Hannah Townsend

Hannah Townsend is an American born model, classically trained actress, writer, director & activist from SoCal. Her parents Dan (of Irish descent) & Patricia (of Native American, Mexican, Asian descent) had the bloodline & lifestyle of radical hippies raising Hannah on acclaimed film, art, Motown & Classic Rock music at a very early age. Growing up with family roots out of 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 for her 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 of San Diego youth scholarship program. 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 Conservatory Program of San Diego where Oscar nominated actress Annette Bening is an Alumni. With a passion & training in various techniques of acting, some of her long time studies include working on her craft with acclaimed method acting coach Eric Morris, Larry Moss, Upright Citizen's Brigade Improv Comedy, the AFI SAG-Aftra Conservatory & the Studio 4 LA Filmmaking Masterclass taught by actor James Franco & Sean Barnes. She has also trained on zoom for the passed couple years with gifted acting coach John Markland who coached Rami Malek for his Oscar winning performance in "Bohemian Rhapsody". Hannah plays the character Elise on HBO's "The Deuce" by David Simon & George Pelecanos. She is also a new edition to the brand modeling ~ working with PLAYBOY as a Playboy Bunny as well as a proud member of the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominating Committee.