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On the 14th of April 1996, actress and singer Abigail Kathleen Breslin was born in New York City USA to parents Nee Walse and Michael Breslin. Named after a former first lady of the USA, Abigail Adams, Breslin came into the limelight at the very tender age of three, when she showed-up in a TV commercial. She has since then been praised for her performances in movies she has starred.

So how rich is Abigail Breslin? As of early 2016, Abigail Breslin’s net worth is estimated at $12 million. Her worth has been accrued from her early movie career, television shows, stage plays and as a singer since 2002 to the present. She was ranked 8th having a net worth of $1.5 million in 2006 in the 2007 “Young Hollywood’s Top Earning Stars” by Forbes Magazine.

Abigail Breslin Net Worth $12 Million

Abigail Breslins performance in the TV commercial gained her a debut movie role in ‘Signs’, directed by M. Night Shyamalan at age five in which she played the role Bo Hess, the main character’s daughter. The movie had positive reviews, grossing $408 million worldwide and a box office success. In 2004 she starred in the movie “Raising Helene” with her brother Spencer but unfortunately, the movie could not live up to expectation. She acted a minor part in Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. She performed Kira Bedik in the independent film ‘Keane’ in which her performance was hailed by critics. Abigail Berlin came into stardom with her role in the comedy-drama ‘Miss Little Sunshine’ in 2006 as Olive Hoover, a contestant in a beauty pageant. Her seriousness on set was praised by co-stars who were taken by surprise at her purposefulness during the shooting. The movie was a success and clocked a gross $100 million worldwide. She was nominated for the Screen Actor Guild Award and Academy Award for best supporting actress making her the fourth youngest actress to be selected for that award.

Abigail’s debut stage play was in “If You Think You Are” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2007. She was cast as Helen Keller – one of her heroes – in her Broadway debut “The Miracle Worker” in 2010. Breslin has also starred in movies like “Nim’s Island” 2008, “An American Girl” 2008, “My Sister’s Keeper”, 2009, “The Call” in 2013, and “Final Girl”, in which he played Veronica. just to mention a few. She was given a role in Scream Queens, Fox’s first season horror-comedy compilation series in January 2015.

Abigail Breslin also has a music album and four singles to her credit. She won the OIWA Film Critic Best Supporting Award, Best Actress in the Tokyo International Award and Outstanding performance by a cast in a Motion Picture by Screen Actors Guild among other awards in 2007. In 2010 she won the Best Performance in a Feature Film in the Young Artist Award.

In her personal life, Abigail Breslin currently lives with her two siblings Ryan and Spencer, both actors, in New York City. She is already a philanthropist, and has donated to less fortunate children in her toy mountain campaign. If or when she leaves acting, Breslin’s wish is to become a fashion designer.



