# Hallee Hirsh

Hallee Leah Hirsh (born December 16, 1987) is an American actress 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.

## Early life

Hirsh began acting when she was three, with her older brother Greg.
Hirsh and her family moved frequently, first to Pensacola, Florida, where Hirsh landed her first role after her first audition in Orlando for Disney's Big Red Boat cruise line. When she was four, her mother was transferred to Long Island. Hirsh began taking the train into Manhattan after school to audition almost daily, landing roles such as Annabel Fox in You've Got Mail.
After her agent, Abby Bluestone, moved to Los Angeles, 11-year-old Hirsh and her family followed. Her mother was stationed in Monterey, California during this time. Hirsh 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". She graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 2011, majoring in anthropology and minoring in Chinese.

## Career

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 and won Best Actress for same role and film at both the 2010 Tunis International Film Festival and the 2010 Alaska International Film Festival.
Hirsh has not been active in film or television since 2014, with one subsequent credit in the film Chasing The Rain in 2020.

## Personal life

Hirsh married Ryan Martin in 2013 and they have two sons, born in May 2014 and December 2018. At the end of 2014, the family relocated from Los Angeles to Asheville, North Carolina, where they operate Hole Doughnuts, a doughnut shop which received recognition from Bon Appétit magazine for "Dessert of the Year" in 2016.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 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 | 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 |
| 2020 | Chasing the Rain | Vanessa |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Various | "1.11" |
| 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 |