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'' (2007), Molly in the drama '' Higher Ground'' (2011), and voiced Orro Oxslayer in the fantasy video game ''

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'' (2012). In 2016, she became known for editing herself into episodes of '' The Bachelor'', which she made into a web series titled ''Molly on The Bachelor''.

Early life

Hawkey was born and raised in Ossining, New York. She is the youngest of five children born to Penelope "Penny" (née Sharp), an

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executive who wrote the famous

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commercial "

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", and William Stevenson "Bill" Hawkey, who also worked in advertising. Her parents now own and operate Sundial Farm, a

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in Ossining. She has four full brothers: Adam, a film compositor and colorist, Robin, a chiropractor, Renn, a musician and film producer, and Timothy, a marketing managing director. Hawkey also has two paternal half-siblings from her father's first marriage: William, a headmaster of

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, and Elisabeth, a corporate chef. She attended the

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, from which she graduated in 1996, and went on to graduate from

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with a degree in

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Career

Acting

Hawkey made her acting debut with a minor role in the 2004

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''Hard-bitten''. She had a major supporting role as Lacey Wilcox in the horror comedy film ''

'', which was released in March 2007. She next appeared in the small role of Molly in the religious drama film '' Higher Ground'', which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film was directed by her sister-in-law

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and produced by her older brother

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. She has since guest starred in multiple television series, such as ''

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'', '' Finding Carter'', and '' Mom'', and in the web series ''

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''. She voiced Orro Oxslayer in the 2012 fantasy video game ''

''. In 2013, Hawkey created the web series ''Holy Singles'' in which she starred as Sevany Martin, an unlucky-in-love girl who hosts weekly Christian singles meet-ups in her backyard. The first episode was wholly

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by Hawkey. In 2015, she began appearing in the comedy web series ''F'd'', on which she also serves as producer, and for which she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy at the

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. Both series were distributed online by

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. In 2016, Hawkey gained publicity when she began editing herself into episodes of the

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dating reality game show '' The Bachelor''. She told BuzzFeed, "While watching Chris Soules' season of ''The Bachelor'' I thought, 'Oh man! I need to cut myself into the next season!' There are so many elements about the show that crack me up, so I knew I would just need to heighten the tropes that amused me most." The series, titled ''Molly on The Bachelor'', was acquired by Funny or Die. She appears as herself in the documentary ''

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'', which follows the women's recreational basketball team of the same name in which she is a founding member. The film premiered at the 2016

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. Hawkey then had a cameo role as an interviewer in the comedy film '' The Tiger Hunter'' (2016). She next starred as Carla Wendos, a parody of keyboardist

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, in the

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parody infomercial '' Live at the Necropolis: The Lords of Synth''. Hawkey then played the lead role of Shelly Warren in the short comedy-drama film ''Vape''.

Photography

As a photographer, Hawkey has taken the headshots of actors such as

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, and Jeff Perry. She served as still photographer for the film '' Higher Ground''.

Podcast

In May 2018, Hawkey started ''Spermcast'', a comedic podcast to help her find a sperm donor. ''Spermcast'' is broadcast by network Earios as one of its flagship shows.

Personal life

Hawkey moved to

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in October 2002. Through her brother Renn's marriage, she is the sister-in-law actress

. Hawkey is a member of the Los Angeles recreational basketball team the Pistol Shrimps, alongside actresses

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, and

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. She plays in the position of

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. Hawkey is a member of the

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troupes

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and

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Filmography

Film

Television

Other credits

Video games

Web

Podcasts

* ''Spermcast'' (2018–present)

References

External links

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