Sammi Hanratty
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| Born | Samantha Hanratty September 20, 1995 Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005 to present |
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Samantha Hanratty (born September 20, 1995) is an American child actress whose movie and television roles include Holly in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Kayla in Magic. Hanratty also played Samantha in two episodes of That's So Raven, and has played a role in Drake and Josh. She had an uncredited role as a British girl in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. She currently plays young Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on Pushing Daisies.
[edit] Biography and career
Sammi Hanratty was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and is the youngest in a family of five girls, including an older sister named Danielle who is also an actress. The actress moved to Los Angeles in 1997 at the age of 2. In 2001, Sammi's mother met with an agent in Los Angeles, leading to bookings for jobs including commercials for Oil of Olay, which aired for two years. She has since appeared in other commercials such as McDonalds, Swiffer, Build-A-Bear, GMAC Real Estate, America West Airlines, and Crasins. Perhaps Sammi's most known commercials are her two Pringles ones, which have left her with the nickname "The Pringles Girl".[citation needed]
Besides commercials, Sammi's resume is filled with all sorts of roles. In April of 2006 her first TV movie premiered where she starred opposite Lacey Chabert as a young girl dealing with the death of her parents. In 2007, she appeared in the mini-series Desperation and had a minor role in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. She has a recurring role on the action-drama series The Unit with her sister Danielle, and has a lead role Once in a Lifetime. Sammi will also portray a girl named Kayla in another movie called Magic!. During the same year, she filmed The Santa Clause 3 playing an elf named Glenda. She's appearing in the new movie Hero Wanted starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Sammi has appeared on a range of different TV shows, which include Charmed, Cold Case, Drake & Josh, CSI: NY, House, The Ashlee Simpson Show, That's So Raven, Passions, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Most recently, she has appeared in an SAG Independent Film with her sister Danielle, Quiet Dignity, which will soon go to film festivals.
She did a movie called Hello Sister, Goodbye Life in 2006. She has also appeared on several episodes of the ABC show Pushing Daisies where she plays the role of young Charlotte "Chuck" Charles.
