Mallory Hanson (2024)

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I need a drink, or I need my phone. You have got to give me something

—Mallory to her Dad and Sol^[2]

Mallory Hanson is a principal character on Grace and Frankie. She is the daughter of Grace and Robert Hanson, and younger sister of Brianna Hanson.

1 Biography
2 Personality
3 Children
4 Quotes
5 Trivia
6 Image Gallery
7 References

Biography[]

Mallory was born to Robert and Grace Hanson some years after her elder sister Brianna. According to both her parents, she was "the nice kid", compared to Brianna. Even so, she killed the family hamster at one point.

Mallory had a relationship with Coyote Bergstein as a teenager in 2001, which resulted in a pregnancy and she had an abortion. She then married Mitch shortly after college in 2006. After she had two children, Macklin and Madison, Coyote returned to her one night, drunk and stoned, and declared his love for her while destroying her mailbox and scaring the children. She had him arrested.

At the beginning of the series she is mostly open to her father's new relationship with Sol Bergstein, while also worrying for her mother. After she gets pregnant with twins her marriage to Mitch collapses and she finally divorces him.

Struggling to make ends meet, she finally starts working for her sister, Brianna, but ultimately leaves Say Grace for Trust Us Organics, where she is supervisor in San Fransisco.

Personality[]

She is often referred to as the "nicer" daughter of Robert and Grace by her parents, sister and step-brothers. Mallory won't hestitate to use her charm and kind, trustworthy look to get what she wants, however. As a mother of four, Mallory is also the only Hanson woman so far to express any joy in being a mother. Mallory loves her children and wants the best for them, contrary to Brianna, who dislikes spending time with them, and her mother who advised her against having a third or fourth child.