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Daryl Hannah Profile |
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Birth Date: December 3, 1960
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birth Name: Daryl Christine Hannah
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Height: 5'10"
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Biography |
Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an
American film actress. After making her screen debut in
1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films
throughout the 1980s. She has recently had a number of
notable roles including the Kill Bill series.
Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Susan, and Don
Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner. Her parents
divorced shortly after her birth and her mother remarried
Jerrold Wexler, a businessman and brother of Haskell Wexler,
a noted cinematographer. Hannah, a vegetarian since age
eleven, grew up with siblings Don Hannah and Page Hannah, as
well as half sister Tanya Wexler. She attended school at
Francis Parker and the Chicago Latin School in Chicago until
6th grade when she moved to Parker.
Hannah became interested in movies at a young age, due to
insomnia. She was very shy and was diagnosed as 'borderline
autistic'. Hannah attended the private Francis W. Parker
School (where she played on the boys' soccer team) and the
University of Southern California.
Hannah made her film debut in 1978, making a brief
appearance in Brian De Palma's horror film The Fury. She
subsequently appeared in several early 1980s films, the most
notable role of which is probably as the replicant, Pris, in
Ridley Scott's 1982 film, Blade Runner. Hannah was cast as a
mermaid in Ron Howard's 1984 fantasy, Splash, which was a
major financial success, and established Hannah as a notable
film actress.
Hannah's roles in the remainder of the 1980s ranged from
successful major roles in Steel Magnolias and the Academy
Award-winning Wall Street, to the 1986 film version of The
Clan of the Cave Bear, Hannah also played the title role in
Fred Schepisi's 1987 film Roxanne, a modern retelling of
Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, a performance
which was described as "sweet" and "gentle" by film critic
Roger Ebert. She also appeared in The Pope of Greenwich
Village with co-stars Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts.
She also appeared as the daughter of Jack Lemmon's character
in both of the Grumpy Old Men films. In 1995, Hannah was
chosen by Empire magazine as #96 of the "100 Sexiest Stars
in film history". That same year she appeared as homicidal
sociopath Leann Netherwood in The Tie That Binds.
Of Hannah's most recent roles, the better-known may be that
of the one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Kill Bill Volume 1
and Kill Bill Volume 2, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her
performance in these films, as well as her appearances in
other recent films, including Northfork, Micheal Radfords'
Dancing at the Blue Iguana, John Sayles' Casa de los Babys
and Silver City, have been described as a cinematic
comeback.
Hannah wrote, directed and produced a short film, The Last
Supper which won an award at the Berlin Film Festival. She
directed, produced and was the cinematographer for the
documentary Strip Notes. The documentary, which aired on
Channel 4 in the UK and HBO, was about the research she did
for her role in the Michael Radford film Dancing at the Blue
Iguana.
Hannah, a keen environmentalist, has her own weekly video
blog called DH Love Life (dhlovelife.com), on sustainable
solutions. She is often the sound recordist, camera person
and on-screen host for the blog. Her home runs on solar
power and is built with green materials. She also drives a
car that runs on biodiesel. In late 2006, she also
volunteered to act as a judge for Treehugger.com's
"Convenient Truths" contest.
Hannah has never married, but she had long-term
relationships with John F. Kennedy, Jr. and singer Jackson
Browne (she is the female voice on Browne's 1985 hit song
with Clarence Clemons, "You're a Friend of Mine"), and was
romantically linked with actor Val Kilmer. She is the
sister-in-law of well-known music producer Lou Adler, who is
married to Hannah's sister, Page.
On June 13, 2006, Hannah was arrested – along with Joan Baez
and Julia Butterfly Hill – for her involvement with over 350
farmers and their families and their supporters, confronting
authorities trying to bulldoze the nation's largest urban
farm in South Central Los Angeles. She chained herself to a
walnut tree at the South Central Farm in south-central Los
Angeles for three weeks in order to protest the farmers'
eviction by the property's new owner. The farm had been
established in the wake of the 1992 LA riots to allow people
in the city to grow food for themselves. However, the land's
new owner, who had paid $5 million for it, sought to evict
the farmers to build a warehouse. He had asked for $16
million to sell it but turned down the offer when the
activists raised that amount. Hannah was interviewed via
cell phone shortly before she was arrested, along with forty
four other protesters, and said that she and the others are
doing the "morally right thing". She spent some time in
jail.
