Daryl Hannah Biography
Daryl Hannah (Daryl Christine Hannah) an American actress and environmental activist, known for her screen debut in Brian De Palma’s supernatural horror film The Fury (1978).
She featured in various movies across the years, such as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott’s science fiction thriller Blade Runner (1982) and as Cathy Featherstone in Randal Kleiser’s romantic comedy Summer Lovers (1982).
She as well featured asthe mermaid Madison in Ron Howard’s fantasy-romantic comedy Splash of 1984, Roxanne Kowalski in the romantic comedy Roxanne of 1987, Darien Taylor in Oliver Stone’s drama Wall Street of 1987 and Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the comedy-drama Steel Magnolias of 1989.
In 2004 she won a Saturn Award for her role as one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino’s two-part martial arts action film Kill Bill. In 2015, she featured in the Netflix series Sense8 as Angelica Turing.
Daryl Hannah Age
Daryl was born in 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Daryl Hannah Career
Daryl got interested in movies at a young age. She began her career in 1978 with an appearance in Brian De Palma’s horror film The Fury. She turned down many roles early in her career. She also had an early role along with Rachel Ward in the 1983 horror film The Final Terror which was shot in the Redwood Forests in 1981. The film was released in 1983 to capitalize on Hannah’s blossoming career.
In the early 2000s, her most memorable role may be that of the one-eyed assassin, Elle Driver, in Kill Bill, directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her performance in this film and her appearances in A Walk to Remember, speedway Junky, Northfork, Michael Radford’s Dancing at the Blue Iguana, John Sayles’ Casa de Ios Babys and silver city, have been described by some as a comeback. After Kill Bill, she appeared in several TV films and miniseries, including the Syfy original film Shark Swarm, Final Days of Planet Earth for the Hallmark Channel, and Kung Fu Killer for Spike. She also appeared in Shannon’s Rainbow and The Cycle in 2009.
As of 2015, she has appeared in sense8, a series on Netflix from the Wachowskis. The series ran for two seasons, with a finale episode released on June 8, 2018. Also in 2018 Hannah released Paradox, for which she was writer and producer, and featuring musician Neil Young. In 2020, Hannah will star in The Now a comedy series for Quibi opposite Dave Franco.
She wrote, directed and produced a short film titled The Last Supper. She directed, produced, and was cinematographer for the documentary Strip Notes, which was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK and on HBO. It was about the research Hannah did for her role as a stripper in Dancing at the Blue Iguana.
In 2002, Hannah appeared in Robbie Williams’ video for the song “Feel” portraying Williams’ love interest. She and actress Hilary Shepard Turner created two board games, Love It or Hate It and LIEbrary, with Hannah previewing the latter on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2005.
The actress, an active environmentalist, has her own weekly video blog called DHLoveLife 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 drives a car that runs on biodiesel.
She has been Vegetarian since age 11, and later became Vegan. In late 2006, she volunteered to act as a judge for Treehugger. com’s “Convenient Truths” contest. On December 4, 2008, Hannah joined Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s crew aboard the MV Steve Irwin , as part of Operation Musashi.
On April 26, 2014 in Washington, Hannah and Neil Young led a march by the “Cowboy and Indian Alliance” group against the Obama administration to reject the proposed Keystone Pipeline. The actress endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. She is a member of the World Future Council.
Daryl Hannah Net Worth
Daryl has an estimated net worth of around $20 million.
Daryl Hannah Parents
Daryl was born to Susan Jeanne Metzger, a producer and former schoolteacher, and Donald Christian Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner. Her parents though divorced and her mother got married businessman Jerrold Wexler, brother of cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
Daryl Hannah Siblings
Daryl was raised up along with with siblings Don and Page Hannah as well as her maternal half-sister Tanya Wexler, in Long Grove, Illinois. She was raised Romain Catholic.
Daryl Hannah Health
Daryl time to time was diagnosed with autism at a young age, and medical professionals urged her parents to have her institutionalized. Instead, her mother decided to move with her temporarily to Jamaica, in hopes that the change in environment would help her daughter.
Daryl Hannah Married
Daryl is a married to Neil Young. The duo began dating in 2014 until they later married in 2018. She previously in a long-term relationships with the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and musician Jackson Browne. She as well dated Browne in 1983 and eventually broke up in 1992 amid allegations that Browne was physically abusive to her.
She was also on of the numerous women who brought sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. In a part of Ronan Farrow’s 2017 expose, she claimed that Weinstein sexually harassed her multiple times during the production of Kill Bill and that he once tried to break into her hotel room, forcing her to flee through a fire escape.
She as later expressed belief that Weinstein sabotaged her career in retaliation for refusing his advances, as she struggled to find work after appearing in Kill Bill.
Daryl Hannah Children
Daryl have two children namely; Ben, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy who is unable to speak well. She filed divorce papers in July 2014 with his second husband, Pegi Young who they had children together after their 36 years of marriage.