Daryl Hannah

About Daryl Hannah

Daryl Christine Hannah is an American actress, film director and environmental activist. She studied theatre at the University of Southern California. She made her film debut in Brian De Palma's thriller The Fury (1978) and played the android Pris in Ridley Scott's science-fiction film Blade Runner (1982). In the romantic fantasy comedy Splash (1984), she starred opposite Tom Hanks as Madison, a mermaid who falls in love with a human.

During the 1980s and 1990s, her films included The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), Roxanne (1987), Wall Street (1987) and Steel Magnolias (1989). She played the one-eyed assassin Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004). Her other screen credits include Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), Casa de los Babys (2003) and the Netflix science-fiction series Sense8 (2015–2018). She has also worked as a director, producer and documentary filmmaker, with projects including The Last Supper (1993), Paradox (2018) and Neil Young: Coastal (2025). She appeared on the cover and in a pictorial of Playboy in November 2003.

Hannah has campaigned on issues including renewable energy, sustainability, animal welfare and climate change. She has participated in environmental demonstrations and supported initiatives promoting alternative fuels and conservation. She previously had a relationship with lawyer John F. Kennedy Jr. and married Canadian-American musician Neil Young in 2018.

Her listed awards include Best Short at the Berlin Film Festival for The Last Supper (1994), the Saturn Award for Best Actress for Splash (1984), the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004), the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2005), the National Biodiesel Board's Influencer of the Year Award (2004), the Environmental Media Award's Ongoing Commitment Award (2004), the Water Quality Awards' Environmental Activism award (2006) and the Artivist Awards' Environmental Preservation award (2006).