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Hannah Einbinder
American comedian and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hannah Einbinder (born May 21, 1995)[1] is an American actress and stand-up comedian. She is best known for her starring role as Ava Daniels in the HBO Max series Hacks, for which she received the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as well as four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and three Golden Globe Awards nominations.
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Early life and education
Einbinder is the daughter of original Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman and writer director Chad Einbinder.[2] Her family is Jewish and she grew up in Los Angeles.[3]
As a teenager, Einbinder was a competitive cheerleader.[4] Einbinder graduated from Beverly Hills High School[5] and went on to study broadcast journalism at Chapman University before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in television writing and production.[6][4] At Chapman, Einbinder joined the school’s improv team and had her first experience with stand-up comedy when she opened for Nicole Byer for a campus show.[4][5]
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In 2019, Einbinder appeared in the Just for Laughs festival's New Faces showcase and was named by National Public Radio as one of the 10 standout comedians to watch.[7] She was also named one of Vulture's best new up-and-coming comedians to watch in 2019; she was recognized for "her refreshingly absurdist charm."[8] The same year, she was among the "New Faces of Comedy" at Just For Laughs.[9]
She made her national television debut in March 2020 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert[10] and at the time was the youngest person to do a stand-up set on the show. It was the show's last on-stage stand-up performance for fifteen months, as the COVID-19 pandemic began soon after the episode aired.
In 2021, Einbinder co-starred as Ava in Hacks on HBO Max, together with Jean Smart and Carl Clemons-Hopkins.[11][12] The show received a total of 15 Emmy nominations, including acting nominations for Einbinder, Smart, and Clemons-Hopkins.[13] It was renewed for a second season in June 2021, premiering on May 12, 2022.[14][15] Season 3 premiered in 2024. Season 4 premiered in April 2025.[16]
Einbinder was on Variety's List of "10 Comics to Watch for 2021".[17]
Einbinder continues to perform stand-up comedy and toured nationally during the summer of 2022.[18]
In June 2024, Max released her debut stand-up special, Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go.[19]
In May 2025, it was announced that Einbinder would star alongside Gillian Anderson in Jane Schoenbrun's upcoming slasher film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Einbinder is set to play a lead role in the Mubi and Plan B production, which is scheduled to begin filming in British Columbia in mid-2025.[20][21]
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Influences
Einbinder has cited Dana Gould, Janeane Garofalo, Bo Burnham, Maria Bamford, Sklar Brothers, Marc Maron, and Steve Martin as being among her inspirations and influences.[22][23]
Personal life
Einbinder resides in Los Angeles, California.[24] Einbinder is bisexual.[25] She has ADHD.[26]
She is a longtime supporter of the Philadelphia Eagles.[27][28]
Einbinder has publicly denounced the Israeli government's actions in the Gaza war, the United States government's support for Israel, and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.[29][30]
In 2025, while accepting the HRC Visibility Award, Einbinder delivered a speech, stating:
“While we cannot reverse what’s already been done to our planet, we can prevent it from getting worse and we can shift the cost of repairing the damage away from working-class Americans and onto the corporations who committed these crimes. We can make polluters pay. To me, these are traditions of humanity, of care for human life. All human life equally. As a queer person, as a Jewish person, and as an American, I am horrified by the Israeli government’s massacre of well over 65,000 Palestinians".[31][32]
In May 2025, Einbinder signed a letter criticizing the film industry's "passivity" during the ongoing Gaza genocide.[33]
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Filmography
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Awards and nominations
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