Abby Ryder Fortson
Biography
Abby Ryder Fortson (born March 14, 2008) is an American actress. She played Ella Novak in Transparent, Harper Weil in The Whispers, Sophie Pierson in Togetherness, Cassie Lang in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Margaret Simon in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023).
She is the daughter of actress Christie Lynn Smith and her husband, John Fortson.
On January 6, 2024, Fortson was honored with the Star on the Rise Award at the 2024 Astra Awards of the Hollywood Creative Alliance.
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Acting History
2026
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2025Griffin in Summer as Kara
2025Spirit in the Sky as Sam
2025The Pitt as Kristi Wheeler
2023Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon
2021Marvel Studios Assembled as Cassie Lang (archive footage)
2021Marvel Studios Legends as Cassie Lang (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020Trolls: TrollsTopia as Priscilla (voice)
2020Tales from the Loop as Young Girl
2020Tales from the Loop as Young Loretta
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019A Dog's Journey as Young CJ
2018Ant-Man and the Wasp as Cassie
2018Forever My Girl as Billy
2017DuckTales as Little Girl Audience Member (voice)
2017DuckTales as Kid (voice)
2017DuckTales as Little Girl (voice)
2017Room 104 as Elle
2016Albert as Saplings
2016Rated as Hannah
2015Ant-Man as Cassie Lang
2015The Whispers as Harper Weil
2015Togetherness as Sophie Pierson
2014Transparent as Ella Novak
2012The Mindy Project as Clementine
—Rated as Hannah Mitchell