Daryl Hannah

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Image:Daryl Hannah Kill Bill.jpg Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3 1960) is an American actress.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Selected filmography
5 Interviews
6 External links

Early life

Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois to Donald Hannah and Susan; 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 11, grew up with siblings Don and Page Hannah, who also became actors, as well as half sister Tanya Wexler, who is now a film director. Due to a childhood accident, Hannah is missing a part of her left index finger.

Hannah became interested in movies at an early age, due to insomnia. She was very shy and was diagnosed as 'borderline autistic' [1]. Hannah attended the Francis W. Parker School (where she played on the boys' soccer team) and the University of Southern California, majoring in theatre.

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Career

Hannah made her film debut in 1978, making a brief appearance in Brian De Palma's horror movie 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, grossing over $62 million [2] and establishing Hannah as a notable actress.

Image:Daryl Hannah Blade Runner.jpg Hannah's roles in the remainder of the 1980s ranged from successful (including major roles in Steel Magnolias and the Academy Award-winning Wall Street) to the disappointing, including the 1986 film version of The Clan of the Cave Bear, which received mostly negative reviews [3]and performed poorly at the box office [4]. Hannah also played the title role in Fred Schepisi's 1987 movie 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 [5].

In the 1990s, Hannah's roles included starring as a giantess in the television movie Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1993), which she also co-produced. 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".

Of Hannah's most recent roles, the best-known may be that of the one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Kill Bill: Volume I and Kill Bill: Volume II, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her performance in these films, as well as her appearances in other recent films, including Casa de los Babys and Silver City, have been described by some as a sort of cinematic comeback [6] for Hannah, who has not appeared in many widely-seen films through the late 1990s and early 2000s. In late 2004, Hannah was a featured model in Playboy, participating in a revealing set of photographs.

Hannah and actress Hilary Shepard have co-created a boardgame called "Liebrary" [7]. Hannah previewed the game on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2005.

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Personal life

Hannah, who now lives in Colorado, is a keen environmentalist [8] and uses solar power; she also drives a car that runs on biodiesel [9].

Hannah was romantically involved with John F. Kennedy, Jr, singers Jackson Browne and Robbie Williams, and actor Val Kilmer. She is the sister-in-law of well-known music producer Lou Adler, who is married to Page, Hannah's sister.

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Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2004	Silver City	Maddy Pilager
2004	Kill Bill, Volume 2	Elle Driver (California Mountain Snake)
2003	Kill Bill, Volume 1	Elle Driver
2003	Casa de los babys	Skipper
2003	Northfork	Flower Hercules
2002	A Walk to Remember	Cynthia Carter
1998	The Real Blonde	Kelly
1996	Two Much	Liz Kerner
1995	Grumpier Old Men	Melanie Gustafson
1995	The Tie That Binds	Leann Netherwood
1993	Grumpy Old Men	Melanie Gustafson
1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Alice Monroe
1991	At Play in the Fields of the Lord	Andy Huben
1990	Crazy People	Kathy
1989	Steel Magnolias	Annelle Dupuy Desoto
1988	High Spirits	Mary Plunkett Brogan
1987	Wall Street	Darien Taylor
1987	Roxanne	Roxanne Kowalski
1986	Legal Eagles	Chelsea Deardon
1986	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Ayla
1984	The Pope of Greenwich Village	Diane
1984	Splash	Madison
1984	Reckless	Tracey Prescott
1983	The Final Terror	Windy
1982	Summer Lovers	Cathy Featherstone
1982	Blade Runner	Pris