# Hannah Gross

Hannah Gross (born c. 1989/1990) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Debbie Mitford in the Netflix drama Mindhunter.

## Early life

Gross grew up in Toronto. She is the daughter of actors Martha Burns and Paul Gross. 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.

## 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. 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). Also in 2013, she played the title character in Dustin Guy Defa's short film Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman. Gross played the lead female character in Charles Poekel's film Christmas, Again, which had its premiere at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. She also performed in Nathan Silver's 2014 film Uncertain Terms, and reunited with him in his 2015 film, Stinking Heaven. Also in 2014, Gross played the lead role in David Raboy's short film Beach Week.
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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Men with Brooms | Girl at Game | Uncredited |
| 2004 | Wilby Wonderful | Girl at Motel | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Drei Mädchen | Daughter | Short film |
| 2013 | I Used to Be Darker | Abby | |
| 2013 | Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman | Lydia Hoffman | Short film |
| 2013 | The Sixth Year | Gabby | Fifth segment |
| 2014 | Uncertain Terms | Cammy | |
| 2014 | Christmas, Again | Lydia | |
| 2014 | Haze | Natalie | Short film |
| 2015 | Valedictorian | Emily | |
| 2015 | Stinking Heaven | Ann | Additional writing |
| 2015 | Take What You Can Carry | Lilly | Short film |
| 2015 | Beach Week | Laure | Short film |
| 2015 | Little Cabbage | Ana | Short film |
| 2016 | The Zeno Question | Kirsten | Short film |
| 2016 | Dramatic Relationships | | Short film |
| 2016 | Psychic Ills: Baby | Girl at Bar | Short film |
| 2016 | Psychic Ills: Another Change | Girl | Short film |
| 2016 | Unless | Norah | |
| 2016 | Nightshade | Rose Waltz | Short film |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime | Young Marjorie | |
| 2018 | The Mountain | Susan | |
| 2018 | Her Smell | Tiffany | |
| 2019 | Joker | Young Penny Fleck | |
| 2019 | Disappearance at Clifton Hill | Laure | |
| 2019 | Colewell | Ella | |
| 2020 | Tesla | Mina Edison | |
| 2020 | Falling | Gwen Peterson | |
| 2020 | Flashback | Karen | |
| 2023 | The Adults | Rachel | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Mindhunter | Debbie Mitford | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | The Sinner | Marin Calhoun | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Deadwax | Etta Pryce | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | Essex County | Beth | 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Zero Day | Anna Sindler | 1 episode |
| TBA | The Savant | TBA | Miniseries |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Doc | Katie | Young Centre for the Performing Arts |
| 2012 | Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen | | Collapsable Hole |
| 2012 | A Streetcar Named Desire | — | Director |