Hallie Kate Eisenberg

Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born August 2, 1992) is an American actress.

Early life

Eisenberg was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, the daughter of Amy, who worked as a clown at children's parties, and Barry Eisenberg, who ran a hospital and later became a college professor.^[1][2][3] She has two siblings: actor Jesse Eisenberg, star of The Social Network and Holy Rollers, and Kerri.^[4] Hallie was named after a character in the 1991 film All I Want for Christmas.^[5] She was raised in a Jewish family^[6][7] that originated in Poland and Ukraine.^[8][9] Eisenberg currently attends American University, in Washington, DC.^[10]

Career

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she was "the Pepsi Girl" in a series of Pepsi commercials.^[11] She made her film debut in the 1998 children's film Paulie, playing the young owner of the title parrot. After appearing in a few made-for-television films, she had supporting parts in 1999's The Insider and Bicentennial Man.

In 2000, Eisenberg co-starred with Minnie Driver in the feature film Beautiful, which received generally negative reviews. She also starred as Helen Keller in a television remake of The Miracle Worker.

In 2004, she played opposite Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton in the television remake of the The Goodbye Girl.

In 2006, Eisenberg appeared in How to Eat Fried Worms, the New Line Cinema adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's book of the same name.

In 2007, she co-starred in the independent feature film P.J.^[12] alongside John Heard, Vincent Pastore and Robert Picardo.

Eisenberg made her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theatre's production of Claire Booth Luce's play The Women.^[13]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Paulie	Marie Alweather
	Nicholas' Gift	Eleanor	Television movie
1999	Blue Moon	Josie Medieros	Television movie
	Swing Vote	Unknown	Television movie
	A Little Inside	Abby Mills
	The Insider	Barbara Wigand
	Bicentennial Man	Young Little Miss Amanda Martin
2000	Get Real	Alexa	Television series (Episode "Waiting")
	Beautiful	Vanessa
	The Miracle Worker	Helen Keller	Television movie
2002	Stage on Screen: The Women	Little Mary	Television movie
2003	Presidio Med	Grace Rothman	Television series (Episode "With Grace")
2004	The Goodbye Girl	Lucy McFadden	Television movie
2006	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Melissa
	How to Eat Fried Worms	Erika
2008	P.J.	Pauline
	Wild Child	Ruthie
2010	Holy Rollers	Ruth Gold	A