Haley Lu Richardson
Biography
Haley Lu Richardson is an American actress born on March 7, 1995, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. With thirty-seven known acting credits, she began her career with early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up in 2013 and the ABC Family supernatural drama Ravenswood from 2013 to 2014. She gained recognition for her performances in the coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen and the psychological horror film Split, both released in 2016. Following her breakthrough role in the 2017 film Columbus, she received a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress. She subsequently earned critical praise for portraying Maci in Support the Girls in 2018 and Stella Grant in Five Feet Apart in 2019.
Career overview
Haley Lu Richardson is an American actress born on March 7, 1995, in Phoenix, Arizona. She began her career with early television roles in 2013, appearing on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up and the ABC Family supernatural drama Ravenswood, on which she acted through 2014.
Richardson transitioned to feature films, gaining recognition for her performances in two 2016 releases: the critically acclaimed coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen and the psychological horror film Split. She followed these with a breakthrough starring role in the 2017 film Columbus, which earned her a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress.
Continuing her film work, she received further critical praise for her roles as Maci in the 2018 film Support the Girls and as Stella Grant in the 2019 film Five Feet Apart. With a total of 37 known acting credits documented on the Movie Database, Richardson has built a substantial career in both television and film.
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- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) as Ingrid
- PONIES (2026) as Twila
- PONIES (2026) Writer
- Zi (2026) as Elle
- Zi (2026) Producer
- Love at First Sight (2023) as Hadley Sullivan
- Love at First Sight (2023) Executive Producer
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
- After Yang (2022) as Ada
- Montana Story (2022) as Erin
- The White Lotus (2021) as Portia
- Unpregnant (2020) as Veronica Clarke
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Five Feet Apart (2019) as Stella Grant
- The Chaperone (2019) as Louise Brooks
- Operation Finale (2018) as Sylvia Hermann
- Support the Girls (2018) as Maci
- Inside the Operation (2018) as Self
- Split (2017) as Claire Benoit
- Columbus (2017) as Casey
- The Making of 'Split' (2017) as Self
- The Edge of Seventeen (2016) as Krista
- Recovery Road (2016) as Ellie Dennis
- The Bronze (2016) as Maggie Townsend
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- Follow (2015) as Viv
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Last Survivors (2014) as Kendal
- The Young Kieslowski (2014) as Leslie Mallard
- Ravenswood (2013) as Tess
- Escape from Polygamy (2013) as Julina
- Meanamorphosis (2012) as Cameron
- Christmas Twister (2012) as Kaitlyn
- Awkward. (2011) as Mackenzie
- Shake It Up (2010) as Shake It Up Dancer
- Made in Hollywood (2005) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jenna Davis
- The View (1997) as Self
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter