Isabelle Fuhrman (born February 25, 1997) is an American actress. She
is best known for her roles as Esther in the 2009 horror film Orphan,
and Clove in the 2012 dystopian adventure film The Hunger
Games.Isabelle Fuhrman was born in Washington D.C., on February 25,
1997, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, Elina Fuhrman (née
Kozmits), is a journalist who emigrated from Soviet Russia and has
worked for CNN. Her father, Nick Fuhrman, is a former political
candidate and business consultant. Both of her parents are of Russian
Jewish descent. Fuhrman graduated from Stanford University Online High
School in 2015. For high school, she was also a student at Buckley
School, an exclusive private school in Sherman Oaks. Fuhrman also
studied at RADA and briefly attended The Westminster Schools in
Atlanta, Georgia.Fuhrman's acting career began at the age of seven,
when a casting director from Cartoon Network spotted her waiting for
her older sister Madeline Fuhrman and cast her for one of the shows,
Cartoon Fridays. Fuhrman made her big screen debut just a few years
later in the 2007 drama Hounddog. The same year, Fuhrman was chosen to
star in the movie Orphan alongside Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard.
Fuhrman was cast after an exhaustive nationwide search of young
actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration
between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle
Entertainment.
is best known for her roles as Esther in the 2009 horror film Orphan,
and Clove in the 2012 dystopian adventure film The Hunger
Games.Isabelle Fuhrman was born in Washington D.C., on February 25,
1997, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, Elina Fuhrman (née
Kozmits), is a journalist who emigrated from Soviet Russia and has
worked for CNN. Her father, Nick Fuhrman, is a former political
candidate and business consultant. Both of her parents are of Russian
Jewish descent. Fuhrman graduated from Stanford University Online High
School in 2015. For high school, she was also a student at Buckley
School, an exclusive private school in Sherman Oaks. Fuhrman also
studied at RADA and briefly attended The Westminster Schools in
Atlanta, Georgia.Fuhrman's acting career began at the age of seven,
when a casting director from Cartoon Network spotted her waiting for
her older sister Madeline Fuhrman and cast her for one of the shows,
Cartoon Fridays. Fuhrman made her big screen debut just a few years
later in the 2007 drama Hounddog. The same year, Fuhrman was chosen to
star in the movie Orphan alongside Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard.
Fuhrman was cast after an exhaustive nationwide search of young
actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration
between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle
Entertainment.
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