Hannah Rose Ware''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005''; at ancestry.com (born 8 December 1982) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Emma Kane in the

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political drama series '' Boss'' (2011–2012) and as Sara Hanley in the ABC primetime soap opera '' Betrayal'' (2013–2014).

Life and career

Ware was born in

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and raised in Clapham. She is the daughter of Helena (née Keell), a social worker, and John Ware, a former BBC Panorama reporter, who divorced when she was 12. She is the older sister of musician Jessie Ware. Her mother is Jewish, and both Ware and her sister were raised in the faith. She attended Alleyn's School in Dulwich, then studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Ware appeared in the films '' Cop Out'' (2010) and '' Shame'' (2011). From 2011 to 2012, she played Emma Kane, the estranged addict daughter of Chicago mayor Tom Kane, in the

series '' Boss''. In 2013, she was cast in ABC drama series '' Betrayal'' as lead character, and she appeared in Spike Lee's thriller film '' Oldboy''. In 2015, Ware played the female lead, opposite Rupert Friend, in the action film '' Hitman: Agent 47''. Ware starred in the Hulu series ''

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'' in 2018, and played the leading role on the Netflix science fiction series '' The One'' in 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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