Haley Lu Richardson (born March 7, 1995) is an American actress. Following early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2013) and the ABC Family supernatural drama Ravenswood (2013–2014), she received recognition for her roles in the critically acclaimed coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and the psychological horror film Split (2016). She went on to garner a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Columbus (2017), and earned critical praise for her roles as Maci in Support the Girls (2018) and Stella Grant in Five Feet Apart (2019).
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 7, 1995 (31)
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 24 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Haley Lu Richardson's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 15
Light 3 · Serious 8 · Dark 7
A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
Gentle 4 · Charged 10 · Intense 4
Steady 6 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 6
Resolved 11 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 8 of 16 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Julina in Escape from Polygamy (2013)
- Heroas Kendal in The Last Survivors (2014)
- Heraldas Maggie Townsend in The Bronze (2015)
- Tricksteras Viv in Follow (2015)
- Shapeshifteras Krista in The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
- Allyas Casey in Columbus (2017)
- Heroas Casey in Columbus (2017)
- Shapeshifteras Louise in The Chaperone (2018)
- Allyas Maci in Support the Girls (2018)
- Heroas Stella in Five Feet Apart (2019)
- Heroas Veronica Clarke in Unpregnant (2020)
- Heroas Erin in Montana Story (2021)
- Heroas Hadley Sullivan in Love at First Sight (2023)
- Allyas Ingrid in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025)
- Allyas Elle in Zi (2026)
- Heroas Twila in Ponies (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet12
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Haley Lu Richardson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Haley Lu Richardson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 9 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Zi(2026)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Ponies(2026)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Love at First Sight(2023)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Jennifer Hudson Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Montana Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
After Yang(2021)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The White Lotus(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Unpregnant(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Chaperone(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Five Feet Apart(2019)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Operation Finale(2018)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Support the Girls(2018)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Columbus(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Split(2016)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Edge of Seventeen(2016)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Recovery Road(2016)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Bronze(2015)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Follow(2015)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Young Kieslowski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Last Survivors(2014)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Ravenswood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Escape from Polygamy(2013)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Christmas Twister(2012)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Meanamorphosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Awkward.(2011)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Shake It Up(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 12 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2012Screen debut· Christmas Twister
- 2013First top-billed film· Escape from Polygamy
- 2019Career best· Five Feet Apart
- 2021Screen Actors Guild Award win· The White Lotus
- 2026Best so far· PONIES
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2023, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Haley Lu Richardson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Haley Lu Richardson's work okay for kids?
Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Haley Lu Richardson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Haley Lu Richardson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kogonada shares the most, 3.
Directors
- KogonadaShared titles: Zi (2026), After Yang (2021), Columbus (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Kogonada
- Rachel Lee GoldenbergShared titles: Unpregnant (2020), Escape from Polygamy (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Actors
- Mary McCormackShared titles: Unpregnant (2020), Escape from Polygamy (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mary McCormack
Cinematographers
- Benjamin LoebShared titles: Zi (2026), After Yang (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Benjamin Loeb
- Doug EmmettShared titles: Unpregnant (2020), The Edge of Seventeen (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Doug Emmett
Producers
- Cathy SchulmanShared titles: Five Feet Apart (2019), The Edge of Seventeen (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Cathy Schulman
- Seth CaplanShared titles: Follow (2015), The Last Survivors (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Caplan
Mixed roles
- Bill ParkerShared titles: Unpregnant (2020), Escape from Polygamy (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Parker
- Chris WeitzShared titles: Operation Finale (2018), Columbus (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Weitz
