Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Born	6 March 1987 (1987-03-06) London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	actress
Years active	1991–present

Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born 6 March, 1987) is an English actress. She made her film debut in the 1993 movie The House of the Spirits. She is also known for her role as Anne Frank in the TV miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story for which she received both an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination. She has also played Lina in the movie Jakob the Liar and Irene in the movie The Fine Art of Love, based on the novel by Frank Wedekind. Taylor-Gordon studies in LAMDA, an acting school of London.

Career

Taylor-Gordon has been acting since she was four years of age. Her first acting role was on the UK television series Casualty. Her first film role was in the 1993 movie The House of the Spirits, where she played young Blanca Trueba. The House of the Spirits starred Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons and Antonio Banderas. Taylor-Gordon is probably best known for playing Anne Frank in the 2001 ABC television movie Anne Frank: The Whole Story, which earned her nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. The miniseries co-starred Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, and Lili Taylor.

She also starred as Lina in the 1999 movie Jakob the Liar, which co-starred Robin Williams. In the 2004 movie Secret Passage, Taylor-Gordon played a major supporting role alongside John Turturro.

In 2005 Taylor-Gordon acted in the film The Fine Art of Love. She played Irene, in the movie, starring alongside Natalia Tena, Mary Nighy, and Jacqueline Bisset.

Personal life

Hannah Taylor-Gordon was born in London, the daughter of Andrew and Clare Gordon. She is the eldest of their eight children. One of her sisters is actress Talya Gordon. Hannah most recently performed at the High Tide writing festival in Suffolk. She studied Art History and Italian at University College London and trained at the New York method acting school Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in 2008 and is now studying at LAMDA. She is an avid reader and enjoys tennis and horseback riding.

Films

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The House of the Spirits	1993	Young Blanca Trueba
Don't Get Me Started	1994	Cricket	Uncredited
Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994	Young Bridesmaid - Wedding Two
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	1994	Young Elizabeth
Saint-Ex	1996	Young Gabrielle
Passion's Way	1999	Effie Leath	Alternately titled The Reef
Mansfield Park	1999	Young Fanny
Jakob the Liar	1999	Lina Kronstein
Anne Frank: The Whole Story	2001	Anne Frank
Secret Passage	2004	Victoria
Vipere Au Poing	2004	Fine
The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha	2005	Irene

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Casualty	1991	Unknown	TV Series
Against All Odds: Lost and Found	1994	Pam, as a child	TV Series
Buffalo Girls	1995	Janey
Anne Frank: The Whole Story	2001	Anne Frank	Nominated — AFI TV Award for AFI Actor of the Year - Female - Movie or Mini-Series Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
The Ten Commandments	2006	Rachel

External links

• Hannah Taylor-Gordon at the Internet Movie Database