Gabrielle Mary Antonia Hoffmann (born January , ) is an American film
and television actress best known for her roles on Sleepless in
Seattle, Now and Then, Transparent and Girls, which gained her
nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Additionally, she is remembered as a
child actress from the films Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and
Then, and Volcano.Hoffmann was born in New York City, New York. Her
mother, Viva (born Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), is an actress, writer
and former Warhol superstar, and her father, Anthony Herrera, was a
soap opera actor best known for his role as James Stenbeck from As the
World Turns. Viva and Herrera were estranged shortly after Hoffmann's
birth; she was raised by her mother at the Chelsea Hotel in New York.
Her father did not have a significant presence in her life. Hoffmann's
birth is documented in Brigid Berlin's The Andy Warhol Diaries. An
entry dated January , , two days after Hoffmann was born, says that a
friend of Warhol's telephoned Warhol and told him that they were going
to the Chelsea Hotel to see Viva and her new baby.Hoffmann's mother
was raised in a devout Catholic family on Long Island, the daughter of
an attorney. She was previously married to director Michel Auder in .
Hoffmann has a half-sister, Alexandra "Alex" Auder, who is years
older and teaches yoga in New York City. Hoffmann's father was raised
in Wiggins, Mississippi by his maternal grandparents. Herrera died in
from cancer.
and television actress best known for her roles on Sleepless in
Seattle, Now and Then, Transparent and Girls, which gained her
nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Additionally, she is remembered as a
child actress from the films Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and
Then, and Volcano.Hoffmann was born in New York City, New York. Her
mother, Viva (born Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), is an actress, writer
and former Warhol superstar, and her father, Anthony Herrera, was a
soap opera actor best known for his role as James Stenbeck from As the
World Turns. Viva and Herrera were estranged shortly after Hoffmann's
birth; she was raised by her mother at the Chelsea Hotel in New York.
Her father did not have a significant presence in her life. Hoffmann's
birth is documented in Brigid Berlin's The Andy Warhol Diaries. An
entry dated January , , two days after Hoffmann was born, says that a
friend of Warhol's telephoned Warhol and told him that they were going
to the Chelsea Hotel to see Viva and her new baby.Hoffmann's mother
was raised in a devout Catholic family on Long Island, the daughter of
an attorney. She was previously married to director Michel Auder in .
Hoffmann has a half-sister, Alexandra "Alex" Auder, who is years
older and teaches yoga in New York City. Hoffmann's father was raised
in Wiggins, Mississippi by his maternal grandparents. Herrera died in
from cancer.
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