Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma\'s supernatural horror film The Fury (1978). She is known for her roles 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), as the mermaid Madison in Ron Howard\'s fantasy-romantic comedy Splash (1984), Roxanne Kowalski in the romantic comedy Roxanne (1987), Darien Taylor in Oliver Stone\'s drama Wall Street (1987) and Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the comedy-drama Steel Magnolias (1989). In 2015 she appeared in the Netflix series Sense8 as Angelica Turing. In 2004, Hannah won a Saturn Award for her role as assassin Elle Driver in Quentin Tarantino\'s two-part martial arts action film Kill Bill.\n', '

Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Susan Jeanne Metzger, a producer and former schoolteacher, and Donald Christian Hannah, a tugboat and barge company owner. Her parents divorced and her mother subsequently married businessman Jerrold Wexler, brother of cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Hannah grew up with siblings Don and Page Hannah as well as her maternal sister Tanya Wexler, in Long Grove, Illinois.\n', '

Hannah became interested in movies at a young age, partly due to insomnia. She has said that she was very shy growing up. Hannah attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School (where she played on the soccer team) before enrolling at the University of Southern California. She studied ballet and acting. When she was a child, medical professionals recommended that she be institutionalized and medicated.\n', '

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