Abigail Breslin

Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress who rose to prominence as a child performer. Beginning her career in television commercials at age three, Breslin made her film debut at age six in the supernatural thriller Signs (2002), directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Her breakthrough role came as Olive Hoover in the independent comedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age ten, marking her as the youngest nominee in that category for that year. Breslin's subsequent notable roles include the zombie comedy Zombieland (2009), where she portrayed the resourceful Little Rock, and the horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016) on Fox, demonstrating her versatility across genres from family dramas to action-horror. As the younger sister of actor Spencer Breslin, she has maintained a steady output in film and television into adulthood, including recent projects like the thriller Classified (2024).

Her mother is of Irish ancestry, while her father was of mixed Jewish and Irish descent.