Hannah Yelland is the stage name of Hannah Bahar (formerly Hannah Roberts), a British actress now living and working in the United States. She was brought up near Hampton Court and is the daughter of British actor David Yelland

David Yelland (actor)

David William Yelland is an English actor of stage and screen.-Education:Yelland was educated at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge, where he read English.-Life and career:...

, with whom she appeared onstage in a 2007/08 revival of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is an eight-hour stage play, presented over two performances, adapted from the Charles Dickens novel of the same name by David Edgar. Directed by John Caird and Trevor Nunn, it opened on 5 June 1980 at the Aldwych Theatre in London. The music and lyrics...

. Her other stage work includes starring as Laura in the Broadway production of Brief Encounter, for which she was nominated for a 2011 Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

 for Best Leading Actress in a Play.

In August 2010, she married Michael Bahar, a U.S. Naval Officer and Deputy Legal Advisor to the National Security Staff at the White House. The two live in Washington, D.C.

Education

Yelland was educated at a state comprehensive school, followed by St. Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...

, where she studied English

Partial filmography

• Catherine Cookson
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  's The Secret (1999)
• The Bill
  The Bill
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  (1999)
• A Touch of Frost (1999)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot
  Agatha Christie's Poirot
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  (Lord Edgware Dies
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  , 2000)
• Dinotopia
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  (2002)
• AKA
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  (2002)
• The Project
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  (2002)
• Ultimate Force
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  (2005)
• Dalziel and Pascoe
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  (2006)