Hayley Marie Norman Biography

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Hayley Marie Norman is an American film and television actress known for numerous roles including the critically acclaimed Top Five, as well as Fired Up, Hancock, Beyond the Lights, Trailer Park of Terror, Our Family Wedding, and Norbit. She is the grandniece of Bobby Anderson.

Aside from features films, she has also stars in several television shows including recurring roles abc's Selfie, on the Starz cable network series Crash in which she acted opposite Dennis Hopper, and BET's long running The Game. She was also seen on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Bones, and New Girl, amongst numerous others.

She first came to public attention as case model #25 on NBC's game show Deal or No Deal. and became a fan favorite due to her energetic and outgoing personality as well as her curly hair.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Agoura Hills, California, she is of Russian, German, Dutch, and African American descent. She began her career as a child, signing with her first agency at seven years old after being spotted in a restaurant by supermodel Cindy Crawford. She traveled extensively pursuing modeling and acting and even modeled regularly for Mattel doing a series of ads for the African American Barbie doll.

Film and television career

Norman started her career doing commercials as a child. She then guest starred on the David E. Kelley created show Boston Public. After that she made guest appearances on Shark, Brothers & Sisters, and The Young and the Restless.

2006-2010

Norman joined the hit television show Deal Or No Deal as Case Model #25. She appeared on the show for three seasons, while taking time off to shoot film and television projects. Norman had a recurring role as "Kaylee" on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She appeared in her first feature film, Norbit, alongside Eddie Murphy and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Norman appeared alongside Will Smith in the box office hit Hancock, which was directed by Peter Berg.

She portrayed the lead role of "Amber" in the horror film Trailer Park of Terror. She had a recurring role opposite Dennis Hopper on the first original series produced by the Starz cable network, Crash playing Jocko Sims' character's love interest in the first season. Based on the Academy Award winning film, the show was executive produced by Academy Award winner writer Paul Haggis. Norman played "Angela" in the Screen Gems high school comedy Fired Up. Roger Ebert praised Norman's performances as Angela. He stated that she was "the most intriguing member of the cast".

Norman appeared in the comedy Our Family Wedding, alongside Forest Whitaker, America Ferrara, and Lance Gross. Later that year, she starred alongside Elliott Gould and Sara Rue in the comedy Dorfman in Love. She guest starred on CSI: NY and CSI: Miami.

2011-present

Norman appeared in the pilot episode of New Girl, alongside Zooey Deschanel. She recurred on the BET TV Show The Game. She shot an episode for the new USA Network TV series Common Law, alongside the series stars Michael Ealy and Warren Kole. She landed a role playing the love interest to Donald Faison in the TV Land series The Exes.

Norman starred in a five-part British reality television show called Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights. Norman starred in the Das Racist music video for their song Girl, released on YouTube on October 23.

She starred in the role of "Raina" on the first season of the sitcom Mr. Box Office alongside Bill Bellamy, Vivica A. Fox, and Tim Meadows. Norman was also pegged as the host for the brand new music show Real Music Live (along with co-host Prolifik) which aired on NBC, following Saturday Night Live. She guest starred in an episode of the ABC sitcom, How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life). She guest starred on an episode of the Fox show Bones in an episode entitled "Party in the Pants".

Hayley had a recurring role on Selfie after having appeared in the pilot episode for it as well. Hayley appeared in Top Five and Beyond The Lights, both of which had their world premieres at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. In Top Five, a film written by, directed by, and starring Chris Rock, she played Tammy. The project reunited her with Cedric The Entertainer, whose show The Soul Man (TV Land) she appeared on earlier in the year. Top Five was produced by Scott Rudin, Kanye West, and Jay-Z. The film was acquired by Paramount at the Toronto International Film Fest.

Hello Cupid, the online series that Hayley produces and stars in, was accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival based on industry referrals. In October 2014, she was asked to reprise her role as Bianca as the popular BET show The Game for additional future episodes. Hello Cupid, the online series that Norman stars and produces, was included by Vulture in their article "5 Great Webseries You Should Be Watching Now". The semi-scripted series from Black & Sexy TV draws largely on her improv and comedy skills. She landed the role of Isobel on Comedy Bang! Bang!.

Activism

Hayley is an animal rights activist and vegan. She also writes as a guest contributor on the vegetarian, eco-friendly, and animal rights website, ThisDishIsVegetarian.com.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Summoning	Smoking Girl	Short film (Credited as Hayley Norman)
2004	Christmas at Water's Edge	Gina	Television film
2007	Norbit	Ex-Wife
2007	Cordially Invited	Tammie Lynn Joseph
2008	Trailer Park of Terror	Amber
2008	Hancock	Hottie
2008	Tranny McGuyver	Hooker
2008	Broken Windows	Benny
2009	Fired Up	Angela
2009	Omar Saved from Cheating	Jessica	Short film
2010	Jelly	Penelope Woods
2010	Our Family Wedding	Sienna
2011	Dorfman	Chelsea
2014	Top Five	Tammy
2014	Beyond the Lights	Shai
2015	Alton & Kenya's Outrageous Wedding	Tammie Lynn Joseph