Gaby Hoffmann: biography and filmography

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41

Gaby Hoffmann is an American film and television actress known for her roles in such films and TV series as Uncle Buck, Whose Daughter Is She? Let the list of projects with her participation is still small, but there are those thanks to which Gaby received awards and was twice nominated for the Emmy Award. In the article, we will get acquainted with the biography and filmography of the actress.

Biography

Gaby Hoffmann (photo below) was born in 1982 in New York City to the famous actress and writer Viva and theater actor Anthony Herrera. She did not know her father well, because after her birth her parents divorced, and Gaby and her mother moved to live in Chelsea, one of the most famous hotels in New York. When the girl was 11 years old, they bought an apartment in Los Angeles in a building that was damaged by an earthquake in 1994. So while the renovations were going on, the family stayed at the Ocean Suites Guest House in Santa Monica, California.

After moving to Los Angeles, Gaby Hoffmann attended the Buckley School preparatory school. In 1999, she graduated from the public high school Calabasas High School, and then entered the New York private liberal arts college Bard College, where she received a degree in writing and literature. To do this, she even had to temporarily stop acting, which at that time she was already actively engaged in.

First roles

Gaby Hoffmann's career began at a very young age. So, as a five-year-old girl, she began to appear in commercials, which made it much easier for her mother to pay the bills. And in 1989, she began her filmography, starring in Phil Alden Robinson's fantasy drama Field of Wonders. Moreover, her debut role in 1990 brought her the first award at the Young Artist Awards.

In 1989, another film with Gaby Hoffmann was released - John Hughes' comedy "Uncle Buck" about the unemployed, drinking, smoking, living in a small apartment, Buck Russell, who was asked to look after his brother's three children. And three years later, she joined the main cast of Nora Ephron's drama This Is My Life, based on the book by American writer Meg Wolitzer.

Freaky Friday at the Volcano

In 1993, the actress received the role of Megan Norstadt, a supporting character, in Mel Gibson's drama film The Man Without a Face. Two years later, she starred in Melanie Meyron's television comedy Freaky Friday, where her heroine, Anabel, underby the action of magical amulets, he changes bodies with his mother. And starred in Frank Arnold's drama Whose Daughter Is She? (1995) about a stepmother and biological mother fighting for custody of 11-year-old Andrea.

In 1995, Gaby Hoffmann tried on the image of young Samantha Albertson, a strange girl who sincerely believes in the paranormal, in the comedy drama Now and Then by Leslie Linky Glatter.

Kelly Roark, the daughter of the head of emergency management, appeared in Mick Jackson's disaster film Volcano (1997).

Together with Kirsten Dunst, she starred in the comedy film by Sarah Kernokan "Conspiracy of Pranksters" (1998). And joined Robert Downey Jr. in James Tobak's crime drama Black and White (1999).

Nate, Margaret and the magic cactus

Starting from 2003, Gaby Hoffmann devoted more time to her theatrical career, but in 2009, having received a role in Todd Solondz's comedy drama Life in Wartime, she began to actively act again. She played Clara Ferro in the thriller Gela Babluani "13" (2009) starring Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. And she played the leading role in Nathan Adloff's comedy-drama "Nate and Margaret" (2012), which tells about the unexpectedly strong friendship between a film student and his 52-year-old neighbor.

In 2013, the Chilean director Sebastian Silva directed the adventure comedy Crystal Fairy and the Magic Cactus and 2012,containing a nude scene of Gaby Hoffmann. In the same year, she played Senator's aide Laura Shepard in Denis Henneley's post-apocalyptic film Goodbye World (2013). And she tried on the image of Nelly, a neighbor and best friend of comedian Donna Stern, in Gillian Robespierre's romantic comedy "Your Baby" (2014).

The last roles of the actress were associated with serial projects. From 2014 to 2017, she played the role of Alexandra Pfefferman, a member of a family with a transgender head, in Jill Soloway's comedy-drama Obvious (2014 - …). And for 8 episodes, Gabi Hoffmann played Carolyn Saclair, the troubled and sarcastic sister of the protagonist Adam Saclair, in Lena Dunham's multi-episode drama Girls (2012-2017).