Hallie Kate Eisenberg
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Hallie Kate Eisenberg |
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Born |
August 2, 1992 (age 14) East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, USA |
Occupation |
Child actress |
Career milestones |
Paulie (1998) Bicentennial Man (1999) Beautiful (2000) How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) |
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (born August 2, 1992) is an American actress.
Eisenberg was born in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey to Barry and Amy Eisenberg; she has two older siblings, Kerry and Jesse Eisenberg, who is also an actor. Eisenberg currently attends Churchill Junior High School, a National Blue Ribbon School. (Currently a ninth grader) She is Jewish. Hallie is also a juggler. She has attended the NYC juggling festival the past two years.
Eisenberg first became famous in the late 1990s and early 2000s for her role in a series of Pepsi commercials. She made her film debut in 1998's 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, and starred as Helen Keller in a television remake of The Miracle Worker. She also played opposite Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton in 2004's television remake of the The Goodbye Girl.
Eisenberg appeared in the New Line Cinema adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's book How to Eat Fried Worms in August of 2006 as Erika (see How to Eat Fried Worms (film).
[edit] Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||||
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2006 | How to Eat Fried Worms | Erika | 2000 | The Miracle Worker | Hellen Keller | ||
2000 | Beautiful | Vanessa | |||||
1999 | Bicentennial Man | 7 Year Old 'Little Miss' Amanda Martin | |||||
1998 | Paulie | Marie Alweather |