Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress born on July 23, 1973, in Westchester, Illinois. Raised Catholic in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, she attended St. Ann School and Beaumont School before earning a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Northwestern University. She later obtained a Master of Fine Arts in drama from Yale University, where her stage roles included Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Célimène in The Misanthrope. Early in her career, she worked as a receptionist and a waitress while building stage experience, appearing in productions such as Ten Unknowns, Dead End, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Chaucer in Rome, and Hedda Gabler.

Hahn's television career began on the local children's show Hickory Hideout. Her breakout television role came when creator Tim Kring created the character of Lily Lebowski for her in Crossing Jordan, which aired from 2001 to 2007. During this era, Hahn gained prominence as a supporting actress in comedy and drama films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, A Lot like Love, The Holiday, Step Brothers, Revolutionary Road, Our Idiot Brother, and Wanderlust. In 2008, she made her Broadway debut in the revival of Boeing-Boeing.

Hahn expanded her work across television and film throughout the 2010s. She played campaign manager Jennifer Barkley in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and took on her first lead film role in Joey Soloway's Afternoon Delight. She subsequently starred in film projects such as We're the Millers, Bad Words, This Is Where I Leave You, The Visit, Captain Fantastic, Bad Moms, A Bad Moms Christmas, and Private Life. She also lent her voice to animated features, portraying Ericka Van Helsing in the Hotel Transylvania franchise and Olivia Octavius / Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

On television, Hahn starred as Rabbi Raquel Fein in Transparent and took leading and prominent roles in series such as I Love Dick, Mrs. Fletcher, I Know This Much Is True, and The Shrink Next Door. In 2021, she joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying Agatha Harkness in WandaVision, later reprising the character as the lead in the 2024 spin-off Agatha All Along. She also starred as Clare in the Hulu limited series Tiny Beautiful Things and featured in the ensemble film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

Over her career, Hahn has received numerous award nominations. She earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Transparent, WandaVision, Tiny Beautiful Things, and The Studio, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination for Agatha All Along. She also authored the children's book My Wish for You in 2017. In 2024, Hahn delivered the commencement address at Northwestern University and received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree. She has been married to actor Ethan Sandler since 2002, and the couple resides in Los Angeles with their two children.