a stand-alone spin-off to the 2008 film adaptation of the book.

Sarah Desjardins is a Canadian actress. She starred in the Hub miniseries Clue (2011), the YouTube Premium series Impulse (2018–2019), and the Netflix thriller The Night Agent (2023–).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maddie Phillips</span> Canadian actress (b. 1994)

Madelaine Rachel Phillips is a Canadian actress who portrayed Randeen in Ghost Wars, Devon D'Marco in Project Mc2, Sterling Wesley in the 2020 Netflix teen comedy-drama television series Teenage Bounty Hunters, and Cate Dunlap in the Amazon Prime Video superhero series Gen V and The Boys.

References

  1. "Wilmington teen finds work on 'The Finder'". StarNewsOnline.com. January 11, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "ABC Family picks up drama starring local actress Maddie Hasson | Wilm On Film Blog". Wilmonfilm.blogs.starnewsonline.com. February 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. "Why 'Impulse' Star Maddie Hasson Was a Casting "Risk" for YouTube and Doug Liman". The Hollywood Reporter . June 5, 2018.
  4. Jeff Hidek (February 12, 2012). "Wilmington actress talks about life, recent success". StarNewsOnline.com. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  5. Mike Voorheis (March 10, 2013). "Maddie Hasson takes talent to Hollywood for ABC Family series". StarNewsOnline.com. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  6. Jen Yamato (October 2, 2014). "Maddie Hasson Joins 'I Saw The Light'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  7. Jarvey, Natalie (June 5, 2018). "Why 'Impulse' Star Maddie Hasson Was a Casting "Risk" for YouTube and Doug Liman". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. "Twitter/ @Madelaine Hasson My sister @anna_hasson just arrived in LAX to live with me! About to paint the town". April 6, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  9. Bollinger, Alex (January 6, 2021). ""The Finder" star Maddie Hasson comes out as bisexual". LGBTQ Nation.