Elizabeth Ann Hanks was born on 17 May 1982, in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of acclaimed actor Tom Hanks and the actress Samantha Lewes. Elizabeth is perhaps best known for her role in the movie “Forrest Gump”, in which she worked alongside her father.
So just how rich is Elizabeth Hanks, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, this American actress has a net worth of $350 million, accumulated from her acting career and in addition to that she is a writer, and in that field, one of her most prominent works includes her texts for one of the most popular news and political websites, ‘’The Huffington Post’’.
Elizabeth Ann Hanks Net Worth $350 million
When it comes to Hanks’ education, she attended The Archer School for Girls, finishing with that aspect of education in 2001. However, her education wasn’t finished, as she later enrolled into the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. With both of her parents being actors, she naturally decided to try it out herself, and made her acting debut with a small role in the critically acclaimed and Academy Award winning movie “Forrest Gump” in 1994. After that, she had a few other roles, with the most prominent being in the role of Paula in “Anchoraged”, a 2015 short film directed by her father, starred alongside Shirley Hughes and Connor Dylan Wryn. However, Hanks didn’t end up choosing acting as her primary calling, and didn’t follow her parents’ footsteps, career-wise.
Her other notable works include her career as a writer. As a matter of fact, she is associated with one of the most prominent liberal politics websites, The Huffington Post, for which she writes expressing her political beliefs in her articles, published as EA Hanks. In addition, she has also served as the children’s editor for ‘’Los Angeles Review of Books’’. She reportedly is thriving on expanding her career even furthermore.
When it comes to her personal life, coming from a family that is publicly well known made Elizabeth’s early private life open to the media as well. However, her parents divorced in 1987, and her father re-married to Rita Wilson, so Hanks has two step-brothers, also one older brother from Tom’s marriage with Samantha, Colin Lewes Hanks born in 1977. Unfortunately, her mother, Samantha died of bone cancer and Elizabeth and Colin were officially adopted by Rita Wilson.
When it comes to Elizabeth’s love life and relationship status, she is reportedly married, but she hasn’t shared information regarding the identity of her husband, following her previously created manner of being silent about her previous relationships and boyfriends. As a matter of fact, this Los Angeles born actress and writer leads a lifestyle isolated from paparazzi and media, as of today.
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