Hanna R. Hall won the hearts of moviegoers at ten years old, with her portrayal of young Jenny, who grows up into the title character's (Tom Hanks) friend and lover (Robin Wright) in Robert Zemekis' Forrest Gump. She appeared in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. In 2007, Hanna played Judith Myers, the ill-fated teenage sister of psychopath Michael Myers, in the horror remake of Halloween, directed by Rob Zombie.
Besides playing one of Philip K. Dick's more diabolical villains, she has appeared in American Cowslip with Faye Dunaway and Val Kilmer and Happiness Runs with Rutger Hauer.