
Photo: Hayley McFarland.jpg: Aaron Delani from La Habra, United States derivative work: RanZag (talk) / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Hayley McFarland was one of the quiet reasons Lie to Me worked as more than a procedural. As Emily she gave Tim Roth's prickly genius someone to soften against, and she played the smart-teenager-who-reads-people angle without ever tipping into precociousness. Her small but memorable part in The Conjuring put her in one of the defining modern horror films, too. I always thought she had the range to do more, so it is a little wistful that she seems to have prioritized a normal life over chasing fame. Sometimes the actors who knew when to walk away are the ones who keep your respect.
Overview
Hayley McFarland (born 1991) is an American actress, singer and dancer from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is best known for playing Emily Lightman, the teenage daughter of Tim Roth's character, on the Fox crime drama Lie to Me. She also appeared in the horror film The Conjuring and had a recurring role on Sons of Anarchy before largely stepping back from acting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hayley McFarland
- Name (Japanese)
- ヘイリー・マクファーランド
- Reading
- へいりー・まくふぁーらんど
- Born
- March 29, 1991 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Goat
- Origin
- Edmond, Oklahoma, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Singer / Television actor / Film actor / Dancer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Missouri, Columbia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.