--- name: "Kara Hayward" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kara-hayward" fi1m_id: "kara-hayward" imdb_id: "nm4442319" tmdb_id: 929905 wikidata_id: "Q3192892" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 November 1998" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-24T01:32:55.270349+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." --- # Kara Hayward ## Identity Kara Hayward - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kara-hayward - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kara-hayward - **IMDb ID:** nm4442319 - **TMDB ID:** 929905 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3192892 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hayward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3192892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4442319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929905 Actor. Born 17 November 1998 in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 November 1998, Andover, Massachusetts, USA - **Active:** 2012–2019 - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 82 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Horror 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $478m across 5 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hayward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3192892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4442319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929905 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manchester by the Sea*](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Kara Hayward > Kara Hayward is persuasive when she lets uncertainty remain in a line. In *Moonrise Kingdom*, her awkward, earnest exchanges with Jared Gilman make a carefully arranged romance worth caring about. That performance is reason enough to follow her. In *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), Kara Hayward's Suzy Bishop does not always seem sure how to speak to Sam, played by Jared Gilman. There is hesitation in their exchanges, but no doubt that the feelings matter to them. We were moved by the seriousness with which they treat each other, because neither actor turns youthful awkwardness into a reason to dismiss the romance. Hayward makes Suzy convincing without making her precocious. It is a strong performance in a film whose elaborate staging sometimes gets in its way. Wes Anderson's exact arrangements could easily make the children seem as carefully positioned as everything around them. Hayward and Gilman give their conversations enough uncertainty to prevent that. The comedy depends on our seeing their youth without assuming that the adults know better. Hayward keeps that distinction clear: Suzy's belief that leaving might solve things is recognisably young, yet it is not played as foolish. The reservation is with Anderson's busier second half, which pushes the couple aside just when their company is what we want. Her debut gave her a lead; the subsequent parts have varied in size and form. She played Silvie McGann in *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), then returned to work with Anderson as the voice of Peppermint in *Isle of Dogs* (2018). *To the Stars* (2019) gave her another lead, Iris Deerborne, and scope for quiet changes of feeling. These credits offer reasons to look beyond Suzy, though a different kind of part is not, by itself, evidence of better acting. There is no need to treat the debut as something she must escape. The part is demanding in ways that are easy to overlook: she has to make Suzy's hope believable while leaving enough uncertainty for the comedy. Bigger emotions would not necessarily help, and neither would a knowing wink at the audience. Start with *Moonrise Kingdom*, and be patient when Anderson's elaborate plotting takes over. ## Biography Kara Hayward is an American actress. She was born on 17 November 1998 in Andover, Massachusetts. Hayward made her feature film debut as Suzy Bishop in Wes Anderson's *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), after being selected at an open casting call. She had no prior professional acting experience. She later appeared as Silvie McGann in *Manchester by the Sea* (2016). Her other film credits include *The Sisterhood of Night* (2014), *Paterson* (2016), *Isle of Dogs* (2018, voice) and *Us* (2019). She has also worked in television, with guest roles in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *White Collar*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Us* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Nancy / Syd — [page](https://film.one/film/us.md) - *Isle of Dogs* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Peppermint (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md) - *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), Fi1m 89, as Silvie McGann — [page](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md) - *Paterson* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Female Student — [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md) - *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Suzy Bishop — [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *A Mother's Love* (2025), as Genevieve - *Slayers* (2022), as Flynn - *Roar* (2022), series, as Millie - *Drunk Bus* (2021), as Kat - *The Social Dilemma* (2020), as Cassandra - *GigiBoy* (2020), as Gigi - *Us* (2019), as Nancy / Syd — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/us.md) - *To the Stars* (2019), as Iris Deerborne - *Isle of Dogs* (2018), as Peppermint (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/isle-of-dogs.md) - *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), as Silvie McGann — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md) - *Paterson* (2016), as Female Student — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paterson.md) - *Haters Back Off* (2016), series, as Amanda - *Fan Girl* (2015), as Jamie - *The Sisterhood of Night* (2015), as Emily Parris - *Quitters* (2015), as Etta - *Do You Like to Read?* (2012), as Suzy Bishop - *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), as Suzy Bishop — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md) - *White Collar* (2009), series, as Bee Wolcott - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Rachel Burns ## Gallery - ![The kids from the film, Moonrise Kingdom (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-d02d38842629.jpg) The kids from the film, Moonrise Kingdom (2012) — Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Jared_Gilman_and_Kara_Hayward_2012.jpg/1280px-Jared_Gilman_and_Kara_Hayward_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-cc2dfb0863da.jpg) Kara Hayward — Raffi Asdourian, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Kara_Hayward_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-4184c46bea3d.jpg) Kara Hayward — Image via TMDB - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-eda031df4214.jpg) Kara Hayward — Image via TMDB - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-4d771836439b.jpg) Kara Hayward — Image via TMDB - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-87de9fdc0102.jpg) Kara Hayward — Image via TMDB - ![Kara Hayward](https://film.one/media/person/120167/gallery-3de600342bed.jpg) Kara Hayward — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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