What is it that Hallie Kate Eisenberg is known for?”
Eisenberg first became famous in the late 1990s and early 2000s as “the Pepsi Girl” in a series of Pepsi commercials. She made her film debut in the 1998 children’s film Paulie, playing the young owner of the title parrot. After appearing in a few made-for-television films, she had supporting parts in 1999’s The Insider and Bicentennial Man. In 2000, Eisenberg co-starred with Minnie Driver in the feature film Beautiful, which received generally negative reviews. She also starred as Helen Keller in a television remake of The Miracle Worker. She also played opposite Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton in 2004’s television remake of the The Goodbye Girl. In 2006, Eisenberg appeared in How to Eat Fried Worms, the New Line Cinema adaptation of Thomas Rockwell’s book of the same name. In 2007, she co-starred in the independent feature film “P.J.” alongside John Heard, Vincent Pastore and Robert Picardo.
A precocious child actress with a mass of brown curls and deep dimples, Hallie Kate Eisenberg made an auspicious film debut as the original owner of the title parrot “Paulie” (1998). Landing the role after a nationwide search, the husky-voiced tyke was convincing as a little girl who overcomes a handicap with the bird’s help but is forced by her parents to send him away after an accident. The talented youngster, who also writes poetry, composes songs and has had her first play produced, followed with her TV acting debut as the younger sister of a murdered child in the based-on-fact drama “Nicholas’ Gift” (CBS, 1998). In addition, Eisenberg also was featured in two high profile, very amusing television advertising campaigns: For the Independent Film Channel, she portrayed Christie, a somewhat temperamental indie director; while for Pepsi, she’s a sweet child who channels the voices of Marlon Brando, Aretha Franklin and Joe Pesci (among others) when her beverage of choice is unavailable.
