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Molly Hagan (born August 3, 1961) is an American actress. She co-starred in films ''
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'' (1985), '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), '' The Dentist'' (1996), ''
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'' (1999), and '' Sully'' (2016), and is also known for her roles in television on '' Herman's Head'' (1991–1994), ''
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'' (2004–2007), and ''
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'' (2021–2024).


Life and career

Hagan was born in
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,
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. She was raised in
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, and attended
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. Hagan played Diana Luna alongside
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in the 1985 action film ''Code of Silence''. Other films in which she appeared include ''Some Kind of Wonderful''. She portrayed the young
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in the television movie '' Dallas: The Early Years'' (a prequel of the long-running soap opera ''
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''), and she has appeared in several other television series, including the 1980s situation comedy ''
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'' as Caroline, the daughter of Miles Webber, Rose's romantic partner. Hagan starred in the series '' Nutt House'', which had a six-week run in 1989, and '' Herman's Head'', which ran on Fox from 1991 to 1994. She portrayed Angel, one of the four characters inside Herman, and represented his sensitivity. She was in two episodes of the detective mystery series ''
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'', " Murder, Smoke and Shadows" (1989), and " Butterfly in Shades of Grey" (1994). She also appeared twice on ''
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'' (in two different roles). At the end of the second season of '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', she played a young Vorta called Eris in "
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". She appeared in three episodes of the third season of '' Becker'', and also appeared on ''
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'' as Sister Roberta, the Latvian Orthodox novice whom Kramer nearly took from the church, and a cooking teacher on ''
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''. She played a trailer-trash mother in a Jerry Springer-based movie, '' Ringmaster''. She played Diane McAllister in the 1999 movie ''Election'' opposite
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. Hagan also played Coach Crenshaw in '' Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch''. Hagan played the mother of
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's character Addie in the
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series ''Unfabulous'' from 2004 to 2007. She also made guest appearances in many television series, such as ''
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'', '' Bones'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Cold Case ''Cold Case'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series. It ran on CBS from September 28, 2003, to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in invest ...
'', '' Private Practice'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Hagan also appeared in
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'' Princess Protection Program'' in 2009, and had another guest appearance in an episode of the Disney Channel sitcom '' Liv and Maddie''. In 2014, Hagan was cast as the lead character's mother in
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series, '' iZombie'', based on the DC Comics. She later made recurring guest appearances in ''
Jane the Virgin ''Jane the Virgin'' is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan te ...
'', '' The Orville'', ''
No Good Nick ''No Good Nick'' is an American comedy-drama television series, created by David H. Steinberg and Keetgi Kogan. The series stars Siena Agudong, Lauren Donzis, Kalama Epstein, Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin, and the first part premiered on ...
'', and '' Truth Be Told''. In 2017, she co-starred in the NBC limited series '' Law & Order True Crime'', and in 2020, was cast in a series-regular role as title character's mother in the CW crime series, ''
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''.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hagan, Molly 1961 births American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from Minneapolis American soap opera actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Northwestern University School of Communication alumni