Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Hahn is an American actress. She began her career on television playing Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series Crossing Jordan. Hahn went on to appear as supporting actress in a number of comedy films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers, Our Idiot Brother, We're the Millersand The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth23 July 1973
CityWestchester, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I've had chapters in my work life that have kind of coincided with the place I am in mine. I had the best-friend phase, and the pregnant-woman phase - for a while, I was pregnant in every movie.
I've learned just how much capacity for love a heart has. You can't believe it. I couldn't believe after having my first that I could ever love anything as much as him. And then when I had my daughter - your heart just expands. There's so much room in it. It's been a nuts, chaotic mess and I love it.
I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women.
There's something about looking at society's expectation of what [motherhood] is and tipping it.
Women just get really hard on each other.
I also feel like motherhood, especially, is seen usually in movies with this saintly veil over it. There's something about tipping that and showing what's actually going on. Or the wish fulfillment of probably most moms, which is really exciting. It's an area that's unexplored.
I've always done theater. I've never thought of myself as a comedic actress in any way. 'Anchorman' kind of cracked that open. When I got a small part in 'Anchorman,' I didn't know it was possible on camera to improvise. So I was like, 'What's happening?
You find your tribe and you stick with them.
I was on vacation with my family when I got the scripts for 'Wanderlust' and I was trying to work on the audition while I was on vacation. I remember a big gust of wind blew the entire script into the pool, so I had to dry it with a hairdryer.
Even the shows or movies that we know are not going to change the world, I love this. I love 'em. I'm a movie fan. I'm a nerd of any kind. I love a big studio comedy as much as I love the teeniest tiniest of indie. I'm not a snob in that way. I really do like a big, big studio comedy.
I'm such a grandma. I don't tweet; I don't have a Facebook page.
As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive.
There are generations of women who left the workforce to be moms, and their kids grow up, and they think, "Well, what now?"
'Free Agents' was an awesome experience. I never play the glam girl in anything, so that was a new experience. I would walk into one of my trailers and it would be like Spanx, a spray-tan gun, and chicken cutlets. I would have hair extensions. It was hilarious. Every day felt like I was turning into an awesome drag queen.