Hannah Marks

{{Infobox person

| name = Hannah Marks

| imagesize =

| image = Hannah Marks by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Marks at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|13}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{flat list|

Actress
writer
director}}

| yearsactive = 2005–present

| website = {{URL|hannahmarks.com}}

| signature = Hannah Marks' signature.png

| relatives = Ernie Ball (maternal grandfather)
Ernest Ball (maternal great-great grandfather)

}}

Hannah Marks (born April 13, 1993){{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2018/04/todays_top_celebrity_birthdays_196.html|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list (April 13, 2018)|work=The Plain Dealer|first=Mike|last=Rose|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=January 23, 2020}} is an American actress, writer, and director.{{cite web|url=https://blog.womenandhollywood.com/sxsw-2018-women-directors-meet-hannah-marks-shotgun-d730afaa5ee3 |title=SXSW 2018 Women Directors: Meet Hannah Marks—"Shotgun"|date=March 7, 2018|access-date=March 24, 2018|work=Women and Hollywood|first=Sophie |last=Willard}} She is best known for directing the films After Everything (2018), Don't Make Me Go (2022), and Turtles All the Way Down (2024). She also played Amanda Brotzman on the television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017).

Early life

Hannah Marks was born in Los Angeles,{{cite news|url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/tv/article179769186.html|title=She grew up in SLO. Now she's starring on one of TV's weirdest shows |work=The Tribune|first=Sarah|last=Linn|date=October 19, 2017|access-date=January 23, 2020}} the daughter of Robin Marks and Nova Ball, a former actress, and grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. Hannah's maternal grandfather was entrepreneur and musician Ernie Ball, and one of her maternal great-great-grandfathers was composer Ernest Ball.{{cite news| url= http://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article39206505.html |publisher= SanLuisObispo.com | work= The Tribune| location= San Luis Obispo, California| title= Hannah Marks, who grew up in SLO, lands role in new 'Spider-Man' movie| date= June 28, 2012| access-date= January 9, 2016}}{{cite web |date=October 8, 1993 |title=Person Page 2669 |url=http://www.newenglandballproject.com/g2/p2669.htm#i66721 |access-date=June 13, 2013 |website=The New England Ball Project}}

Career

Marks appeared in the 2006 feature film Accepted as Lizzie Gaines. She has guest-starred in television programs such as Ugly Betty and Weeds. She was featured in the cover story of the June 4, 2006, issue of The New York Times Magazine with her friend Liana Liberato.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/magazine/04actors.html | title=Hollywood Elementary | first= Adrian Nicole |last= LeBlanc | work=The New York Times Magazine | date=June 4, 2006 | access-date=February 5, 2012}}

Marks played Tammy in The Runaways, a 2010 biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name.{{cite news|url=http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2009/12/15/the-runaways-to-be-released-march-19th.html|title='The Runaways' To Be Released March 19th|date=December 15, 2009|access-date=December 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723135012/http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2009/12/15/the-runaways-to-be-released-march-19th.html|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}

She has been nominated twice for a Young Artist Award, first for her performance in the film Accepted, and again for her performance in the television series FlashForward.{{cite web |title=28th Annual Young Artist Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043416/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms28.htm |archive-date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2011 |website=YoungArtistAwards.org}}{{cite web |title=32nd Annual Young Artist Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808150433/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html |archive-date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2012 |website=YoungArtistAwards.org}}

Marks starred as Amanda Brotzman in the BBC America original Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

In July 2017, Marks was named one of Rolling Stone's 25 Under 25 Artists Changing the World.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/dirk-gently-star-hannah-marks-on-the-female-gaze-aging-in-hollywood-204791/|title='Dirk Gently' Star Hannah Marks: It's Time to Explore the 'Female Gaze'|last1=Scherer|first1=Jenna|date=July 18, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=March 20, 2019}}

File:John Green and Hannah Marks 2022.png in a YouTube video about Turtles All the Way Down]]

In January 2019, she was named as the director for an upcoming film adaptation of the John Green novel Turtles All the Way Down.{{cite news |last1=Galuppo |first1=Mia |title=John Green Adaptation 'Turtles All the Way Down' Finds Director |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-green-adaptation-turtles-all-way-down-gets-director-hannah-marks-1175481 |access-date=January 13, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 11, 2019}} This adaptation was released on May 2, 2024, on the streaming service Max.{{cite news|last1=McNab |first1=Kaitlyn |title=Turtles All the Way Down Movie: Release Date, Cast, Trailer and Everything You Need to Know |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/turtles-all-the-way-down-movie-everything-you-need-to-know |access-date=March 8, 2024 |work=TeenVogue |date=February 9, 2024}}

In March 2021, she was named as the director for the Amazon Studios film Don't Make Me Go starring John Cho.{{cite news|first=Dino-Ray|last=Ramos|title=Amazon Studios Boards Hannah Marks-Directed Dramedy 'Don't Make Me Go' Starring John Cho|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/amazon-studios-hannah-marks-dont-make-me-go-john-cho-1234720347/|access-date=December 17, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 24, 2021}}