Hannah Gross

Gross grew up in Toronto.[3] She is the daughter of actors Martha Burns and Paul Gross.[1] She attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre, minoring in Religious Studies

In 2010, Gross played Katie in Sharon Pollock’s 1984 play Doc and directed Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She performed in Williams’ 1953 one-act play Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen in 2012.[4][1] Gross was cast in I Used to Be Darker (2013) after meeting its director, Matthew Porterfield, at the after show party for the New York City screening of his previous film, Putty Hill (2010).[5] Also in 2013, she played the title character in Dustin Guy Defa’s short film Lydia Hoffman Lydia Hoffman.[6] Gross played the lead female character in Charles Poekel’s film Christmas, Again, which had its premiere at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival.[7][8] She also performed in Nathan Silver’s 2014 film Uncertain Terms, and reunited with him in his 2015 film, Stinking Heaven.[9][10][11] Also in 2014, Gross played the lead role in David Raboy’s short film Beach Week.[