Biography

Hailey Anne Nelson is an American child actress. After commencing her career (age 5) in various stage performances, such as Gretl in The Sound of Music Nelson appeared in Big Fish. Her most notable film appearances were in Big Fish (2003), as young Jenny, and Walk the Line (2005), in which she played the young Rosanne Cash.

Nelson has also appeared on stage in shows such as Kinder Transport, Ragtime, Centennial MusicRevue, Christmas Carol, Annie, Annie Warbucks, Oliver, High School Musical 2006 (the play) and Annie Get Your Gun to name only a few.

Hailey Anne loved working on Big Fish, a Tim Burton directed film. Big fish was Hailey Anne second audition and first film. Her mother jokes about how much they thought they knew about show business before working with such seasoned artist.

"17 inch Cobras" was her next film. 17 Inch Cobras is an Indie winner, in which Hailey Anne played a lead.

One truly enjoyable adventure was being a child celebrity reader. In 2004 Dr. Seuss received his Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. She was asked to read along with Spencer Breslin, Alyson Stoner, Cole Sprouse, and Dylan Sprouse. A true honor.

Next was the smash hit Walk The Line, which Hailey Anne plays Rosanne Cash. This is when she met her soon to be mentor: Ginnifer Goodwin.

She then worked with Cam Archer in Wild Tigers I Have Known. "Tigers" has been doing very well in the Film Festival circles.

She has a strong, mellifluous singing voice, making several appearances at major sports venues. Where she has opened the games by singing The National Anthem for as many as twenty thousand people. To date she has sung for every sports league except NFL. Hailey Anne continues her acting and voice studies. She is represented by Savage Agency in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous