Kathryn Hahn’s Best Roles, According To IMDb

Veteran actress Kathryn Hahn has been gracing screens since she first appeared as friend and colleague to Kate Hudson’s leading character Andie Anderson in How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days. Hahn may have started out playing many of the best-friend and supporting roles, but she has undoubtedly grown into leading actress material.

In recent years, Hahn has played the lead character in HBO’s Mrs. Fletcher, voiced Paige Hunter in the animated comedy Central Park, and brought Rabbi Raquel Fein to Amazon’s Transparent. Hahn’s wide range has been made abundantly clear and her filmography is a testament to her diversity as an actor.

10 Edie Fitzgerald – We’re The Millers (7.0)

The 2013 comedy film We’re The Millers stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. Sudeikis’ character, David Clark, creates a fake family called the Millers, in order to inconspicuously smuggle a stash of marijuana from Mexico.

On their journey, the Millers meet the Fitzgerald family, made up of Don and Edie, played by Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn, and their daughter, Melissa. The Fitzgeralds attempt to befriend the Millers and, in turn, create a whole new host of problems for them and their goal.

9 Eve Fletcher – Mrs. Fletcher (7.1)

Kathryn Hahn stars as the title character, Eve Fletcher, in the HBO miniseries Mrs. Fletcher. The series follows Eve as her son Brendan heads off to college, and Eve decides to take the opportunity to reinvent herself.

Eve is divorced from her husband, Brendan’s father, and as such, finds herself alone and with endless opportunities. In her newfound freedom, Eve begins to experience a number of awakenings and finds fulfillment that she had missed out on in her younger years.

8 Rachel Biegler – Private Life (7.2)

Kathryn Hahn stars in the 2018 drama film Private Life, alongside Paul Giamatti. Hahn and Giamatti play husband and wife, Richard and Rachel, who are living in New York and desperately trying to get pregnant.

The couple is faced with many obstacles in their efforts to have a child, and they exhaust every option available to them. Their plans take a turn when their niece Sadie, played by Kayli Carter, decides to leave college to finish remotely and come live with them.

7 Lee Payne – HAPPYish (7.3)

HAPPYish is a satirical comedy starring Steve Coogan and Kathryn Hahn, among others. Coogan stars as Thom Payne, a middle-aged man who faces the decision of adapting to the ever-growing world of technology or falling behind in the job that he is quite good at.

Hahn plays Thom’s wife, Lee, who is an artist and mother, and the two have a happy marriage. As happy as they are, Lee naturally has difficulties of her own, which come to light throughout the series, along with her husband’s.

6 Odessa Mitty – The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (7.3)

The 2013 comedy-adventure The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is directed by Ben Stiller and stars him as the title character. Walter is prone to daydreaming, and as his daydreams become reality, he sets off on an exciting quest that takes him around the world.

Kathryn Hahn plays Walter’s eccentric younger sister, Odessa, who gifts him a Stretch Armstrong doll for his birthday. Odessa and Water are overseeing their mother’s move to a retirement home and Odessa is left to do much of the work, as Walter continuously finds himself preoccupied.

5 Milly Campbell – Revolutionary Road (7.3)

The 2008 romantic drama Revolutionary Road was directed by Sam Mendes and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. DiCaprio and Winslet play a married couple, Frank and April Wheeler, who try to navigate their life together in 1950s America.

Kathryn Hahn features in the film, alongside David Harbour as the Wheeler’s neighbors, fellow married couple, Milly and Shep Campbell. The Campbell’s are friends and confidants of the Wheeler’s throughout the film, and their own marital issues also come to light.

4 Raquel Fein – Transparent (7.8)

The Prime Video comedy-drama series Transparent follows the family of Jeffrey Tambor’s character, Mort, after the announcement that she is a trans woman by the name of Maura. As the family and Maura adapt to this, they each experience their own degree of personal growth.

Kathryn Hahn features in the series as Rabbi Raquel Fein, who becomes the girlfriend of Maura’s immature son, Josh. Through her relationship with Josh, Raquel grows fond of the Pfefferman family and becomes an integral part of their lives.

3 Harper – Captain Fantastic (7.9)

The 2016 independent film Captain Fantastic stars Viggo Mortensen as Ben Cash, a father who is raising his children in the wilderness, completely removed from society. The result is a group of well-educated, critically-minded children, capable of surviving in the wild without the help of technology.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the family finds themselves having to venture into the world that they have so long avoided. On their journey, they stop off at the house of Ben’s sister, Harper, to spend the night. Harper is played by Kathryn Hahn and she attempts to convince Ben to allow his children a conventional education for their own benefit.

2 Dessa Constantine – I Know This Much Is True (8.2)

I Know This Much Is True is an HBO miniseries starring Mark Ruffalo as twin brothers, Dominick and Thomas Birdsey, and it is based on the novel of the same name. The series features Kathryn Hahn as Dessa Constantine.

Dessa is Dominick’s ex-wife, and the couple has ended their marriage in part due to the loss of their child. The two have remained friends over the years, and continue to support each other through their shared trauma. Dessa is a significant source of support in the lives of both Dominick and his brother.

1 Jennifer Barkley – Parks & Recreation (8.6)

The NBC political satire sitcom Parks & Recreation ran for seven seasons, and it follows Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, as she tries to make the world a better place from her position as deputy director of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee.

Kathryn Hahn featured in the show for a short stint as campaign manager Jennifer Barkley. Barkley is hired by Nick Newport to help his son Bobby Newport beat Leslie Knope in the city council election. Barkley gets paid a small fortune for her expertise, and throughout her time in Pawnee, Jen ends up helping a lot more people than she originally set out to.

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