Who is Hadley in Love at First Sight? We discuss a key character from the popular 2023 Netflix movie.
If you want information about the Netflix rom-com, you have come to the right place. If you are looking for Married at First Sight, you might have made the same mistake I did when researching this article.
However, this article will focus on Hadley Sullivan. The teen has missed her flight at JFK airport, making her late to her dad’s second wedding in London. Her dad is re-marrying, and Hadley has yet to meet the new wife, slightly awkward.
Every cloud has a silver lining, though, and while stuck in the waiting area at JFK, she meets Oliver. Oliver is from the UK, and the two have an instant attraction. When the plane finally arrives, they sit together, and the journey turns into a date.
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As you might expect, the two manage to lose each other upon landing in the UK, and we are left desperate for the two to meet again.
If you have watched the film, you might be interested in learning more about the characters, so feel free to start here as we answer the question: who is Hadley in Love at First Sight?
Who is Hadley in Love at First Sight, and why is she important?
Hadley is the main protagonist in the story, and we are pretty much following her throughout the film. The film centers on the just-by-chance encounter between Hadley and Oliver, and our investment comes from wondering if the couple will ever meet again.
Without Hadley having to travel to London, there would be no meeting with Oliver, which is the story’s core.
Who plays Hadley in Love at First Sight?
Haley Lu Richardson plays Hadley. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Haley was an only child to parents Valerie and Forrest Richardson. After school at Montessori, she discovered a love of dance and wanted to continue with the discipline, joining a dance company and throwing herself into the activity.
A move to Los Angeles at just sixteen and finding a dance agent led her to audition for various jobs, but as sometimes happens, the universe had a different path for Haley, and she landed a role acting rather than dancing.
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This would set her path in film and TV moving forward.
In 2018, she proposed to her boyfriend, Brett Dier, who is also an actor you might remember from Jane The Virgin on the CW.
What Movies and TV Shows is Haley Lu Richardson known for?
Haley would have a few minor roles early in her career, including 2012’s Christmas Twister, an episode of the TV show Shake it Up in 2013, and Escape from Polygamy, a TV movie. In 2014, she would land five episodes of the TV series Ravenswood and would work consistently in movies such as 2014’s The Last Survivors and 2015’s The Bronze.
More TV would follow. You can see her in an episode of Mortal Kombat X and six episodes of Recovery Road. In 2016, you can spot Haley in the theatrically released Split with James McEvoy, and in 2018, there would be three films: Support the Girl, Operation Finale, and The Chaperone.
In 2019, she would appear in the TV series Jane The Virgin, also starring her fiancee Brett Dier, and two movies would follow in 2021, After Yang and Montanna Story.
In 2022, she will play Portia in the TV series The White Lotus, bringing you up to speed with Love at First Sight in 2023.
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