Lindsey Haun (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and director. She is known for her role as Hadley on the HBO television series ''

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''. She was nominated for a

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for her role in the 2000 Disney Channel original movie ''

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'' as Mahree Bok, and has starred in the film ''

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'', for which she also recorded a portion of the

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Early life

Lindsey Haun was born on November 21, 1984. She is the daughter of

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, a guitarist who has recorded with the bands Yes and Circa. Through him, she is also the granddaughter of singer Rouvaun (Jim Haun). Her mother was a choreographer.

Career

Haun started acting when she was three, in a commercial for

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. Her first television appearance was on an episode of ''Anything But Love'', and her first notable film role was as Mara, the ruthless leader of the sinister children in 1995's '' Village of the Damned''. Haun also starred in the Emmy-winning Disney Channel original movie, ''

'' in 2000, which was based on a true story; from there she continued her relationship with Disney as one of the Movie Surfers. She later appeared in ABC Family's '' Brave New Girl'', a television film based on the book co-written by Britney Spears. In 2006, she starred in the movie ''Broken Bridges'' with

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, and was also signed to his record label, Show Dog Nashville, to be their first "cross-over" artist. Haun is also featured on the movie's soundtrack. That year, Haun also co-starred in the movie '' Rome and Jewel'', a movie based on

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's ''

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'', but set in Los Angeles and involving an interracial romance. Haun is also a

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s including a film which won Fearless Filmmaking Grand Prize in

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and another one starring

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Filmography

Film

Television

Other works

Discography

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

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Lindsey Haun
on Myspace (Haun Solo Project) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haun, Lindsey 1984 births Actresses from Los Angeles American child actresses American country singer-songwriters American women country singers Living people Show Dog-Universal Music artists Singers from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Country musicians from California Singer-songwriters from California