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Hallie Meyers-Shyer (born July 26, 1987) is an American film actress, director and writer.

Hallie Meyers Shyer
Born
Hallie Meyers Shyer

(1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 37)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materThe New School
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Early life

She was born in Los Angeles, California, the younger daughter of writer/directors Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer.[1] She is Jewish.[2][3]

Career

She has appeared in six of her parents' films: Father of the Bride, I Love Trouble, Father of the Bride Part II, The Parent Trap, What Women Want, and The Affair of the Necklace. Her older sister Annie has also made film appearances;[1] the twin characters in The Parent Trap were named after Hallie and Annie.[4]

Meyers-Shyer attended high school at Crossroads School.[1] She originally enrolled at the University of Southern California to study screenwriting, but transferred to The New School where she graduated with a degree in literature.[1] She made her screenwriting and directorial debut with the film Home Again (2017), which stars Reese Witherspoon and was released in September.[5]

In 2012, it was announced that Meyers-Shyer's script The Chelsea would be made into a film starring Felicity Jones and directed by Nancy Meyers.[6] In 2017, Meyers said her daughter's project ran into casting problems, and Meyers-Shyer "just moved on from it."[7]

In 2017, she made her directorial debut with the romantic comedy film Home Again. The film starred Reese Witherspoon as a 40-yeal-old single mother who allows three young aspiring filmmakers (Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, and Jon Rudnitsky) to live with her in her Los Angeles home. Candice Bergen and Michael Sheen also star in the film. The film was released on September 8, 2017, by Open Road Films and despite mixed reviews garnered a strong gross of $37 million worldwide.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kaufman, Amy (September 6, 2017). "Hallie Meyers-Shyer knows you'll compare her to her mother, Nancy — and she's cool with it". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. ^ https://thejewishnews.com/2017/09/06/celebrity-jews/
  3. ^ http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/8829/
  4. ^ Jermin, Deborah (2017). Nancy Meyers. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 129. ISBN 9781628921755.
  5. ^ Galuppo, Mia (November 2, 2016). "'SNL' Alum Jon Rudnitsky Joins Reese Witherspoon in 'Home Again' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 9, 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ Fleming, Mike, Jr. (April 12, 2012). "Nancy Meyers to Helm 'The Chelsea,' Scripted by Hallie Meyers-Shyer and Starring Felicity Jones". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 13, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Zuckerman, Esther (September 5, 2017). "Nancy Meyers and Daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer on Home Again, Their Reese Witherspoon Romantic Comedy". W Magazine. Retrieved September 20, 2017.


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