<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2015--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress . She is known for starring as Hannah Baker in the 2017 Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, based on the novel of the same name, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination . In 2018, she appeared as Vesna in the independent comedy / drama film The Misguided and as Leah Burke in the romantic comedy - drama film Love, Simon . </P> <P> Langford was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, and raised in Applecross, a riverside suburb of Perth . She is the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Langford (née Green), a pediatrician, and Stephen Langford, a flying doctor and director of medical services at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations . She has a younger sister, Josephine Langford, who is also an actress . </P>

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