Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress
and singer. Born and raised in New York City, Breslin began acting in
commercials when she was three years old and made her film debut in M.
Night Shyamalan's science fiction horror film Signs (2002), at the age
of five, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
Following early roles in Raising Helen (2004) and The Princess Diaries
2: Royal Engagement (2004), Breslin garnered critical acclaim for her
performance as Olive Hoover in the road comedy-drama Little Miss
Sunshine (2006), for which she earned nominations for the Screen
Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the Critics' Choice
Movie Award for Best Young Performer.Breslin went on to establish
herself as a leading child actress with roles in the romantic-comedy
No Reservations (2007), for which she was nominated for a Critics'
Choice Award, Nim's Island (2008), Definitely, Maybe (2008), My
Sister's Keeper (2009), Zombieland (2009), Rango (2011), The Call
(2013), August: Osage County (2013), for which she was nominated for a
Screen Actors Guild Award, Ender's Game (2013), and Zombieland: Double
Tap (2019). Between 2015 and 2016, she starred on the horror-comedy
Scream Queens on Fox, her first regular role in a television
series.Breslin was born in New York City, the daughter of Kim (née
Walsh), a talent manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications
expert, computer programmer, and consultant. She has two older
brothers, Ryan and Spencer, who are also actors. The Breslin siblings
were raised in New York in a "very close-knit" household. She is named
after Abigail Adams, the second First Lady of the United States. Her
father is of Jewish descent.
and singer. Born and raised in New York City, Breslin began acting in
commercials when she was three years old and made her film debut in M.
Night Shyamalan's science fiction horror film Signs (2002), at the age
of five, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award.
Following early roles in Raising Helen (2004) and The Princess Diaries
2: Royal Engagement (2004), Breslin garnered critical acclaim for her
performance as Olive Hoover in the road comedy-drama Little Miss
Sunshine (2006), for which she earned nominations for the Screen
Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the Critics' Choice
Movie Award for Best Young Performer.Breslin went on to establish
herself as a leading child actress with roles in the romantic-comedy
No Reservations (2007), for which she was nominated for a Critics'
Choice Award, Nim's Island (2008), Definitely, Maybe (2008), My
Sister's Keeper (2009), Zombieland (2009), Rango (2011), The Call
(2013), August: Osage County (2013), for which she was nominated for a
Screen Actors Guild Award, Ender's Game (2013), and Zombieland: Double
Tap (2019). Between 2015 and 2016, she starred on the horror-comedy
Scream Queens on Fox, her first regular role in a television
series.Breslin was born in New York City, the daughter of Kim (née
Walsh), a talent manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications
expert, computer programmer, and consultant. She has two older
brothers, Ryan and Spencer, who are also actors. The Breslin siblings
were raised in New York in a "very close-knit" household. She is named
after Abigail Adams, the second First Lady of the United States. Her
father is of Jewish descent.
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