Just like her MCU WandaVision character Agnes, a.k.a. Agatha Harkness, it's been Kathryn Hahn all along.
She's just always been there for us, making us laugh in some of the most famous comedies, giving us some outrageous faces and reactions to things, all while often being pregnant either in real life or not. She's just the best.
When you really look into her career, it's astonishing how many things she's been in that we didn't even realize and other things where her presence is obvious. But she only has a $2 million net worth. If it wasn't for her son, we would have never gotten to see her as Anges, and eventually Agatha, now that her cover's been blown. She's been the villain all along.
As the years have passed, Hahn's roles have gotten better and better and WandaVision is only the beginning. As Vulture says, Hahn is nobody's sidekick, so she should be raking in the dough with even more kickass roles in no time.
She Built Her Career On Supporting Roles In Comedies
Being an actress for only the past two decades, Hahn has accumulated 75 acting credits.
Her very first role was Flushed, but even she can't really remember what it was like filming it. Her next role was one she remembers very well. She starred in Crossing Jordan from 2001 to 2007, where she played Lily Lebowski. Hahn says she learned "the art of denying," while on the show.
While starring on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in films like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (she still doesn't understand the plot), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, A Lot Like Love, and The Holiday.
The year she left Crossing Jordan, she starred in the fantasy film The Last Mimzy (she says her pregnant mind at the time wouldn't let her understand the plot). She told IMDb that pretty much everything about the film was trippy.
Next, she starred in Step Brothers, once again working with her Anchorman co-star, Will Ferrell. She says that her role "shifted something as a performer" for her. She didn't just have to "stand and deliver," she could insert some of her own creativeness into it.
After the comedy, she went for Revolution Road, opposite Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. It was her first really serious role, and she loved how the set was so historically accurate.
Into 2010, she starred in more supporting roles in How Do You Know, Our Idiot Brother, and she played a pregnant woman in HBO'S Hung and another pregnant woman in The Dictator in 2012. That year she also played Karen in Wanderlust, opposite Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd. The role was perfect for her.
Another perfect role for her was Edie Fitzgerald from We're the Millers in 2013, but really any role that she takes on is perfect for her. That same year she starred in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ("I got to play Rizzo from Grease"), with Steve Carrel, the romantic comedy, She's Funny That Way (again co-starring with Jennifer Aniston), and This Is Where I Leave You (co-starring again with Jason Bateman).
In 2015, she guest-starred on Parks and Recreation, which earned her a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. She got a little more serious in Tomorrowland in 2015, then funny again in the show Happyish, and then scary when she starred in M. Night Shyamalan's film, The Visit.
Playing a mom had also become her specialty. She played a concerned mom and aunt in Captain Fantastic and of course the bad mom, Carla, in Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas.
She told IndieWire that she thinks it's great that she's getting some of her best roles now, after becoming a mother of two and being in her forties.
"It is no small thing that the juiciest and most complicated roles of my life have come post- having two children," she said in 2018. "And that is something to listen to, and something I hope younger actresses can hear and listen to. Your creative life can continue to just turn inside out and evolve in ways that you can’t possibly imagine, whether or not you decide to be a parent. It doesn’t matter."
Hahn Earned Three Really Great Television Roles... And One In Marvel
Between 2014 and 2019, Hahn appeared in two shows at the same time. One was the comedy, I Love Dick, which she starred in with Kevin Bacon from 2016 to 2017, and the other, Transparent. The latter role earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Hahn says that she's super proud of Transparent because it was embraced by people who maybe hadn't ever been exposed to the life of a transperson.
This past year she appeared in HBO's I Know This Much Is True, alongside Mark Ruffalo who just won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role.
Then came along WandaVision, and Hahn entered the MCU as Anges. Fans rejoiced when she was cast, and throughout the show, she hasn't ever disappointed.
"To know that it was going to be something that the MCU has never done before — and that I was going to enter this world through a 1950s sitcom — all of those reasons together made it irresistible. I couldn’t have dreamt a cooler part, honestly. I was thrilled," she told The Hollywood Reporter. Her role is not only beloved by the fans, but also the critics.
So it's safe to say that you've probably watched at least one television show or movie that has Hahn in it. She's such a versatile actress, we can't even believe she's been in so much, and yet has a relatively low net worth or that she's remained relatively unknown for most of her career. But that's been changing for a while now.
With her success in WandaVision and her other most recent projects, Vulture is right, a "Hahnaissance is upon us."