Gaby Hoffmann
- Highest Rated: Lyle (2014)
- Lowest Rated: 13 (2011)
- Birthday: Jan 8, 1982
- Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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The daughter of Viva Hoffmann, better known simply as Viva, the model and Warhol protege, Gaby Hoffmann had an upbringing that was in many ways suited for the unconventional lifestyle that accompanies an acting career. Born January 8, 1982, Hoffmann spent much of her childhood living with her mother and sister in New York's notorious Chelsea Hotel. When she and her friends weren't spying on the drug dealers across the hall, Hoffmann began her acting career, making her first commercials at the age of four to help pay the bills. However, she quickly tired of the work and quit; her early retirement ended when, at the age of seven, she was cast alongside Macaulay Culkin in John Hughes' Uncle Buck and as Kevin Costner's daughter in Field of Dreams. Both films proved to be huge hits, and Hoffmann decided to give acting a second try.Many of the films Hoffmann made throughout her early teens proved to be fairly forgettable, although she did have strong supporting roles in Nora Ephron's This Is My Life (1992) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), as well as The Man Without a Face (1993), Now and Then (1995), which cast her as the teenage version of Demi Moore's character, and Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You (1996). Toward the end of the decade, Hoffmann began being identified as one of the up-and-coming actors of Generation Y, a fact that was demonstrated with her being cast in the ensemble film 200 Cigarettes, the controversial girls-on-top sex comedy Coming Soon, and James Toback's Black and White, which featured Hoffmann as part of an eclectic cast that included Robert Downey Jr., Jared Leto, and Brooke Shields.In the early 2000s, she took a break from acting, enrolling in Bard Collage. She resumed her acting career in 2011 with roles in indie films (like The Surrogate Nanny), but the public noticed her more for several high-profile TV guest spots, including an episode each on Private Practice, The Good Wife and Homeland. She had a higher-profile guest spot on FX's Louie, playing a soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend of Louie, and then had a four-episode arc on HBO's Girls, playing Adam's sister, Caroline. Hoffmann took a series regular role on the hit Netflix series, Transparent, in 2014.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Lyle
100% -
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Obvious Child
91% -
Wild
89%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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Manhattan Romance | Emmy | — | 2015 | |
89% | Wild | Aimee | $24.7M | 2014 |
91% | Obvious Child | Nellie | — | 2014 |
27% | Goodbye World | Laura | — | 2014 |
79% | Veronica Mars | Ruby Jetson | $2.7M | 2014 |
100% | Lyle | Leah | — | 2014 |
83% | Crystal Fairy | Crystal Fairy | $0.2M | 2013 |
78% | Nate & Margaret | Darla | — | 2012 |
8% | 13 | Clara Ferro | — | 2011 |
69% | Life During Wartime | Wanda | $0.3M | 2010 |
71% | Chelsea on the Rocks | Actor | — | 2009 |
35% | Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America | Actor | — | 2009 |
All That I Am | Susan | — | 2003 | |
39% | Black and White | Raven | — | 2002 |
11% | Perfume | Gabrielle | — | 2001 |
95% | You Can Count On Me | Sheila | $8.5M | 2000 |
29% | Coming Soon | Jenny Simon | — | 1999 |
29% | 200 Cigarettes | Stephie | — | 1999 |
67% | Strike! | Odette | — | 1998 |
50% | Volcano | Kelly Roark | — | 1997 |
79% | Everyone Says I Love You | Lane | — | 1996 |
28% | Now and Then | Young Samantha | — | 1995 |
Whose Daughter Is She? (Semi-Precious) | Andrea | — | 1995 | |
Freaky Friday | Annabelle Andrews | — | 1995 | |
65% | The Man Without a Face | Megan | — | 1993 |
74% | Sleepless in Seattle | Jessica | — | 1993 |
38% | This Is My Life | Opal Ingels | — | 1992 |
61% | Uncle Buck | Maizy | — | 1989 |
86% | Field of Dreams | Karin Kinsella | — | 1989 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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90% |
Transparent
2014
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Ali Pfefferman Ali Pfefferman Ali |
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Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.
2012
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Appearing |
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41% |
Chelsea
2016-2017
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Appearing Guest |
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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Guest |
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89% |
Girls
2012-2017
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Caroline |
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94% |
Louie
2010-2015
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April |
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94% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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Rhonda Cerone |
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52% |
Private Practice
2007-2013
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Emily |
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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Rachel |
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Someone like Me
1994
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Gaby |
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QUOTES FROM Gaby Hoffmann CHARACTERS
- Mike Roark
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I can't leave you here after an earthquake.
- Kelly Roark
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Dad, I'm 13 years old, I know what to do.
- Mike Roark
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Ok, What do you do?
- Kelly Roark
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Get into a doorframe, stick your head between your knees & kiss your ass goodbye.