"Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that's why I want to do a movie."
Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She was born in New York, and her brother is actor Spencer Breslin. She was named for Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams. Her first role was in a commercial at age three, and her first film role was in Signs. She gained serious critical recognition with the role of Olive in Little Miss Sunshine for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Her more important roles include:
- Signs as Bo Hess
- What I Like About You as Josie
- Hack as Kayla Adams
- Raising Helen as Sarah Davis
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement as Parade Girl Carolina
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Patty Branson
- NCIS as Sandy Watson
- The Ultimate Gift as Emily Rose
- No Reservations (2007) as Zoe Armstrong
- Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover
- Ghost Whisperer as Sarah Applewhite
- Grey's Anatomy as Megan Clover
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause as Trish
- No Reservations as Zoe Armstrong
- Definitely, Maybe as Maya Hayes
- Nim's Island as Nim Rusoe
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl as Kit Kittredge
- My Sister's Keeper as Anna Fitzgerald
- Zombieland as Little Rock
- Rango as Priscilla
- New Year's Eve as Hailey
- The Call as Casey Welson
- Ender's Game as Valentine Wiggin
- Haunter as Lisa Johnson
- August: Osage County as Jean Fordham
- Maggie as Maggie Vogel
- Final Girl as Veronica
- Scream Queens as Chanel #5
- Fear, Inc. as Jennifer Adams
- Zombieland: Double Tap as Little Rock
Tropes associated with the actress's works are:
- She's All Grown Up: Zombieland: Double Tap is based on her character having grown up since the last film and desiring to find a romantic partner.
