Kathryn Hahn Parents: Meet Karen Hahn, William Hahn

Kathryn Hahn is an American actress and comedian. Kathryn Marie Hahn was born in Westchester, Illinois, the daughter of Karen and Bill Hahn.

She grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and was raised Catholic, attending St. Ann’s Catholic School in Cleveland Heights and Beaumont School. Hahn earned a BA in theatre from Northwestern University. She later earned her MFA in drama from Yale University.

She began her career on television, starring as grief counsellor Lily Lebowski in the NBC crime drama series Crossing Jordan (2001–2007).

Kathryn Hahn gained prominence appearing as a supporting actress in a number of comedy films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Step Brothers (2008), The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009), Our Idiot Brother (2011) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).

Kathryn Hahn portrayed Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries WandaVision (2021), for which she received critical acclaim and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.