Abigail Breslin Biography

Abigail Breslin is the Oscar-nominated youngster who played Olive in the 2006 comedy Little Miss Sunshine (also starring Alan Arkin and Steve Carell). A veteran of TV commercials, she made her movie debut as Mel Gibson's water-drinking daughter in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002). She has since guest-starred on TV shows, appeared several times on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and played supporting roles in the feature films Raising Helen (2004, starring Kate Hudson), Keane (2004), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) and No Reservations (2007, with Catherine Zeta-Jones). The success of Little Miss Sunshine sent Breslin to the top of heap for child actors, and she's since co-starred with Catherine Zeta-Jones (in 2007's No Reservations) and Ryan Reynolds (in 2008's Definitely, Maybe), and had leading roles in Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) and My Sister's Keeper (2009, with Cameron Diaz).