Sarah Hyland
Gender:	Female
Age:	22
Born:	November 24, 1990
Character:	Haley Dunphy
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1997 - present

Sarah Hyland (born Sarah Jane Hyland) is an American actress who portrays Haley Dunphy on Modern Family

Contents 1 Early Life 2 Career 3 Personal Life 4 Kidney Disease & Transplant 5 Filmography 6 References 7 Comments

Early LifeEdit

Sarah Hyland was born in New York City, to parents Melissa Canaday and Edward James Hyland.

CareerEdit

Sarah began in the business at the age of 4 with commercial work and voice overs. Her first film was Private Parts (1997). She then moved on to The Object of My Affection (1998) and then spent time on "Another World" as "Rain Wolfe", a child found in the park, and fostered by Josie and Gary. Sarah would go on to work with Amy Carlson several more times: "Falcone", "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Trial by Jury". Sarah was cast as one of the young "Audrey Hepburns" in Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Audrey Hepburn Story the same year she was cast as "Molly" in ABC's Annie (TV) starring Kathy Bates, Audra McDonald, Alan Cummings, Victor Garber and Kristin Chenoweth, Joe Gould's Secret and "Falcone". Aside from all of her film and television work, Sarah studied voice, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, theater Dance, and performed with her tap and theater dance class at "Reel to Real" at Lincoln Center as invited performers.

Her work on "Lipstick Jungle" (2008) as Brooke Shields's daughter further showcased her talent and, because of LJ's cancellation, drew her to Los Angeles and the role of "Haley Dunphy" on "Modern Family" (2009).

Personal LifeEdit

Sarah has a maltipoo named Barkley, and is happily living in the Los Angeles Area. Her brother, Ian Hyland, is also an actor and, even though most think Ian is her older brother, he is really 4 years her junior.

She is currently dating Matt Prokop who was in HSM3 and starring in Geek Charming with him.

Kidney Disease & TransplantEdit

In 2012, Sarah revealed as she reported to Seventeen Magazine & Good Morning America that she had a secret long battle with kidney disease since she was the age of nine. She hid her pain by sitting down and/or texting in character while filming. To make matters worse, she couldn't get a transplant until her pain got worse which it eventually did. So she set out to find a donor or she's history. Then a miraculous moment occurred, she learned that her father Edward James Hyland was the perfect donor; so she finally got the deserving transplant she was hoping for on April 22, 2012. Sarah recovered over the summer of 2012 while her current hit show was on summer break.^[1][2][3]

FilmographyEdit

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	A Tall Winter's Tale	Elizabeth
	Private Parts	Howard's Daughter
1998	The Object of My Affection	Molly
	Advice from a Caterpillar	Lizbeth
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Silvano - Giovanna
2000	Joe Gould's Secret	Elizabeth Mitchell
2002	The Empath	Young Christine
2004	Spanglish	Sleepover Friend
2007	Blind Date	Child	Voice Only
2011	Conception	Tracey
	Cougars, Inc.	Courtney
2011	Geek Charming	Dylan Shoenfield	2011 original Disney Channel movie; filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Trinity	Shy Girl	Guest Appearance, episode " No Secrets
1999	Annie	Molly	Guest Appearance
1998	The Audrey Hepburn Story	Audrey Hepburn
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lily Ramsey	Guest Appearance
2007–2009	Lipstick Jungle	Maddie Healy	Main Cast
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jennifer Banks	Guest Appearance
2009–Present	Modern Family	Haley Dunphy	Main Cast

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Sarah's Successful Battle with Kidney Disease (1)
2. ↑ Sarah's Successful Battle with Kidney Disease (2)
3. ↑ Sarah's Successful Battle with Kidney Disease (3)