Hannah Traylen
Hannah Traylen is an English actress. She is known for her role as Holly in the 2021 one-take film Boiling Point and the subsequent 2023 TV series of the same name. She has also made appearances in British television series including Ridley Road and Casualty, as well as various stage productions.
Life and career
Traylen was born in Crawley and Oriel High School. She then went on to study acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and graduated with a BA in Acting. In 2016, she received the Sir Alec Guinness Award for Actor of the Year.Traylen's first television appearance was in a 2017 episode of Unforgotten, followed by a role in Call the Midwife. In 2021, Traylen played Holly in the one-take film Boiling Point and the subsequent 2023 TV series of the same name.
Traylen has also portrayed Chrissy in Ridley Road, Hayley in Sexy Beast, Emma in The Responder, Hayley in Beyond Paradise, Mandy in Behind Her Eyes and Nancy in Howards End. In addition to her film and television credits, Traylen has also appeared in theatre, leading A New And Better You at The Yard Theatre and The Kneebone Cadillac at Theatre Royal, Plymouth, as Maddy Kneebone.
In 2023, Traylen announced that she had written her debut film entitled Small Fry, which is currently in pre-production with director Phil Barantini's production company Made Up Productions. In 2026, she joined the cast of the BBC medical drama series Casualty as recurring character PC Ashley Sullivan.