Mariel Hemingway | |
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 Hemingway in 2011 | |
| Born | (1961-11-22)November 22, 1961 (age 64)[1] Mill Valley, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Spouse | |
| Partner | Bobby Williams (2011–present) |
| Children | Dree Hemingway Langley Fox |
| Father | Jack Hemingway |
| Relatives | Margaux Hemingway (sister) Ernest Hemingway (paternal grandfather) Hadley Richardson (paternal grandmother) Grace Hall Hemingway (paternal great-grandmother) |
Mariel Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress. She began acting at age 14 with aGolden Globe-nominated breakout role inLipstick (1976). For her performance inWoody Allen's comedy-drama filmManhattan (1979), Hemingway received a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She had leading roles inPersonal Best (1982),Star 80 (1983), and the TV seriesCivil Wars for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Hemingway's acting career slowed in the late 1990s, and she focused on advocating formental health awareness. She contributed to the acclaimed documentaryRunning from Crazy regarding her family's struggles with mental illness.
She is the daughter ofJack Hemingway and Byra Louise "Puck" Whittlesey. Her paternal grandparents wereErnest Hemingway andHadley Richardson whileGrace Hall Hemingway was her paternal great-grandmother.
Hemingway's sisters were Joan "Muffet" andMargot "Margaux"; the latter was a model and actress.[2]
Mariel spent several years of her childhood in Sun Valley, Idaho living the life of a teenager unaffected by show business, doing odd jobs such as babysitting for local residents.
Hemingway's first role was with her real-life sister Margaux (also in her debut role) in the filmLipstick (1976), in which they played sisters.[3] She received notice for her acting and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for theGolden Globe Award that year.[4] Her highest-profile role was inWoody Allen'sManhattan (1979), aromantic comedy in which she plays Tracy, a high school student and Allen's lover. She was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[5]
InPersonal Best (1982), she played abisexualtrack-and-field athlete in a film noted for itssame-sex love scenes.[6] In connection withPersonal Best, she appeared in a nude pictorial in the April 1982 issue ofPlayboy and was on the cover.[7]
She starred asDorothy Stratten inStar 80 (1983), a film about thePlayboy model's life and murder. Reports circulated for years that Hemingway had her breasts enlarged to play the role of Stratten, but during a 2007 appearance on the late-nighttalk andvariety show,Fashionably Late with Stacy London, she said she had had the surgery beforeStar 80. Herbreast implants were removed years later after they had ruptured.[8]
She was featured inSuperman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Lacy Warfield. Subsequently released additional footage showed an expansion of her role. She starred in the 1991–93 legal dramaCivil Wars forABC, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, and co-starred with musician, artist, and film directorJohn Mellencamp in the critically acclaimed 1991 filmFalling from Grace. She was cast as the female lead inDarren Star's CBS dramaCentral Park West for the 1995–96 season; however, the show fared poorly with both critics and viewers, and after 13 episodes Hemingway was told that the show wanted her to accept a deep pay cut and demotion to recurring character status. She quit the series, which only lasted eight more episodes before being cancelled. In 1996, she had a leading role in the British TV movieSeptember, playing the wife ofMichael York.[9]
She has played a lesbian or bisexual woman in several films and television shows, includingPersonal Best,The Sex Monster,In Her Line of Fire, and episodes of the TV seriesRoseanne ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "December Bride") andCrossing Jordan. Hemingway is heterosexual, but has said she formed a "big connection with theLGBT community" afterPersonal Best and enjoys taking roles in "cutting-edge" productions.[10]
Hemingway has starred in and co-produced videos aboutyoga and holistic living. In 2002, she published a yoga memoir,Finding My Balance. She is currently the host ofSpiritual Cinema,[citation needed] a monthly television show dedicated to spiritual films. She has begun hosting a series ofyoga practice videos known asYoga Now, withguruRodney Yee.[11]
Hemingway worked on the documentary filmRunning from Crazy, directed byBarbara Kopple and produced by theOprah Winfrey Network chronicling the Hemingway family's history of suicide, substance abuse and mental illness,[12] shown at theSundance Film Festival in 2013. In October that year, Hemingway received a humanitarian award from theSan Diego Film Festival for her role in the documentary.[13] Her memoir,Out Came the Sun, was released in 2015.
