Biography - Meredith Hagner

Who is Meredith Hagner?

Meredith Hagner is a professional actress and an American national. Daytime Emmy Award-nominated actress is well known for starring in As the World Turns as Liberty Ciccone.

Meredith Hagner – Age, Parents, Siblings

Meredith Hagner’s birth took place on May 31, 1987, in New York, USA. She was born Meredith Kathleen Hagner to her mother Karen Hagner and her father Ronald Hagner. She is not the only child of her parents and has a sibling, an older sister named Kerry Hagner. 

Kerry has Down syndrome and currently lives with her parents and participates in Special Olympics. Both were raised in Houston, Texas, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Education, Ethnicity

For education Meredith Hagner attended Chapel Hill High School, graduating in 2005. She went on to study at Boston Conservatory but dropped out and moved to New York City after being offered acting opportunities. 

Her ethnicity includes German and Irish.

Meredith Hagner – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

In 2016 Meredith Hagner began dating actor Wyatt Russell, the son of actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. They had first met on the set of Folk Hero & Funny Guy. After three years of dating, she married her longtime boyfriend on September 2, 2019, at Russell's mom Goldie Hawn's house in Aspen, Colorado. 

In November 2020 the couple announced they were expecting their first child together. They welcomed their first child together- son Buddy Prine Russell in March 2021.

She and her husband are living a blissful marriage in their marital home - a 1930s Spanish home in Sherman Oaks, California. 

Russell was previously married to Sanne Hamers, a stylist. They separated in March 2015 and divorced in October 2017.

Meredith Hagner – Career

Early Days

After moving to New York Meredith Hagner worked odd jobs. She worked in television and radio advertisements for 3M, Acuvue, JCPenney, Levi's, Radio Shack, Subway, and Truth. Finally, in 2008, she was cast as the series regular Liberty Ciccone in the soap opera As the World Turns. She portrayed the character from 2008 to 2010 which is her breakthrough role.

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Films, TV Series

Since her breakthrough role, Hagner has starred in numerous TV series as well as films. Some movies in which she has starred include Damsels in Distress (2011), We'll Never Have Paris (2014), Irrational Man (2015), Ingrid Goes West (2017), The Oath (2018), Palm Springs (2020), Horse Girl (2020), among others.

Meredith Hagner is better known for her work on TV. She has had guest appearances in the TV series CSI: Miami (2011), Louie (2014), Odd Mom Out (2017), and a recurring role in Royal Pains (2009-2011, 2016), Benders (2015), Veep (2016), Younger (2017). Moreover, Hagner has been cast as the main role in the TV series Lights Out (2011), Men at Work (2012-2014), Search Party (2016 – present), Strangers (2017-2018), and the voice of Barbara in Dummy (2020-present).

Also, Meredith Hagner has starred in the TV films A Gift Wrapped Christmas (2015), My Christmas Love (2016), etc.

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Co-stars

On the set of Search Party, Meredith Hagner has worked with Alia Shawkat, John Paul Reynolds, John Early, Brandon Micheal Hall, and Michael Showalter.

Meredith Hagner – Awards, Nominations

In 2009 Hagner was nominated for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series at the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in As the World Turns.

Meredith Hagner – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Hagner is estimated to be around $1.7 million but the figure on her annual salary is unknown.

Meredith Hagner – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On the social media site Instagram, Meredith Hagner is followed by over 35k followers and is absent from Twitter and Facebook.

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