Samantha Hanratty was born on September 20, 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. She is an American actress.

When she was two years old, her family moved to California. It was at that time that she started telling everyone that she wanted to be on TV or "on the stage". She loved entertaining everyone she met. When she was six years old, her mother finally met with an agent in Los Angeles. The next day, she had six runway jobs lined up. Two weeks later, she booked her first national commercial for Oil of Olay.

She did another national commercial a month later. After four months of working in Los Angeles, Sammi and her family moved back to Arizona. During the next year, she did commercials for Fazoli's Italian Food Restaurant and America West Aiirlines as well as voice-overs and print jobs. The market for actors was pretty slow. However, things changed in the summer of 2003 when she met Linda Henrie - who is now her manager. Linda encouraged Sammi's mother to bring her and her sister Danielle out to Los Angeles for the 2004 pilot season.

Since then, Sammi has done national commercials for Pringles, McDonald's, Build-a-Bear, Swiffer, and GMAC Real Estate. She has also done voice-overs for the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney. Sammi recently filmed a SAG Independent Film with her sister Danielle, Quiet Dignity, which will soon go to film festivals.

She just shot an episode of the soap opera Passions while she was finishing filming a Stephan King movie, Desperation, with director Mick Garris. She is having the time of her life fulfilling her dreams.

Her last credits include Within (2008) and Hero Wanted (2008).

Filmography

• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Finding Bliss (2008)
• Jack and the Beanstalk (2008)
• Magic (2008)
• Hero Wanted (2008)
• Within (2008)
• "Pushing Daisies" (3 episodes, 2007)
• "The Unit" (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
• Boogeyman 2 (2007) (V)
• Once in a Lifetime: Just Go for It (2007)
• "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "iCarly" (1 episode, 2007)
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
• "That's So Raven" (1 episode, 2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• Desperation (2006) (TV)
• "Mad TV" (3 episodes, 2006)
• "Cold Case" (1 episode, 2006)
• "CSI: NY" (1 episode, 2006)
• Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) (TV)
• Last Laugh '05 (2005) (TV)
• "House M.D." (1 episode, 2005)
• "Drake & Josh" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Charmed" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Passions" (1 episode, 2005)