Full Name Abigail Breslin
Net Worth $12 Million
Date Of Birth April 14, 1996
Place Of Birth New York City, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Profession Actor, Voice Actor
Nationality United States of America
Parents Kim Breslin, Michael Breslin
Siblings Spencer Breslin, Ryan Breslin
Nicknames Abigail Kathleen Breslin , Abbie
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AbigailBreslin.official
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/yoabbaabba
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/abbienormal9
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm1113550
Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominations Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies Little Miss Sunshine, My Sister’s Keeper, Zombieland, Maggie, The Call, Final Girl, Definitely, Maybe, Nim’s Island, Ender’s Game, No Reservations, New Year’s Eve, Rango, Signs, Perfect Sisters, August: Osage County, Haunter, Janie Jones, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, The Ultimate Gift, Raising H…
TV Shows Scream Queens
Trademark
1 Long hair to hips
Title Salary
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) $2,000,000
Nim’s Island (2008) $2,000,000
Quote
1 Everybody’s always like, ‘Are you so sick of people saying Little Miss Sunshine?’ No, because I’d so much rather them say that than, like, ‘Little Miss Effed Up in the Head.’ I love that movie. It’s a part of me and it always will be.
2 [Shame on Sandy Benefit 2013] When the hurricane hit, I was in Oklahoma filming, and I had been away from home for quite a long time, I was really homesick, so I went into the basement of where I was staying to write the song.
3 I would hope that someday, in my lifetime that I’d be able to tell my kids there use to be a thing called cancer but it doesn’t exist anymore.
4 I want to do wardrobe. I want to do hair. I want to do makeup. I want to do writing. I want to do directing. I want to do all of it. I like it. And I want to do producing.
5 [her experience on the set of Signs (2002)] “Everyone was just so nice. The director would ask me if I was OK with my scenes and if something was too scary. Joaquin (Joaquin Phoenix) was great, too. We would thumb-wrestle between takes. I always won!”
6 “It was the coolest experience ever! I hadn’t done any other movie roles, so I was really nervous.” about her first movie role in Signs (2002).
Fact
1 In both Raising Helen (2004) and No Reservations (2007) she plays a young girl who’s orphaned in a car accident and raised by her childless, unmarried aunt.
2 Her mother taught her how to roll a joint and how to properly light one in preparation for her role in Perfect Sisters (2014).
3 She taught herself how to play guitar through YouTube.
4 Abigail Breslin and Chloë Grace Moretz both auditioned for the role of “Jean Fordham” in August: Osage County (2013). Abigail, who auditioned with a 103-degree fever, was able to secure the role.
5 Her first real-life kiss was with Jake T. Austin.
6 She had a severe asthma attack during the filming of a scene for her movie, Haunter (2013).
7 She posed topless for a photo shoot, with celebrity photographer Tyler Shields, when she was just age 17.
8 Currently starring as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker” on Broadway. [March 2010]
9 She was once threatened to leave a movie theatre because she was yelling at the screen during a scary movie.
10 Friends with Chloë Grace Moretz, Jake Busey, Harry Cook & Alexa PenaVega.
11 Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Margaret O’Brien.
12 Has two brothers: Ryan and Spencer.
13 Named after the First Lady of USA, Abigail Adams.
14 Her performance in Little Miss Sunshine (2006) earned her an Academy Award nomination. She lost out to Jennifer Hudson.
