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.

Hallee Hirsh
Hirsh in 2009
Born
Hallee Leah Hirsh

1987 or 1988 (age 35–36)
Alma materUCLA
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Ryan Martin
(m. 2013)
Children2

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Lolita Little Girl in Bunny Suit
1997 Norville and Trudy Bobbie 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
2002 Incest Liz Short
2002 Manna from Heaven Young Theresa
2004 Speak Rachel Bruin
2005 Happy Endings Mamie Toll (age 17)
2006 Wild Hearts Madison Hart
2008 Fading of the Cries Sarah
2009 Make the Yuletide Gay Abby Mancuso
2009 16 to Life Kate
2013 Bad Behavior Zoe
2014 Infiltrators Micki Thorne
2014 The Last Dinner Party Haley Short
2020 Chasing the Rain Vanessa

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Various "1.11"
1993–1998 Late Show with David Letterman Various TV series
Unknown episodes
Uncredited
1993–1995 Loving Heather Rose Forbes TV 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 Hasbrook TV series
Unknown episodes
1997 What the Deaf Man Heard Young Tallasse TV film
1998 Saint Maybe Young Agatha TV film
1998 Carson's Vertical Suburbia Penelope TV film
1998 Law & Order Gillian Lanetti "Grief"
1999 Law & Order Jenny Brandt "Killerz"
1999 LateLine Jennifer Karp "Kids 'N' Guns"
1999 The Snooker Report Shanna Levine TV series
2000 Malcolm in the Middle Jessica "Traffic Jam"
2000 The Ultimate Christmas Present Allison "Allie" Rachel Thompson TV film
2000 Judging Amy Jodi Larson Pruitt "Shaken, Not Stirred", "Dog Days"
2001 Family Law Katie Pollack "Obligations"
2001 Taking Back Our Town Catherine Melancon TV film
2001 The Gene Pool Dina Fineman TV film
2001–2009 ER Rachel Greene Recurring role
2002 My Sister's Keeper Young Judy Chapman TV film
2002 The American Embassy Liv Faulkner "Pilot"
2002 The Young and the Restless Abby 1 episode
2002 The Guardian Andrea Caffey "The Innocent"
2003–2005 JAG Mattie Grace Johnson Recurring 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 Marin Main role
2006 Grey's Anatomy Claire "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response", "Losing My Religion"
2006 Wild Hearts Madison TV film
2006 Without a Trace Malia Norton "All for One"
2007 Boston Legal Michelle Cabot-Levinson "Selling Sickness"
2007 Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango Daley Marin TV 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"
2011 SAM: A Puppy, Toothbrush & Frying Pan Pretty Lady Video short
2012–2014 Sloppy Tacos Berri Recurring role
2013 Hidden Away Amy TV film

References

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  1. ^ Trauth, A. J.; Marquette, Chris; Hirsh, Hallee (guest) (July 24, 2022). "The Coogan Chronicles". ListenNotes.com (Podcast). Event occurs at 20:40. Retrieved November 11, 2022. You've Got Mail [1998]… and I was 10-years-old
  2. ^ a b c d e "BA #004: Hallee Hirsh". Box Angeles podcast. November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ 16 to Life Blog Archives April 7, 2009
  4. ^ 16 to Life Blog Archives June 4, 2010
  5. ^ 2010 Tunis International Film Festival
  6. ^ 2010 Alaska International Film Festival Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Matt Lanter-Starring 'Chasing The Rain' Lands At Indie Rights; TIFF Pic 'White Lie' Acquired By Rock Salt Releasing; Andy Palmer To Direct Indie Thriller 'Flatwoods' – Film Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. December 14, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "@halleeh on Instagram". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Hollywood to Haywood: Acting couple buys Hole doughnuts
  10. ^ The Best Desserts We Ate in 2016
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