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Hannah Rebecca Telle (born September 18, 1987) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for her role as Max Caulfield in the Life Is Strange series.

Early life

Hannah Telle was born on September 18, 1987, to Don and Kim Telle. She grew up in Shelby, North Carolina, and has a younger brother named Lewis. She took an interest in acting at 6 and joined community theatre. In 2006, she attended the University of Southern California for acting and filmmaking but dropped out in 2009. She is bipolar and has struggled with depression and anxiety throughout her life.

Career

Telle submitted roles on actorsaccess.com and secured parts in indie films. She had a minor role in an episode of iCarly (2012) as a harp player. She was cast in Square Enix's Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014) as Rose Campbell / Iris Campbell for motion capture. In July 2014, Square Enix asked her to audition for Max Caulfield in Life Is Strange (2015) and secured the role. She also voiced Courtney Wagner. Following this, she released her debut album Hollow Glow (2016). In 2018, she reprised her role as Max Caulfield in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm for the bonus episode Farewell. She starred as Kate in I'd Kill for You (2018). She released the albums Walking Away from the Dream (2019) and Waking Up to Tomorrow (2023). She reprised her role as Max Caulfield again in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure (2024), for which she was nominated for Best Performance in The Game Awards 2024.

Personal life

Telle lives in Los Angeles. She returned to the University of Southern California and graduated with a degree in neuroscience in 2022. She is the owner of four cats.

References

1. Hannah Telle (January 21, 2022). "✨Wow my graduation photos arrived!! Officially completed college @uscedu as a Neuroscience student !!!🙏Thank you to God (master of my evolution) ✝️. Thank you @uscedu for accepting me when I auditioned for the Dramatic Arts program in 2006 🎭. Thank you @uscedu for continuing to support me as I then tried to be a Cinematic Arts/ Photography major before abruptly dropping out after surgery in 2009. Thank you forever to @uscedu for welcoming me back when I randomly returned at age 30 in 2018, boldly yet naively requesting to switch my major to Cognitive Science then finally to Neuroscience, even though my GPA was quite low from expired incomplete grades! Thank you infinitely to USC Financial Aid for miraculously covering my full tuition & book fees📚, to California for covering my mental & physical healthcare, to my medications Latuda & Prozac, to my family & friends who supported and encouraged me on the arduous & enlightening journey♥️, my brilliant professors👨‍🏫👩‍🏫, compassionate research mentors🧠, patient tutors📊, generous lab mates👩‍🔬👨‍🔬, the talented @uscthornton school of music 🎶for guiding my songwriting on Walking Away From the Dream🔮, and to the incredibly intelligent @uscedu students 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓who inspire me every single day🤩! I never thought I would be able to pass Calculus🧮, Chemistry🧪, & Molecular Neuroscience🔬 to get this degree, but thanks to my steady support system I survived and even made it on the Dean's List for several semesters! 🙏 Most importantly, I would like to say thank you to all of the animals who provided me comfort during this challenging time. ♥️ I am also eternally grateful and indebted to the countless animals who were sacrificed to further the fields of neuroscience and medical research🪰🪱🐠🐁🐀🐇🐓🦧🦍🐒🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🐖🦑. Deepest thanks to the precious little Shrimp 🦐 that I sacrificed during a neurotransmitter experiment in order to get this degree, thank you always. 🙏🎓👩🏼‍🎓💙🙏#thankful #feelingblessed #uscalumni #uscdornsifegrad #uscneuroscience #uscdramaticarts #usccinematicarts🎬 #uscthorntonschoolofmusic #neuroscience #neurodivergent #bipolarawareness #bipolargraduates #latuda #prozac". Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via Instagram. )
2. "The Dean's List" (PDF). dornsife.usc.edu. 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
3. Hannah Telle (September 18, 2022). "Enjoying my birthday today! Thankful to have you all in my life. Sending love and peace💙💙💙". Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Instagram. )
4. ^ Melody Caudill (March 14, 2024). "Career Woman and Hannah Telle Take Charge". Talkhouse. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
5. ^ Allen, Wade (January 23, 2017). "Hannah Telle's Hollywood". shelbystar. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
6. ^ Beyers, Kurt (November 1, 2021). "Hannah Telle's folky psych-rock enters gently into a new day with Waking Up To Tomorrow". upcoming100. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
7. Bentz, Katy (December 18, 2023). Plus One Interview with Hannah Telle. Retrieved January 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
8. Hannah Telle (January 21, 2020). "✨Officially a senior @USC for neuroscience! Started my journey at USC studying acting and film from 2006-2009, but had to have surgery to remove my gall bladder in the middle of spring semester and didn't feel well enough to go back. Almost 10 years later, I decided to return to USC to study cognitive science in hopes of better understanding depression. During my first psychology class, I became enamored with the biology of the brain and decided to switch my major to neuroscience. Being in the home stretch feels surreal — there is still so much left for me to learn. Humbled by the infinite depth of science & very thankful for my education 🧬⚗️🦠🧫". Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via Instagram. )
9. Hart, Aimee (January 12, 2021). "All of the Life is Strange: True Colors voice actors". gaymingmag. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
10. Aliance Gamer Brasil (July 21, 2017). ENTREVISTA com HANNAH TELLE - Voz de MAX CAULFIELD em LIFE IS STRANGE [INTERVIEW with HANNAH TELLE - Voice of MAX CAULFIELD in LIFE IS STRANGE]. Retrieved January 8, 2025 – via YouTube.
11. Green, Paul (September 12, 2019). Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives: Supernatural and Paranormal Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7800-9.
12. Riaz, Adnan (August 12, 2015). "Hannah Telle: Involvement in Life Is Strange is the 'Greatest Honor'". hardcoregamer. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
13. Red Archer Live (March 26, 2022). An Interview With Hannah Telle [Max Caulfield in Life is Strange]. Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via YouTube.
14. Player 1 vs The World (August 12, 2020). Hannah Telle: 'I Never Want Anyone Else To Play Max Caulfield In Life Is Strange!'. Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
15. Allen, Wade. "Hannah Telle concert tonight". gastongazette. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
16. Allen, Wade (January 23, 2017). "Hannah Telle's Hollywood". shelbystar. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
17. Life is Strange (January 30, 2017). Farewell - Behind the Scenes. Retrieved January 7, 2025 – via YouTube.
18. "LIFE IS STRANGE: BEFORE THE STORM – ASHLY BURCH & HANNAH TELLE RESUME THEIR ROLES". Square Enix. November 30, 2017.
19. "Hannah Telle". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
20. ^ Heaney, Duncan (October 7, 2024). "Life is Strange: Double Exposure: The Hannah Telle cat interview". Sqaure Enix. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
21. Maas, Jennifer (October 28, 2024). "Why 'Life Is Strange' Team Took on the 'Challenges' of Bringing Max Back for 'Double Exposure' 10 Years After That Split Ending". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
22. King, Andrew (November 20, 2024). "Whatever Your Opinion On Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, It Deserves To Win Best Performance". thegamer. Retrieved January 9, 2025.

• 1987 births
• Living people
• American video game actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• Actresses from North Carolina