15 Abigail is in a band called “CABB” with her friend, Cassidy Reiff.
16 Breslin had to wear a shoulder length, blonde wig for her role in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008). In reality, she is a light brunette.
17 Was ranked #8 alongside Dakota Fanning on TV Guide Top 10 Teen Star Countdown (2008).
18 In 2007, she was ranked #8 in Forbes Magazine’s list of “Young Hollywood’s Top-Earning Stars”, having earned $1.5 million in 2006.
19 Collects American Girl dolls and stuffed animals.
20 She has two dogs, a cat and a turtle.
21 When she’s older, if she doesn’t continue acting, she would like to become either a veterinarian or a fashion designer.
22 Was ranked #18 on Entertainment Weekly’s ’30 Under 30′ the actress list.(2008).
23 Her favorite movie is Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
24 Has an older brother Ryan, older by 11 years.
25 Was directed by Adam Arkin, the son of her Little Miss Sunshine (2006) costar Alan Arkin, in the TV episode Grey’s Anatomy: Sometimes a Fantasy (2006).
26 In 2007, she became the fifth youngest actress ever to be nominated for best supporting actress at the age of 10 years. Those younger than Abigail were Tatum O’Neal (10 years old), Mary Badham (10 years old), Quinn Cummings (10 years old) and Justin Henry at 8 years old.
27 She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
28 Her favourite Disney film is Finding Nemo (2003).
29 Her on-screen brother in Raising Helen (2004) was played by her real-life brother, Spencer Breslin.
30 When speaking for “Kids with a Cause”, said she thought everybody needed a friend.
31 She said that if she were a superhero, she would want to fly and be able to speak every other language.
32 She is very good friends with fellow young actress Skye McCole Bartusiak.
33 Abigail has joint hypermobility, (commonly referred to as being “double-jointed”).
34 Abby was spoofed in the 2003 comedy, Scary Movie 3 (2003).
35 Has an older brother, Spencer Breslin.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Yamasong: March of the Hollows 2016 Nani
Final Girl 2015 Veronica
Maggie 2015/I Maggie Vogel
Abigail Breslin: You Suck 2014 Video short Abigail Breslin
Perfect Sisters 2014 Sandra Anderson
Wicked Blood 2014 Video Hannah Lee Baker
Abigail Breslin: Christmas in New York 2013 Video short Abigail Breslin
Ender’s Game 2013 Valentine Wiggin
August: Osage County 2013 Jean Fordham
The Call 2013/II Casey Welson
Haunter 2013 Lisa
Zambezia 2012 Zoe (voice)
New Year’s Eve 2011 Hailey (segment “Mother & Daughter”)
Rango 2011 Priscilla (voice)
Janie Jones 2010 Janie Jones
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey 2010 Jeana (voice)
Zombieland 2009 Little Rock
My Sister’s Keeper 2009 Anna Fitzgerald
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 2008 Kit Kittredge
Nim’s Island 2008 Nim Rusoe
Definitely, Maybe 2008 Maya Hayes
No Reservations 2007 Zoe
Air Buddies 2006 Video Rosebud (voice)
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2006 Trish
The Ultimate Gift 2006 Emily Rose
Grey’s Anatomy 2006 TV Series Megan Clover
Ghost Whisperer 2006 TV Series Sarah Applewhite
Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Olive Hoover
Family Plan 2005 TV Movie Nicole
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park 2004 Ray
NCIS 2004 TV Series Sandy Watson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2004 TV Series Patty Branson
Keane 2004 Kira Bedik
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 2004 Parade Girl Carolina
Raising Helen 2004 Sarah Davis
Hack 2002 TV Series Kayla Adams
What I Like About You 2002 TV Series Josie
Signs 2002 Bo Hess
Freak Show 2017/II completed Lynette
Dirty Dancing 2017 TV Movie post-production Baby Houseman
Scream Queens 2015-2016 TV Series Chanel #5
Fear, Inc. 2016 Jennifer Adams

