Biography
Date of Birth
20 December 1995, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Birth Name
Samantha Lynne Hanratty
Height
5' 1" (1.55 m)
Mini Biography
Sammi Hanratty has been acting for more than half her life. She's had the pleasure of working with some of Hollywood's biggest names including Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, Simon West, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jim Carrey, Robin Wright, Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes, Ray Liotta, Cuba Gooding Jr, Jon Hamm, and Tim Allen.
2013 was a busy year form Sammi. She wrapped principal production on three feature films, playing Patricia Heaton's daughter in the Sony film Mom's Night Out, the main character in the indie film Zoe Gone, and most recently, she starred alongside Olympia Dukakis and Nicolette Sheridan in The Christmas Spirit.
In addition to the big screen, Sammi's extensive television credits include guest starring on AMC's award-winning series Mad Men, David E. Kelley's series Monday Mornings, working with director Simon West on The Saint, and starring in three concurrent recurring roles on CBS's The Unit, ABC's Pushing Daisies, and Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
Trivia
Younger sister of Ash Hanratty and actress Danielle Hanratty.
Is the youngest of five daughters.
Her favorite actresses are Nicole Kidman and Amanda Bynes.
Hobbies are swimming, gymnastics, bike riding, roller blading and hanging out with her family and friends.
Is friends with fellow actresses Abigail Breslin and Jennette McCurdy.
She is a StarPower Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation.
In a relationship with gaming legend KYRSP33DY.
Quotes
I started visiting schools and talking to kids about bullying and what to do and how to deal with it. I don't think that there is one person who has lived life without being bullied. Everybody gets bullied - whether it's cyber-bullying or to your face or behind your back.
Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters.
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
People get so trapped by their technology now. Real life is so much better. I love talking with my mother and father. We really enjoy staying in and making a meal together. I'm very close with all four of my older sisters as well.
Every time I work on a new set, I take whatever I can from it and learn as much as I can around the people who I am working with.
Brooke Shields has been a child star and has grown into an incredible actress. She is very accomplished, and I look up to her. She had a mother's sense to her.
If you're doing television, you get to be a character for a long time, and the cast around you becomes like family. You get attached to playing that one character, and it's hard leaving them behind.
I would like to do something that pushes me as an actress to make me better. I would love to do something dramatic or crazy. I think that would be so much fun.
