Perla Haney-Jardine (born 2 May 1997) is a Brazilian-American actress, best known for her role as B.B. in the 2004 movie ''
Kill Bill: Volume 2.''
Personal life
Haney-Jardine was born in
Niterói, Brazil. Her father, Chusy Haney-Jardine, is a Venezuelan-born director, and her mother, Jennifer MacDonald, is an American film producer.
She started doing commercials before going into movies. Her family lives in
Asheville, North Carolina, where she graduated high school from
Asheville School
Asheville School is a private, coeducational, university-preparatory boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina founded in 1900. The campus sits on amid the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains and currently enrolls 295 students in grades nine throug ...
.
Career
Haney-Jardine first appeared in ''
Kill Bill: Volume 2'' as BB, the daughter of
Beatrix Kiddo (
Uma Thurman
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) and Bill (
David Carradine
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). She
starred in the 2005 film ''
Dark Water Dark Water may refer to:
Books
* '' Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil'', 1920 book by American philosopher W.E.B. Du Bois
* ''Dark Water'' (book) (仄暗い水の底から; ''Honogurai mizu no soko kara''; literally ''In the Depths of Dark ...
'' with
Jennifer Connelly
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and
Tim Roth
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He made his television debut ...
, and as Penny Marko, the
Sandman
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Representation in traditional folklore
The Sandman is a traditional charact ...
's sick daughter, in ''
Spider-Man 3'' in 2007.
In 2008 she starred as
Diane Lane
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The two films that could have catapulted her to st ...
's daughter in the film ''
Untraceable
''Untraceable'' is a 2008 American psychological thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke, and Joseph Cross. It was distributed by Screen Gems.
Set in Portland, Oregon, the film involves a seria ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
1997 births
Living people
People from Niterói
Brazilian people of American descent
Brazilian people of Venezuelan descent
American people of Venezuelan descent
American child actresses
American film actresses
Brazilian emigrants to the United States
Actresses from North Carolina
21st-century American actresses
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