Daryl Hannah life and biography

Daryl Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street, Roxanne, and the Kill Bill franchise.

Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Susan Jeanne (née Metzger), a producer and former schoolteacher, and Donald Christian Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner. Her parents divorced and her mother subsequently married Jerrold Wexler, a businessman and brother of Haskell Wexler, a cinematographer. She grew up with siblings Don and Page Hannah and half-sister Tanya Wexler, in Long Grove, Illinois.

Hannah became interested in movies at a young age, partly due to insomnia. She says she was very shy and may have had Asperger Syndrome. Hannah attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School (where she played on the soccer team) before enrolling at the University of Southern California.

Daryl Hannah's career took off when she appeared as the painted android Pris in RIdley Scott's Blade Runner (1982, with Harrison Ford). She then showed she could play a romantic lead opposite Tom Hanks, in the hit mermaid movie Splash (1985). Though the tall, powerful blonde has also appeared in dramas like Wall Street (1987), she is best-known for romantic comedies like Roxanne (1987, based on the story of Cyrano de Bergerac) and My Favorite Martian (1999). Newer audiences are more familiar with Hannah as an environmental activist and as the villainous Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino's two-part martial arts slugfest Kill Bill (2003-04).

In the past Hannah had much-publicized romances with John F. Kennedy Jr. and with singer Jackson Browne.

Filmography:

2010 : A Closed Book
2011 : A Fonder Heart ; Eldorado

As Director:

1994 : The Last Supper
Berlin International Film Festival For Best Short Film
2001 : Strip Notes

Awards:

Best Short The Berlin Film Festival "The Last Supper", 1994
Best Fight MTV Movie Awards Kill Bill Vol. 2, 2005
Best Supporting Actress Saturn Award Kill Bill Vol. 2, 2004
Best Actress Saturn Award Splash, 1984
Influencer Of The Year Award National Biodiesel Board, 2004
Ongoing Commitment Award Environmental Media Award, 2004
Environmental Activism Water Quality Awards, 2006
Environmental Preservation Artivist Awards, 2006

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