Hannah Gross (born ) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Debbie Mitford in the

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drama '' Mindhunter''.

Early life

Gross grew up in

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. She is the daughter of actors

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and

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. She attended

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and graduated with a

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, minoring in Religious Studies.

Career

In 2010, Gross played Katie in

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's 1984 play ''Doc'' and directed

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' ''

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'' (1947) for the

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. She performed in Williams' 1953 one-act play '' Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen'' in 2012. Gross was cast in ''

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'' (2013) after meeting its director,

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, at the after show party for the New York City screening of his previous film, ''

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'' (2010). Also in 2013, she played the title character in Dustin Guy Defa's short film ''Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman''. Gross played the lead female character in Charles Poekel's film ''

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'', which had its premiere at the 2014

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. She also performed in Nathan Silver's 2014 film ''Uncertain Terms,'' and reunited with him in his 2015 film, ''Stinking Heaven''. Also in 2014, Gross played the lead role in David Raboy's short film ''Beach Week''. In 2017, Gross starred in the

drama '' Mindhunter'', in which she played the role of Debbie Mitford, a post-graduate student at the

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and the girlfriend of one of the three leads.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Hannah 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people)