Quick Facts Elizabeth Hanks

  • NameElizabeth Hanks
  • Birth Year1982
  • Birth month05
  • FatherTom Hanks
  • Birth PlaceLos Angeles, California USA
  • ProfessionAmerican actress, writer, editor
  • Net Worth$1 million
  • Eye ColorGreen
  • Hair ColorDark Brown
  • SiblingsColin Hanks
  • MotherSamantha Lewes

Elizabeth  Hanks, widely known as EA Hanks is an American actress and writer/editor. She is also popular for being the only daughter of the Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and his first late wife Samantha Lewes.

Hanks is a married woman but she has not revealed the information about her husband. As of 2018, the net worth of Hanks is estimated to be around $1 million.

Elizabeth Hanks Net worth and Salary

Popularly known as EA Hanks, a successful writer, editor she is regarded as one of the richest actresses. Hanks earns a huge amount throughout her multiple careers. But so far, Hanks has not revealed the exact amount of her net worth.

However, accumulating the information from sources, as of 2018, the estimated net worth of Hanks is around $1 million. While her father Tom Hanks is one of the renowned actor and filmmaker who has a net worth around $350 million. 

Similarly her stepmother Rita Wilson holds a net worth of $20 million. The movies of Tom Hanks have earned more than $4.5 billion at US box offices and over $9.0 billion worldwide. 

Elizabeth gets paid a good salary for her appearances in movies and television series. Hanks starring 1994 movie Forest Gump a total of $677.9 million in worldwide. Similarly, her next movie That Thing You Do! earned $34.5 million worldwide.

Elizabeth Hanks Married, Husband, Children, And Relationships

Elizabeth Hanks is a secretive person. Being born in the family of celebrities, Hanks always remained in the attention of media since her childhood. However, even being such a prominent actress, Hanks often keeps her personal life and relationship away from the public.

As per the source, Hanks is already married but so far, she hasn’t revealed the identity of her mysterious husband. Furthermore, the details about her marriage are also yet to be disclosed.

But if we visit her Facebook profile than we can probably see Hanks happily enjoying her married life with her mysterious spouse. Hanks currently resides in Los Angeles. 


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But, in 2016, Hanks wrote an article titled ‘On turning 34’ sharing her experiences at the age of 34. In the article, she wrote multiple comments which made people think that Hanks is having an unhappy married life. 

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Here’s a piece of her article representing multiple thoughts is below,

“She believes that your 30s are the decade when you realize: not everyone is going to make it. Not all dreams come true, not all marriages are good, not all challenges are conquered.”

But Hanks didn’t talk about her relationship to the public. So it just remained a mystery. Moreover, as Hanks is already married, there is no information revealed to the media about her children. 

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Elizabeth Hanks Early Life, Parents, and Education

Elizabeth Hanks was born on 17th May 1982 in Los Angeles, California USA. Hanks is the only daughter of Hollywood actor, Tom Hanks and his former late spouse, actress, Samantha Lewes.

Her parents Tom and Samanta were married in 1978 but 9 years later the husband and wife divorced although they had two kids from their relationship. Hanks grew up along with her sibling, brother Colin Hanks.


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Hanks’s mother, Samantha died in 2002 because of bone cancer. Later, her father married an American singer and actress, Rita Wilson. Tom and Rita Wilson have 2 kids named Truman Theodore and Chester ‘Chet’ Hanks. 


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Hanks attended The Archer School for Girls and graduated in 2001. Likewise, Hanks studied at the University of St. Andrew in Scotland. 

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Elizabeth Hanks Acting Career, Movies, Forrest Gump, And TV Series

Elizabeth Hanks made her acting debut from a drama film “Forrest Gump” in 1994. Hanks next starred in the 1994 movie That Thing You Do!. She also featured in an independent movie Anchorage in 2015.

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Besides her acting career, Hanks further worked as an editor for “The Huffington Post” for a few years. Hanks is currently working on her first novel and also writes articles on her own blog post. 

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