Haley Bennett

Haley was born in Fort Myers, Florida in 1988. She lived in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from Barbizon in Akron, Ohio. Then moved then to Naples, Florida where she studied music and acting while attending Barron Collier High School. In 2001, Haley competed at the IMTA Convention where she met her agents Mara Santino and Ryan Daly of Kazarian/Spencer & Associates. Then, in 2004, while on summer vacation in Los Angeles, Haley was discovered in a chance meeting with a record producer while viewing guitars once played by Jimi Hendrix. Haley has signed a three-picture contract with Warner Bros. The first of which was her debut role in the movie "Music & Lyrics" (released Valentine's Day of 2007) in which she portrayed pop-diva Cora Corman. Haley has said that she enjoyed the challenge of playing Cora but that her own music, will be very different from that of the fictional character. She is looking into recording her first album.Haley Bennett is one of those lucky-duck lovelies who schlep to Hollywood carrying little more than a knapsack and within several months land a juicy part in a major movie—in Bennett’s case, the upcoming romantic comedy Music and Lyrics, in which the 19-year-old Floridian stars as a Britneyesque pop tart under the tutelage of a pair of songwriters played by Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Of course, Bennett may have reconsidered her career choice on the first day of shooting, when she was asked to perform an elaborate lap dance for Grant and Barrymore (in front of the camera—behave, people!). “It was very embarrassing, but afterward we all just laughed,” says Bennett, who politely booted her mom and stepdad off the set while she shook her moneymaker. Meanwhile, Bennett is writing songs, working on getting her own record deal (her influences are more Jewel than Spears), and trying to lie low amid the Hollywood scene. “No, I’m not getting thrown out of any nightclubs,” she says. “I don’t know if that’s in the cards.”!!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!! Custom top banner code by Eileen!!! End Code To Apply Top Banner !!!