Hannah has also worked to help end the problem of sexual
slavery and is traveling around the world to make a
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Other
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Graduated the University of Southern California School of
Theatre.
Her childhood interest in movies grew out of a lifelong
battle with insomnia.
Sister of Page Hannah.
Step-niece of Haskell Wexler and Yale Wexler.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in
John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. [1984]
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in
film history (#96). [1995]
Is missing part of her left hand index finger. She sometimes
uses a prosthetic finger in movies.
Played The Girl in a London stage production of The Seven
Year Itch (1955) - a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe.
[August 18, 2000]
As a child Daryl was so shy that at one point she was
diagnosed as borderline autistic. Even today she says she
likes to just sit in a corner & observe people.
Was in a serious relationship with John Kennedy Jr. for
several years, but never married due to Jacqueline Kennedy's
disapproval of her son marrying an actress.
Made McCall's "10 Best Female Bodies In America" list in
1984.
Since there was no girls' soccer team at Francis W. Parker
School in Chicago, she played on the boys' team. Anne Heche
graduated from this same school.
She had brief yet interesting career in music. She sang
background vocals on the hit 1985 single "You're a Friend of
Mine," a duet by Clarence Clemons and her then-boyfriend
Jackson Browne. She is also credited as contributing to the
all- star chorus of the anti-apartheid album "Sun City:
Artists United Against Apartheid," organized by Steve Van
Zandt, also in 1985.
Suffers from agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), a phobia she
kept secret for many years, fearing it might ruin her acting
career
Half sister of Tanya Wexler.
Sister of Don Hannah.
Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Sister-in-law of Lou Adler.
Is a vegan.
Born on the same day as actress Julianne Moore. She also
shares a birthday with actor Brendan Fraser.
On two occasions has run after and captured muggers in New
York City. She says that both men's faces displayed mixed
emotions when they realized who was sitting on their chests,
holding them for police.
Stepdaughter of Jerrold Wexler
Good friends with John Corbett
Is portrayed by Tara Chocol in America's Prince: The John F.
Kennedy Jr. Story (2003) (TV).
She attended the 2005 Gumball 3000 car race with Tina
Basich. They drove a pink Range Rover Hybrid that used
biodiesel made from cooking oil as fuel.
She is often cast as the girlfriend of a considerably older
man (Rutger Hauer, Robert Redford, Steve Martin, Michael
Douglas [an ex- boyfriend], Alan Alda, Chevy Chase, David
Carradine) or one who is older by a few years (Tom Hanks,
Mickey Rourke, Peter Gallagher, Aidan Quinn).
Lives in Colorado.
As a keen environmentalist, Daryl lives off of solar power
and drives a car that runs off of recycled fast food grease.
She turned down the role of Vivian in Pretty Woman (1990)
because she felt it was denigrating to women. She appeared
in _Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)_ as a stripper.
13 June 2006 - Was forcibly removed from a walnut tree on a
South Central Los Angeles Community farm where she had
stayed for 23 days to protest the sale of the farm to
developers. Forty other protesters were arrested at the same
time. Fellow activist Joan Baez also participated in the
protest.
The box-office performance of Splash (1984) was a large part
of the reason that the Walt Disney company greenlighted the
made-for-television sequel, but also their animated feature
The Little Mermaid (1989). The fact that Daryl Hannah's
character was blonde, however, inspired the company to go in
a radically different direction for their new heroine. For
this reason, the choice was made that Ariel would have red
hair.
A story on America's most wanted shows that she goes
undercover to help rescue children as young as 6 years old
from the brothels in Bangkok.
Produces a "green" vlog called "dhlovelife.com" which
focuses on healthy living, renewable energy, and sustainable
farming.
Was considered for the role of "Mia Wallace" in Pulp
Fiction, but Uma Thurman was cast instead. |
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since January 10, 2008