Isabelle Fuhrman

Isabelle Fuhrman
Born (1997-02-25) February 25, 1997
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Residence Studio City, California
Education Stanford University, RADA
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present
Relatives Elina Fuhrman (mother)

Isabelle Fuhrman (born February 25, 1997) is an American actress. She played Esther in the 2009 horror/thriller film Orphan and Clove in The Hunger Games.

Early life

Isabelle Fuhrman was born in Washington D.C., on February 25, 1997, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother, Elina Fuhrman (née Kozmits), is a journalist who emigrated from Soviet Russia and has worked for CNN. Her father, Nick Fuhrman, is a former political candidate and business consultant.[1][2] Fuhrman recently graduated (2015) from Stanford University Online High School.[3] For high school she was also a student at Buckley School, an exclusive private school in Sherman Oaks. Fuhrman also studied at RADA and briefly attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.[4]

Career

Fuhrman's acting career began at the age of seven, when a casting director from Cartoon Network spotted her waiting for her older sister Madeline Fuhrman and cast her for one of the shows, Cartoon Fridays.[5] Fuhrman made her big screen debut just a few years later in the 2007 drama Hounddog. The same year, Fuhrman was chosen to star in the movie Orphan alongside Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard.[6][7] Fuhrman was cast after an exhaustive nationwide search of young actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment.[8][9]

Fuhrman's other credits include the role of Gretchen Dennis (also known as Girl Ghost) opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt on the hit TV show Ghost Whisperer, Grace O'Neil in the pilot episode of the 2006 television series Justice, and a number of national commercials for such brands as Pizza Hut and K-Mart. Her performance as Gretchen Dennis in Ghost Whisperer earned her a Young Artist Award nomination. Fuhrman also appeared in comedy skits on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[7] and she is known to have provided character voices for Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Fridays".[10]

In 2011, Fuhrman played Angie Vanderveer in the dark comedy Salvation Boulevard (based on the novel by Larry Beinhart), with an ensemble cast that included Pierce Brosnan and Marisa Tomei, and which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[11] Also in 2012, Fuhrman voiced genetically enhanced assassin Victoria in Hitman Absolution.

In 2012, Fuhrman played Clove, a career tribute who tries to kill the main character, Katniss, in the film The Hunger Games.[12] Originally, she auditioned to play Katniss Everdeen but was too young to play the part as she was 15 at the time, she was called back to audition for Clove, and successfully got the part.[13] On May 15, 2012 it was announced that Fuhrman would be starring in the upcoming remake of the 1977 horror classic, Suspiria;[14] however, it was later announced that the production was stuck in legal woes and that the film would be delayed or cancelled.[15]

On May 24, 2013, Fuhrman was cast as Max in Kevin Connolly's next movie, Dear Eleanor,[16] a film scheduled for released in 2015. That following year, Fuhrman was cast in the film Cell, an adaptation by Stephen King.[17] In 2015, she was cast in a "major recurring role" on the Showtime drama series Masters of Sex, playing Tessa the daughter of Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan).[18] Fuhrman was also cast as the lead in the upcoming independent drama Hellbent.[19]

Charitable work

Fuhrman was approached by Save the Kids in 2010 to be a celebrity advocate for their "Caps for Good" project. She and several volunteers with Save the Children have helped knit hundreds of baby caps in an effort to reduce the death rate of newborns in developing countries.[20] Fuhrman is on the Advisory Board of the Love & Art Kids Foundation, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Hounddog Grasshopper
2009 Orphan Esther Title role
2010 Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage Hatchling Shelly Voice role
2011 From Up on Poppy Hill Sora Matsuzaki Voice role
2011 Salvation Boulevard Angie
2012 Hunger Games, TheThe Hunger Games Clove
2013 The Between Michelle
2013 After Earth Rayna Uncredited
2014 All the Wilderness Val
2016 Dear Eleanor Max the Wax Completed
2016 Cell Alice Maxwell Completed
2016 Hellbent Danni Post-production; lead role

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Justice Grace O'Neil Episode: "Pilot"
2008 Ghost Whisperer Gretchen Dennis Episode: "Pieces of You"
2009 Children of the Corn Additional Voices TV movie
2010 Pleading Guilty Carrie TV movie
2011 Whole Truth, TheThe Whole Truth Lyric Byrne Episode: "Perfect Witness"
2013 Adventure Time Shoko Voice role; episode: "The Vault"
2015 Masters of Sex Tessa Johnson Recurring role, 8 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey Heroine Voice
2012 Hitman: Absolution Victoria Voice

References

  1. ↑ "Madison.com Madison WI news sports entertainment". M.host.madison.com. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Page 13, Wisconsin State Journal, November 8, 1990". NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Isabelle Fuhrman: 'The Hunger Games" Knife Assassin". Yahoo movies. March 26, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Isabelle Fuhrman". Twitter. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ Block, Jenny (July 26, 2012). "Isabelle Fuhrman's Sister Madeline Is Kickstarting Her Music Career". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Mayberry, Carly (December 10, 2007). "Warners horror: 'Orphan' adopts young Fuhrman". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Isabelle Fuhrman- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ Stephenson, Hunter (August 3, 2009). "Will Esther Become a New Horror Icon? Orphan Has Makings of a Cult Sleeper.". slashfilm.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Warner Bros. Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment Present ORPHAN". Business Wire. July 14, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Isabelle Fuhrman on Cartoon Network Fridays (2004)". YouTube. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  11. ↑ LaPorte, Nicole (January 29, 2011). "Isabelle Fuhrman Shines in 'Salvation Boulevard'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ Vary, Adam (March 23, 2012). "'The Hunger Games': Isabelle Fuhrman on becoming Clove, and what she wants to see in 'Catching Fire' and 'Mockingjay'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ Wilkinson, Amy (March 22, 2012). "'Hunger Games' Actress Isabelle Fuhrman Wanted To Play Katniss". MTV News. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  14. ↑ "The Hunger Games and Orphan Star Isabelle Fuhrman Set for Suspiria | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central". Dreadcentral.com. May 15, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ Sara, Castillo (January 28, 2013). "Looks Like 'Suspiria' Remake Slashed". Fearnet.com. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  16. ↑ Tomasi, Rollo (May 24, 2013). "Dear Eleanor (2014): Isabelle Fuhrman cast in Eleanor Roosevelt Film". FilmBook. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ McNary, Dave (February 6, 2014). "Berlin: Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach Join Stephen King Adaptation 'Cell'". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 17, 2015). "Isabelle Fuhrman Joins 'Masters Of Sex'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ McNary, Dave (February 18, 2015). "Isabelle Fuhrman, Martin Henderson to Star in 'Hellbent' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Teen Star Isabelle Fuhrman: Knitting Caps For Good". Craft Ideas Weekly. December 21, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Love & Art Children's Foundation: ADVISORY BOARD".
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