Sarah Hyland

Sarah Jane Hyland is an American actress and singer born on November 24, 1990. She is best known for playing Haley Dunphy in the ABC sitcom Modern Family from 2009 to 2020. Her performance on the series earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with the cast each year from 2011 through 2014.

Born in the East Village of Lower Manhattan in New York City, Hyland is the daughter of actors Melissa Canaday and Edward James Hyland, and the sister of actor Ian Hyland. She attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan.

Hyland began acting in 1997, making her film debut as Howard Stern's daughter in Private Parts. She subsequently appeared as Molly in the 1999 television film Annie, played Maddie Healy in NBC's Lipstick Jungle, and took on minor film roles such as Blind Date in 2007. Over the course of her career, she appeared in films including Geek Charming (2011), Struck by Lightning (2012), Scary Movie 5 (2013), Vampire Academy (2014), See You in Valhalla (2015), XOXO (2016), Dirty Dancing (2017), and The Wedding Year (2019).

In addition to her screen work, Hyland has maintained an active career in theatre and music. She played young Jacqueline Bouvier in Broadway's Grey Gardens from 2006 to 2007. Later stage projects include playing Audrey in an Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2024, appearing in Broadway's The Great Gatsby in 2025, and joining the Broadway production Just in Time as Connie Francis from 2025 to 2026. As a musical performer, she covered songs with Boyce Avenue, including "Don't Wanna Know," which reached No. 62 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart in 2016. She also released the single "Met At a Party" with Jordan McGraw in 2019.

Hyland's career includes hosting television broadcasts and ad campaigns. From 2022 to 2023, she hosted Love Island USA on Peacock, and she starred in the Peacock series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin in 2022. She co-hosted Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade specials in 2014 and 2018, and has partnered with brands such as Nintendo 3DS, Olay, Taco Bell, and Olive Garden. In October 2021, she became a co-founder and creative director of the vitamin brand Sourse.