---
name: "Halley Feiffer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/halley-feiffer"
fi1m_id: "halley-feiffer"
imdb_id: "nm0270546"
tmdb_id: 928396
wikidata_id: "Q1571684"
roles: ["Writer","Actor"]
born: "20 November 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T19:20:08.859673+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Halley Feiffer

## Identity

Halley Feiffer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/halley-feiffer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** halley-feiffer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0270546
- **TMDB ID:** 928396
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1571684
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Feiffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1571684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928396

Writer and actor. Born 20 November 1984 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Actor
- **Born:** 20 November 1984, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexis Martin Woodall](https://film.one/person/alexis-martin-woodall.md), [Anthony Hemingway](https://film.one/person/anthony-hemingway.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Lou Eyrich](https://film.one/person/lou-eyrich.md), [Michael Uppendahl](https://film.one/person/michael-uppendahl.md), [Nelson Cragg](https://film.one/person/nelson-cragg.md), [Ryan Murphy](https://film.one/person/ryan-murphy.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 73 (3), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Feiffer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1571684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928396

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Squid and the Whale*](https://film.one/film/the-squid-and-the-whale.md) (83)
- **Disney+:** [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*It Had to Be You*](https://film.one/film/it-had-to-be-you.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*Mildred Pierce*](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Halley Feiffer is an American actress, playwright and television writer. Born on 20 November 1984 in the USA, she is the daughter of cartoonist and playwright Jules Feiffer and writer Jenny Allen. She graduated from Wesleyan University in 2007.

As an actress, Feiffer appeared as Sophie Greenberg in Noah Baumbach's *The Squid and the Whale* (2005). Her other film roles include *You Can Count on Me* (2000), *The Messenger* (2009), *Margot at the Wedding* (2007) and *Appropriate Behavior* (2014). Television credits include guest appearances in *Law & Order* (2001), *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), *The Good Wife* (2009) and *Elementary* (2014).

Feiffer has written several plays, including *I'm Gonna Pray for You So Hard* (2015), *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City* (2016) and *Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow* (2017/2019). She served as showrunner and wrote all episodes of the twelfth season of *American Horror Story: Delicate* (2023–2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5)

- *Materialists* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Patricia — [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md)
- *It Had to Be You* (2016), Fi1m 70, as Nora — [page](https://film.one/film/it-had-to-be-you.md)
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Arline — [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), Fi1m 50, as Emily — [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *The Squid and the Whale* (2005), Fi1m 83, as Sophie Greenberg — [page](https://film.one/film/the-squid-and-the-whale.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Writer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Materialists* (2025), as Patricia — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md)
- *Dear Edward* (2023), series, Story, Co-Executive Producer
- *Roar* (2022), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *Kidding* (2018), series, Writer
- *It Had to Be You* (2016), as Nora — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/it-had-to-be-you.md)
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Supervising Producer, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *Younger* (2015), series, as Julie Burke
- *Appropriate Behavior* (2015), as Crystal
- *Glass Chin* (2014), as Kathryn Glassman
- *All Is Bright* (2013), as Claire
- *Clutter* (2013), as Penny Bradford
- *Free Samples* (2013), as Nancy
- *He's Way More Famous Than You* (2013), as Halley Feiffer · Writer, Executive Producer
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Ellen Rabin
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *How It Ended* (2011), as Susana
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), series, as Arline — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *Twelve Thirty* (2011), as Irina
- *The Slope* (2010), series, as Halley
- *Fighting Fish* (2010), as Chris
- *The Messenger* (2009), as Marla Cohen
- *Gentlemen Broncos* (2009), as Tabatha
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Irene Reagan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), series, as Emily — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)
- *Margot at the Wedding* (2007), as Maisy Koosman
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), series, as Savannah — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *Stephanie Daley* (2007), as Rhana
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, as Lianna — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Allison
- *I Lost My Bear* (2005), Actor
- *The Squid and the Whale* (2005), as Sophie Greenberg — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-squid-and-the-whale.md)
- *You Can Count on Me* (2000), as Amy
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Colleen Jacobs — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Necropol*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Halley Feiffer](https://film.one/media/person/98902/gallery-2a407dd11188.jpg) Halley Feiffer — Image via TMDB
- ![Halley Feiffer](https://film.one/media/person/98902/gallery-187f9bed2b91.jpg) Halley Feiffer — Image via TMDB
- ![Halley Feiffer](https://film.one/media/person/98902/gallery-5f703476dbcd.jpg) Halley Feiffer — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 2011: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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