‏Hannah Townsend‏

Hannah Townsend is an American born model, self motivator, classically trained actress & activist from SoCal. Her parents Dan (of Irish descent) & Patricia (of Mexican, Native American descent) had the bloodline & lifestyle of radical hippies raising Hannah on acclaimed film, art, Motown & Classic Rock music at a very early age. With family roots based out of South San Yisdro on the border of Mexico, diving head first into the world of watching brilliant cinema by Stanley Kubrick & listening to Jimi Hendrix religiously was a perfect way to cope with the rough neighborhood streets in a positive way. She began singing at the age of 7 consistently with her hometown church choir continuing into her teens doing school plays, scene study & script analysis in high school. She rigorously studied Shakespeare Iambic Pentameter & booked the lead in "The Comedy of Errors" portraying Adriana at The Old Globe Theatre youth scholarship program of San Diego. Her discipline & respect for the creative arts grew into a self discovery passion pursuit thereafter.

Hannah is a Dean's List Honors graduate from the Meisner trained MCTC Acting/ Theatre Production Conservatory Program. Along with a passion & training in various techniques of acting, Hannah has studied with acclaimed method acting coach Eric Morris, Larry Moss Technique, Upright Citizen's Brigade Improv Comedy, the AFI SAG-Aftra Conservatory, cold reading with longtime Warner Bros. casting director Robert Russell & the Studio 4 LA Filmmaking Masterclass taught by James Franco/ Sean Barnes.

Hannah plays the character Elise on HBO's THE DEUCE by David Simon & George Pelacanos. THE DEUCE stars Maggie Gyllenhall & James Franco.