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.
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...
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.
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[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.
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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.
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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.
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[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!"
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"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).
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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.
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Her mother taught her how to roll a joint and how to properly light one in preparation for her role in Perfect Sisters (2014).
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She taught herself how to play guitar through YouTube.
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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.
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.
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She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
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