Hana Hayes

Hayes was reportedly dating the ‘Walking Dead’ star Chandler Riggs, but they broke-up in 2016.

Hana Lani Hayes was born on March 29, 1999, in Tucson, Arizona, to Sandy and Robert Hayes. She has a brother, Justin Hayes. Her mother is an architect and worked briefly in London, but she took semi-retirement to help Hana with her career.

In 2007, she started acting under the direction of Melody Baker, at the ‘Gaslight Musical Theater.’

When she was 10, Hayes entered an acting competition through ‘Models Melange, Tucson’ (a scouting and development company for models and actors). She emerged successful at the modeling and talent event, ‘IMTA – or, The International Modeling & Talent Association.’ Her parents supported her in following her dreams, and her family relocated to Los Angeles and acquired an agent and manager to represent her.

Hayes received vocal training at ‘La Voix Studio,’ LA. She attended acting classes at various famous studios such as the ‘Playhouse West’ and ‘Actorsite’ in Los Angeles. She received a scholarship from ‘The Voice Studio’ for her talent in dancing, acting and singing.

Her debut project was a Japanese animation movie, ‘A Letter to Momo,’ in 2011, in which she worked as a voice actor. She began her professional acting career in 2011 with the role of ‘Ally Dolan’ in an episode of the TV series ‘Criminal Minds.’ This was followed by a recurring role of ‘Tammy Lynch’ in the series, ‘Bucket and Skinner’s Epic Adventures’ (2011-2013).

In 2011, Hayes appeared as guest characters in movies like ‘Wrinkles,’ ‘Relative Eternity,’ and ‘End of the Innocence.’ She was a part of the feature film, ‘Thunderstruck’ (2012), which starred basketball player Kevin Durrant. In 2013, she worked in an episode of the well-known TV series, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ and also in a movie, ‘Crazy Town.’

Sony/PlayStation’s much-admired video game, ‘The Last of Us,’ came her way in 2013. Her voice and motion capture role of ‘Sarah’ in it received praise, mainly because of the powerful death scene of her character at the beginning of the game, which she carried out effectively. According to her, the memory of losing her grandfather at the age of 8 helped her provide the realistic emotions for the scene.

In the movie ‘Mercy’ (2014) she worked with her former boyfriend, Chandler Riggs, who is known for his role in ‘AMC’s’ film ‘Walking Dead.’ Hayes portrayed the role of ‘Danielle’ in an episode of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in 2015, and also worked as a ’12 year old Leia’ in ‘Stockholm, Pennsylvania,’ in the same year. Her other appearances in 2015 were in the series ‘The Ultimate Evil,’ and the movie ‘A Beautiful Now.’

Fox channel’s ‘The Grinder’ (2015-2016) was a legal comedy and she played the role of ‘Lizzie’ who is a slightly awkward, but a fun teenage girl. In this series she shared the screen space with Rob Lowe and Fred Savage. This was her first series as a regular member of the cast and she liked working with the same group of people for long period of time.

Hayes likes reading biographies and her favorite author is John Green. Her hobbies are horse-riding, traveling and shopping. She loves to bake. Hayes likes sweet tea and cats. She is a supporter of gay rights.

She is close friends with Disney actor, Brooke Sorenson. Hayes has a huge fan following of more than 200K followers on the social platform ‘Instagram.’

She volunteers at a senior singing group, and also at a place called ‘Mathnasium’ where she tutors little kids in math.