Hemingway married Stephen Crisman in 1984. They have two daughters:Dree Hemingway andLangley Fox. They separated in 2008 and divorced the following year.[14][15]
In 1996, her sister Margaux died of abarbiturate overdose at age 42. She was the fifth to die of suicide in four generations of Hemingways and her family had difficulty accepting the fact of her suicide.[16]
In 2010, Hemingway wrote the foreword to yoga teacher Mark Stephens bookTeaching Yoga, describing Stephens as a significant inspiration and teacher's teacher.[17]
In early 2011, Hemingway began a relationship with former stuntman Bobby Williams with whom she has co-authored a self-help book.[18][19] She practicesTranscendental Meditation.[18][20]
In the 2013 television documentaryRunning from Crazy,[21] Hemingway talked of her bouts ofmental illness and her still lingering issues with her siblings.[22][23] She spoke of her family's struggles with alcoholism, mental illnesses, and suicide. In particular, she mentioned how her sister Margaux's suicide continued to haunt her.[22][23] She also claimed that her parents' marriage was abusive and unhappy and discussed abusive incidents in her childhood.[a][22][23]
In her memoir,Out Came the Sun (2015), Hemingway discussed being propositioned by older men in Hollywood, includingBob Fosse,Robert De Niro, andRobert Towne. Woody Allen invited her on a trip to Paris, but she realized that he did not intend them to have separate rooms. Though she declined his advances, she states she continued to "love him as a friend" and was grateful that they stayed in touch in later years.[5][24][25][26][27]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Lipstick | Kathy McCormick | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Tracy | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 1982 | Personal Best | Chris Cahill | |
| 1983 | Star 80 | Dorothy Stratten | |
| 1985 | The Mean Season | Christine Connelly | |
| Creator | Meli | ||
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lacy Warfield | Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress |
| The Suicide Club | Sasha Michaels | Also producer | |
| 1988 | Sunset | Cheryl King | Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress |
| 1990 | Fire, Ice and Dynamite | Herself | Uncredited |
| 1991 | Delirious | Janet Dubois/Louise | |
| 1992 | Falling from Grace | Alice Parks | |
| 1994 | Naked Gun33+1⁄3: The Final Insult | Herself | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Deceptions II: Edge of Deception | Joan Branson | |
| 1996 | Bad Moon | Janet Harrison | |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Beth Kramer | |
| Road Ends | Kat | ||
| 1998 | Little Men | Josephine "Jo" March Baer | |
| 1999 | Kiss of a Stranger | Nova Clarke | |
| The Sex Monster | Laura Barnes | ||
| 2000 | The Contender | Cynthia Charlton Lee | |
| 2001 | Perfume | Lesse Hotton | |
| Fourplay | Carly Matthews Portland | ||
| 2003 | American Reel | Disney Rifkin | |
| 2005 | Time of Change | Mariel | |
| 2006 | In Her Line of Fire | Lynn Delaney | |
| 2007 | Nanking | Minnie Vautrin | |
| Greetings from Earth | Helen | Short film | |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | Martha Snow | |
| 2009 | Archie's Final Project | Charlotte Silver | |
| 2010 | Ay Lav Yu | Pamela | |
| 2013 | Man Camp | Aunt Chelsea | |
| 2014 | Unity | Narrator | Documentary |
| Lap Dance | Aunt Billie | ||
| 2015 | Papa: Hemingway in Cuba | Woman Guest | |
| 2019 | The Wall of Mexico | Mayor Ann Mason | |
| 2021 | Grace and Grit | Chris | |
| 2022 | On Sacred Ground | Marion |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | I Want to Keep My Baby | Sue Ann Cunningham | Television movie |
| 1987 | Amerika | Kimberly Ballard | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Steal the Sky | Helen Mason | Television movie |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Miranda Singer | Episode: "Loved to Death" |
| Into the Badlands | Alma Heusser | Television movie | |
| 1991–93 | Civil Wars | Sydney Guilford | 36 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama |
| 1993 | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Cathy Mahone | Television movie |
| The Hidden Room | Jane Stark | Episode: "Stark in Love" | |
| 1994–95 | Roseanne | Sharon | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Normandy: The Great Crusade | Martha Gellhorn | Television movie; voice |
| 1995 | Central Park West | Stephanie Wells | 13 episodes |
| Saturday Night Live | Herself/Host | 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | September | Virginia | Television movie |
| The Crying Child | Madeline Jeffreys | Television movie | |
| 1998 | Biography | Narrator | Episode: "Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life" |
| 1999 | First Daughter | Alex McGregor | Television movie |
| 2001 | Becker | Ruth Sanders | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Warning: Parental Advisory | Tipper Gore | Television movie |
| First Shot | Alex McGregor | Television movie | |
| Crossing Jordan | Lisa Fromer | Episode: "Scared Straight" | |
| 2005 | See Arnold Run | Maria Shriver | Television movie |
| 2006 | Between Truth and Lies | Dr. Claire Parker | Television movie |
| 2007 | Law & Order | Ashley Jones | Episode: "Remains of the Day" |
| 2009 | Eleventh Hour | Mary Jo | Episode: "Subway" |
| 2012 | Rise of the Zombies | Dr. Lynn Snyder | Television movie |
| 2013 | Running from Crazy | Herself | Television documentary; also producer |
| 2015 | The Prince | Beverly | Television movie |
| 2016 | Finding Fortune | Madison | Television movie |
| 2023 | God's Country Song | Sara Bryan[28] | Television movie |
Longtime yoga practitioner and Hollywood actress Mariel Hemingway teams up with renowned instructor Rodney Yee ... through a combination of yoga, cardio, and proper eating habits
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