Florence Hartigan

Florence Hartigan is an Americanborn New Zealandraised LAbased actress and musician best known for playing the leading role in Phoenix Forgotten produced by Ridley Scott Alien Wes Ball Maze Runner and Mark Canton The Martian Hartigans other film credits include the animated feature To Your Last Death starring William Shatner and Morena Baccarin Entrance IFCLA Film Festival The Witch of Portabello based on Paulo Cohellos novel and the romantic comedy Magik and Rose Hartigan was born in Ithaca New York and raised in Ireland and New Zealand At a young age she started working as an actor playing a guest star role in Shortland Street New Zealands leading and longestrunning TV drama Hartigan went on to play a main role in Vanessa Alexanders feature film Magik and Rose as well as several TV shows and pilots and awardwinning short films before taking a break from acting professionally to study film and theater at the University of Otago Dunedin and the University of California Berkeley Postcollege she studied with leading New Zealand Meisner teacher Michael Saccente before moving to Los Angeles to further her acting career Hartigan has studied improv comedy and writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings and acted in Comedy Central Studios web project Bro Dependent Hartigan can also be seen in several projects produced by Funny or Die and has written and acted in several of her own projects which FoD featured on their front page She has also performed regularly at UCB Nerdist iO West and other venues with her musical improv group Kaboombox When not acting or writing Hartigan is a musician and plays regularly at venues around Los Angeles and in NY as well as occasionally writing music for various TV and film projects