Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland is a Native New Yorker, born to parents that are actors so talent and love for the craft runs in the family. Trained in all areas of dance from the age of three and vocally trained since she was seven, Hyland is a true triple threat. She has been working in film, TV series, soaps and commercials since she was four years old.

Hyland's first film was Howard Stern's Private Parts. At the age of eight she landed the role of Molly in ABC's Annie, and Young Audrey in The Audrey Hepburn Story. After filming Annie, she landed the role of Jess Pistone on Falcone. On stage she starred as Annie in Annie at Papermill Playhouse, and then went on to do a series of plays and musicals Off-Broadway and regionally – Bad Girls, A Little Princess and Dark Park of the Forest, to name a few. She's guest starred on episodes of Touched by an Angel, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU.

While attending the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City, Hyland created the role of Jackie Bouvier in Grey Gardens at Playwrights Horizons, and moved with the production to make her Broadway debut. Her work includes the recurring role of Maddie Healy (Brooke Shields' daughter) on Lipstick Jungle and a tour-de-force guest starring role on Law & Order: SVU.

She stars opposite Matt Prokop in the Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming. She also joined the cast of the comedy Struck by Lightening with Chris Colfer, Allison Janney, and Christina Hendricks. Sarah starred as Haley Dunphy in ABC's multi-award-winning comedy Modern Family, for which the cast has won the 2011 and 2012 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

Hyland has been nominated for Breakout Talent for the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. Her charitable causes include being a Youth Ambassador for The Lopez Foundation as well as Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign (spearheaded by actor Jeff Bridges).

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