Alana Haim
Alana Haim in 2022
Born	Alana Mychal Haim (1991-12-15)December 15, 1991 (age 33) Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter actress
Father	Moti Haim
Relatives	Este Haim (sister) Danielle Haim (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Indie rock folk rock pop rock
Instruments	Vocals guitar drums piano keyboard mandolin
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Polydor Columbia
Member of	Haim
Musical artist
Website	haimtheband.com

Alana Mychal Haim^[1][2] (born December 15, 1991)^[1][3] is an American musician and actress. She is a member of the pop rock bandHaim, along with her two older sistersEste andDanielle, where she performs piano, guitar and vocals. In 2020, the band received a nomination forGrammy Award for Album of the Year for their third album,Women in Music Pt. III.

In 2021, Alana starred inPaul Thomas Anderson's comedy-drama filmLicorice Pizza, for which she received critical acclaim and was nominated for aGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and aBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Alana Haim was born on December 15, 1991, in Los Angeles to a Jewish family.^[4] Her father,Mordechai "Moti" Haim, is anIsraeli-born retired professional soccer player who moved to the United States in 1980.^[5] Her mother, Donna Rose, is a former elementary school art teacher fromPhiladelphia.^[6] Alana's paternal grandmother was originally fromBulgaria.^[7] She has two older sisters,Este (born 1986) andDanielle (born 1989).^[4]

Alana was raised in theSan Fernando Valley in a musical family.^[4] Her father was a drummer in a choir group; her mother was a folk singer, and a winning contestant onThe Gong Show in the 1970s.^[5][6] They taught their young daughters to play various instruments, with Alana picking up percussion at the age of four.^[8] Growing up, the siblings were encouraged to listen to their parents'classic rock andAmericana records, though they also developed their own liking of '90sR&B.^[9] The family eventually formed a band, Rockinhaim, and played their first rock concert at Los Angeles'Canter's Deli in 2000, with Moti on drums and Donna on vocals.^[10][11] They performed '70s and '80s rock covers every few months in the next decade, mostly at local fairs and fundraisers.^[8]

Alana attendedLos Angeles County High School for the Arts and graduated in 2010.^[12][13] She briefly attendedLos Angeles Valley College before dropping out to focus on her music career.^[14]

In 2007, Alana and her sisters formed the bandHaim and released their EPForever in 2012. They have appeared at many music festivals, one of which brought them to the attention of artist and musicianJay-Z, who signed them to his recently founded labelRoc Nation in 2012.^[15][16] Alana signed with Columbia Records at the end of 2012, and was a featured artist at Jay-Z'sMade in America festival. Haim released their first studio album,Days Are Gone, in September 2013. It was a commercial success,^[17] and they were musical guests onSaturday Night Live.^[18] They released their second studio album,Something to Tell You, in July 2017.^[16] In June 2020, they released their third album,Women in Music, Pt. III, which was nominated for Album of the Year at the63rd Annual Grammy Awards,^[19] with the single, "The Steps", nominated for Best Rock Performance.^[19] The album was widely featured on year-end best album lists, including those ofThe Guardian,^[20]NPR,^[21]Pitchfork^[22] andStereogum.^[23]

Alana made her acting debut when she starred inLicorice Pizza, a 2021 feature film directed byPaul Thomas Anderson,^[24] who previously directed several of the band's music videos and a short documentary on the making ofSomething to Tell You.^[24]Licorice Pizza is set in 1973,^[25] where Alana plays oppositeCooper Hoffman, the son of Anderson's late collaboratorPhilip Seymour Hoffman.^[26] Reviewing the film in theLos Angeles Times,Justin Chang called Alana "the star of this boisterous, bighearted movie and its raison d'être".^[27] InThe Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney praised her performance as "an incandescent presence that marks the arrival of a fully formed screen star".^[28] For her performance she was nominated for aGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, aBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and aCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress.

Alana next acted inKelly Reichardt'sheist filmThe Mastermind, which premiered in competition at theCannes Film Festival in 2025.^[29] That same year, she collaborated again with Anderson, appearing inOne Battle After Another.^[30] She will next star inThe Drama withZendaya andRobert Pattinson.^[31]

Alana lives inLos Angeles.^[32]

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