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Perfect Sisters 2014 performer: “The Worst Part/Auld Lang Syne” / writer: “The Worst Part/Auld Lang Syne”
New Year’s Eve 2011 writer: “New Year’s Eve”
Janie Jones 2010 performer: “Hurricane”, “Fight for Me”, “Just a Game”, “House of the Rising Sun”, “Find Love”

Self

Title Year Status Character
Harry 2016 TV Series Herself
Chelsea 2016 TV Series Herself
Anthony Anderson: Lost at Comic-Con 2016 TV Movie Herself
The 24th Annual Movieguide Awards 2016 TV Special Herself
Bachelor Live 2016 TV Series Herself – Celebrity Super Fan
Young Hollywood Gives Back: A CNN Heroes Special 2015 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Meredith Vieira Show 2015 TV Series Herself
Today 2008-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest
The View 2006-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself – Author
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2015 TV Series Herself
Made in Hollywood 2011-2013 TV Series Herself
Fashion News Live 2012-2013 TV Series Herself
Larry King Now 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Project Runway All Stars 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest Judge
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2004-2013 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself
Teen Choice Awards 2013 2013 TV Special Herself
The Call: Emergency Procedures: Making the Film ‘The Call’ 2013 Video short Herself
The Call: Inside the Stunts 2013 Video short Herself
The Call: Set Tour of the Call Center 2013 Video short Herself
The Call: Set Tour of the Lair 2013 Video short Herself
ES.TV HD 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Fox and Friends 2013 TV Series Herself
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009-2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Entertainment Tonight 2007-2013 TV Series Herself
Live with Kelly and Michael 2007-2011 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Hour 2011 TV Series Herself – Guest
Big Morning Buzz Live 2011 TV Series Herself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2007-2011 TV Series Herself – Guest
Sidewalks Entertainment 2011 TV Series Herself
Stand Up to Cancer 2010 TV Special Herself
Rachael Ray 2010 TV Series Herself – Guest
Cinema 3 2009 TV Series Herself
Chelsea Lately 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Jay Leno Show 2009 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Teen Choice Awards 2009 2009 TV Special Herself
2009 MTV Movie Awards 2009 TV Special Herself
Stand Up to Cancer 2008 TV Movie Herself
Breeder of the Pack 2008 TV Series documentary Herself
HBO First Look 2008 TV Series documentary Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 2008 TV Series Herself – Guest
Nim’s Island, Our World: A Reel Thinking Event 2008 TV Movie Herself
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2008 2008 TV Special Herself
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards ’07 2007 TV Special Herself
Live Earth 2007 TV Special documentary Herself
E! Live from the Red Carpet 2007 TV Series Herself
The 79th Annual Academy Awards 2007 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Animated Short Film / Best Live Action Short Film and Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
5 News 2007 TV Series Herself – BAFTA Nominee
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 TV Special Herself
The 12th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards 2007 TV Special Herself
Shootout 2007 TV Series Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
MTV Video Music Awards 2006 2006 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Good Morning America 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
On the Set: Raising Helen 2004 TV Short documentary Herself
On-Air with Ryan Seacrest 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
Making ‘Signs’ 2003 Video documentary Herself – ‘Bo Hess’
The Early Show 2002 TV Series Herself – Guest

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Extra 2016 TV Series Herself
Entertainment Tonight 2015 TV Series Herself
Del corto a Hollywood 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited)
Once, pequeño gran éxito 2008 TV Movie documentary Olive Hoover
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo 2008 TV Movie documentary Olive Hoover (uncredited)

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 Capri Ensemble Cast Award Capri, Hollywood August: Osage County (2013)
2013 Hollywood Film Award Hollywood Film Awards Ensemble of the Year August: Osage County (2013)
2013 NFCS Award Nevada Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2010 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress My Sister’s Keeper (2009)
2009 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
2009 Young Hollywood Award Young Hollywood Awards Hottest Coolest Young Veteran
2008 Explosive Talent Award Giffoni Film Festival
2008 ShoWest Award ShoWest Convention, USA Female Star of Tomorrow
2008 WFCC Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Best Young Actress Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
2007 Critics Choice Award Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Young Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 IFC Award Iowa Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 EDA Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Breakthrough Performance for a Young Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 DFCC Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Best Supporting Actress of the Year Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Sierra Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Youth in Film Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble Cast Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Best Actress Award Tokyo International Film Festival Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 WFCC Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Best Young Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress (14 – 21) Maggie (2015)
2014 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2014 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture August: Osage County (2013)
2014 Seattle Film Critics Award Seattle Film Critics Awards Best Ensemble Cast August: Osage County (2013)
2013 EDA Special Mention Award Alliance of Women Film Journalists Most Egregious Age Difference Between the Leading Man and the Love Interest August: Osage County (2013)
2013 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Acting Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2013 WAFCA Award Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Acting Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2012 BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Female Vocal Performance in a Feature Film Rango (2011)
2012 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actress Rango (2011)
2010 Scream Award Scream Awards Best Supporting Actress Zombieland (2009)
2009 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
2008 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure Nim’s Island (2008)
2008 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress No Reservations (2007)
2007 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Female Newcomer Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Gold Derby Award Gold Derby Awards Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Performance Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Breakthrough Performance – Female Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2007 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Breakthrough Actor Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 SLFCA Award St. Louis Film Critics Association, US Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2003 PFCS Award Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – Female Signs (2002)
2003 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actress Age Ten or Under Signs (2002)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 WFCC Award Women Film Critics Circle Awards Women’s Work/Best Ensemble August: Osage County (2013)
2007 COFCA Award Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
2006 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

3rd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Chainsaw Award Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Actress Maggie (2015)