Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah had been in relationships with John F. Kennedy Jr. and singer Jackson Browne at different points of time.

Daryl Hannah was born on December 3, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois. While her mother Susan Jeanne Metzger is a producer and former schoolteacher, her father Donald Christian Hannah is a tugboat and barge company owner. After her parents divorced, her mother remarried a businessman Jerrold Wexler. Daryl has two siblings, Don and Page Hannah, and a half-sister Tanya Wexler.

She became interested in movies at a young age, as she used to watch movies at night due to insomnia. She was a shy kid, and was diagnosed as “borderline autistic”. As a child, she lost the tip of her left index finger in an accident.

She went to Francis W. Parker School, where she played soccer, and graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Theatre. She got training in ballet from Maria Tallchief, and studied drama at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. She also played the keyboard and sang for American singerJackson Browne.

In 1978, Daryl Hannah debuted in Brian De Palma's horror film ‘The Fury’. As her role in the film was soon forgotten, she became more cautious in selecting her future roles and turned down many of them early in her career. She then did another horror film ‘The Final Terror’, which was filmed in 1981 and released in 1983.

In 1982, her role as the acrobatic Pris in Ridley Scott's science fiction ‘Blade Runner’ gave her the much-needed recognition in the industry. She performed her own gymnastic stunts in the film. In the same year, she was featured in ‘Summer Lovers’.

In 1984, her breakthrough role came as the blonde mermaid in Ron Howard's fantasy ‘Splash’. In the same year, she appeared in ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’. In 1985, she was seen in the ‘You're a Friend of Mine’ music video performed by Clarence Clemons and Jackson.

She was also seen in ‘The Clan of the Cave Bear’ and ‘Legal Eagles’ in 1986; ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Roxanne’ in 1987; ‘High Spirits’in 1988; ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ and ‘Steel Magnolias’in 1989.

In 1993, she appeared in two comedy films—‘Grumpy Old Men’, and the remake of ‘Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman’, where she played Nancy Archer.

Daryl Hannah played the role of “The Girl” in the stage production of the comedy play ‘The Seven Year Itch’ in 2000. Her role in the play was praised as "perfect,” and her talent as a comedienne was recognized.