Gaby Hoffmann Biography
Born: January 08, 1982
The daughter of Viva Hoffmann, better known simply as Viva, the model and Warhol protege, Gaby Hoffmann had an upbringing that was in many ways suited for the unconventional lifestyle that accompanies an acting career.
Born January 8, 1982, in Pittsburgh, Hoffmann spent much of her childhood living with her mother and sister in New York's notorious Chelsea Hotel. When she and her friends weren't spying on the drug dealers across the hall, Hoffmann began her acting career, making her first commercials at the age of four to help pay the bills. However, she quickly tired of the work and quit; her early retirement ended when, at the age of seven, she was cast alongside Macaulay_Culkin in John_Hughes' Uncle_Buck and as Kevin_Costner's daughter in Field of Dreams. Both films proved to be huge hits, and Hoffmann decided to give acting a second try.
Many of the films Hoffmann made throughout her early teens proved to be fairly forgettable, although she did have strong supporting roles in Nora_Ephron's This_Is_My_Life (1992) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), as well as The Man Without a Face (1993), Now and Then (1995), which cast her as the teenage version of Demi_Moore's character, and Woody_Allen's Everyone_Says_I_Love_You (1996). Toward the end of the decade, Hoffmann began being identified as one of the up-and-coming actors of Generation Y, a fact that was demonstrated with her being cast in the ensemble film 200_Cigarettes, the controversial girls-on-top sex comedy Coming_Soon, and James_Toback's Black and White, which featured Hoffmann as part of an eclectic cast that included Robert Downey Jr., Jared_Leto, and Brooke_Shields. Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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