Hala Finley

Hala Finley (born May 18, 2009) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in Man with a Plan (2016–2020) as Emme Burns and in We Can Be Heroes as Ojo.

Early life Finley was born on May 18, 2009, in Gladstone, Missouri, the daughter of a Libyan mother, Somiya Finley. It was from her mother, who has had a modest screen career of her own, that Finley first acquired her interest in acting. Moreover, the two appeared together in Hala's film debut, the 2014 Kansas-City-filmed short, Counter Parts. The following year, the family relocated to Los Angeles, in furtherance not only of Finley's screen prospects and her mother's, but also those of her older brother, who wished to learn cinematography. In 2016, at the age of seven, Finley appeared in Man with a Plan as Emme Burns, the youngest of Adam Burns's (Matt LeBlanc) children. In 2018, she played Jody Altmyer in Back Roads, for which she received a positive review. Nerdy Babble said she was "most surprising part of this entire experience", saying "she blew my expectations out of the water. ... [She was] adorable and endlessly endearing." In February 2020, Finley was cast in Mandalay Pictures's Shelter.

In September 2021, Finley joined Ben Affleck and Alice Braga in action-thriller film Hypnotic, reuniting with director Robert Rodriguez.

In 2022, she starred in Paradise Highway, which centers around human trafficking. Finley portrays Leila, who is trafficked in an attempt to save another character. The A.V. Club praised her performance, stating: "Finley eschews cuteness as much as possible, playing Leila almost as feral at the beginning—a writhing mass of gutteral screams and uncontrolled bodily functions, designed to be as distasteful as possible to would-be kidnappers."

Filmography Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 2014 Counter Parts Twins Short film 2015 Grammy Child 2016 Letters from a Father Young Marie 2018 Back Roads Jody Altmyer 2020 Bobbleheads: The Movie Audrey (voice) We Can Be Heroes Ojo 2022 Unplugging Elizabeth "Blizzard" DewersonParadise Highway Leila 2023 Hypnotic Minnie 2024 Venom: The Last Dance Echo Moon 2025The Roses Older Hattie Rose

Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2016–2020 Man with a Plan Emme Burns Main role 2018 American Housewife Harriet Episode: "Highs and Lows" 2019 Teachers Delia Episode: "The Tell-Tale Cart" 2022 Magnum P.I. Ella Vaughn Episode: "Remember Me Tomorrow"2024Star Wars: Skeleton CrewHaynaEpisode: "Can't Say I Remember No At Attin"