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Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin
Abigail Kathleen Breslin was born on the 14th April 1996 in New York.
Abigail has had roles in films such as Signs as Bo Hess, alongside Mel Gibson, Raising Helen as Sarah Davis opposite Kate Hudson and in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Parade Girl Carolina with Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews.
She has also had roles in Keane with Damian Lewis, Amy Ryan and Tina Holmes, Chestnut: Hero of Central Park and The Family Plan.
Abigail was the voice of Rosebud in the 2006 film called Air Buddies. She plays the part of one of five puppies that are "dognapped".
In 2006, Abigail Breslin starred in the comedy film called Little Miss Sunshine, playing a beauty pageant contestant, who is the youngest in a dysfunctional family on a road trip opposite Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and Steve Carell.
Her co-stars, Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin, both mentioned that they were "astounded by her seriousness of purpose during shooting".
For her performance, Abigail received a Screen Actors Guild Award Nomination, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress (on January 23, 2007).
At the time of her nomination and at the age of ten years old, Abigail Breslin became the fourth youngest actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Abigail made her stage debut in the play called Right You Are (If You Think You Are) in New York City at the Guggenheim Museum, starring in a superb cast alongside Cate Blanchett, Dianne Wiest, Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard.
Abigail had a leading role in the film called The Ultimate Gift, playing a terminally ill girl called Emily.
She has also appeared in the romantic comedies No Reservations, playing the niece of a chef called kate played by Catherine Zeta Jones and also alongside Aaron Eckhart, and Definitely, Maybe, in which her character is the daughter of a single father called Will ( played by Ryan Reynolds) and also stars Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz and Isla Fisher.
She has also starred as Nim alongside Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler, in the film called Nim's Island, and in the film called Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Abigail plays Kit with Joan Cusack and Glenne Headly.
Abigail has had a role in the film called The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause as Trish alongside her brother Spencer Breslin.
Another role is in the film called My Sister's Keeper as Andromeda "Anna" Fitzgerald opposite Sofia Vassilieva, Alec Baldwin and Cameron Diaz.
Abigail is also using her voice talents opnce more in the film called Rango opposite Johnny Depp as the voice of Rango and Isla Fisher.





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Abigail Breslin - news / articles


  • Diaz taught Breslin to swear - 27 June 2009
    -Cameron Diaz has corrupted teen star Abigail Breslin - the Hollywood actress taught the youngster to swear.- -The 36 year old teams up with Breslin, 13, in new movie My Sister's Keeper and needed to encourage the youngster to say a string of naughty words for a scene in

Abigail Breslin - what members say


  • Keane
  • Keane review by from Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Not the soft-rock band or autobiography of football player turned manager 30 May 2007
    ...e a daughter? Does the little girl he meets (another excellent performance from Abigail Breslin, star of Little Miss Sunshine) really exist? Whether Keane's predicament ca...  
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Little Miss Sunshine review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5 stars A Big Ray of Sunshine! 4 March 2007
    ...about this film when I went to see it, but I loved it! It was brilliantly made, Abigail Breslin was fantastic as Olive, and the whole experience was so feel good without being...  
  • No Reservations
  • No Reservations review by PaulaWestwood from Mossley, Lancs.
    Rated - 4 stars Reserve your copy... 28 August 2007
    ...feel good, mostly fluffy, film about breaking down barriers. Young 11 year old Abigail Breslin is brilliant as Zoe, and the whole thing just works for me. So can you after a...  

Abigail Breslin - filmography


  • My Sister's Keeper (2009)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  Alec Baldwin,  Abigail Breslin
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the best-selling novel, Nick Cassavetes My Sister's Keeper stars Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric as a married couple whose life is altered forever when they discover their two year old daughter Kate has leukemia. Their only hope to save Kate is to conceive another child, Anna. Throughout ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 273 members
    Due for release on 23rd November 2009
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  • Nim's Island on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Abigail Breslin,  Jodie Foster,  Gerard Butler
    Director: Jennifer Flackett,  Mark Levin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover--the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,806 members
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  • No Reservations on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones,  Aaron Eckhart,  Abigail Breslin
    Director: Scott Hicks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a top chef (Catherine Zeta-Jones) gains unexpected custody of a little girl (Abigail Breslin), her life gets thrown off course. Things get even more complicated when some sexy chef competition (Aaron Eckhart) enters her kitchen and her heart.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 17,777 members
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Abigail Breslin facts

5 most recent films

Rango - 4.0 stars
My Sister's Keeper - 4.0 stars
My Sister's Keeper - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Nim's Island - 3.5 stars
Definitely, Maybe - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

My Sister's Keeper - 4.0 stars
Little Miss Sunshine - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Little Miss Sunshine - 3.5 stars
Nim's Island - 3.5 stars
Definitely, Maybe - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - 3.5 stars
My Sister's Keeper - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Rango - 4.0 stars
Keane - 3.0 stars
No Reservations - HD DVD Version - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Tormey - 4 times - show films
Lev Gorn - 4 times - show films
Chris Bauer - 4 times - show films
Amy Ryan - 4 times - show films
Tina Holmes - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lodge Kerrigan - 4 times - show films
Scott Hicks - 3 times - show films
Nick Cassavetes - 2 times - show films
Valerie Faris - 2 times - show films
Jonathan Dayton - 2 times - show films