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My Take
I have a soft spot for child actors who actually grow into the work, and Sammi Hanratty looks like one of those. Landing a lead in An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong at fourteen, then carrying The Greening of Whitney Brown, she built a foundation many young performers never get. What I admire most is the staying power: bouncing between television and film instead of vanishing once the cute-kid window closes is genuinely hard. Her work as a Celebrity Friend for the Starlight Children's Foundation also hints at character beyond the resume. Small in stature, clearly large in drive, she is an easy performer to root for.
Overview
Samantha Lynn Hanratty (born September 20, 1995) is an American actress. Her first lead was in 2009, portraying Chrissa Maxwell in An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong. In 2011, she played the role Whitney Brown in the film The Greening of Whitney Brown. Hanratty is considered a Celebrity Friend for the Starlight Children's Foundation.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sammi Hanratty
- Name (Japanese)
- サミー・ハンラティ
- Reading
- さみー・はんらてぃ
- Born
- September 20, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Boar
- Origin
- Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 155 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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.