Daryl Hannah

Actor

Born: 3 December 1960
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Best known as: The mermaid in Splash
Daryl Hannah's career took off when she appeared as the painted android Pris in Blade Runner (1982, with Harrison Ford) and then co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 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). In 2003 and 2004 she played the villainous Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino's two-part martial arts slugfest Kill Bill. Hannah has had much-publicized romances with John F. Kennedy Jr. and with singer Jackson Browne.

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