Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress. She began acting at age 14 with a

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-nominated breakout role in ''

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'' (1976), and she received

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and

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nominations for her performance in

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's ''

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'' (1979). She is also known for her leading roles in '' Personal Best'' (1982), ''

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'' (1983), and the TV series ''

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'' for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Amid

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struggles, Hemingway's career dwindled in the 1990s. She has starred in and co-produced videos about

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and holistic living. She published a yoga memoir, '' Finding My Balance'', in 2002, and a more general memoir, ''Out Came the Sun'', in 2015.

Early life

Hemingway was born in

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, the third daughter of Byra Louise (née Whittlesey) and

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, a writer. Her sisters are Joan "Muffet" and Margot "

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–winning novelist

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, who died by suicide four months before she was born. She was named after the Cuban port of Mariel - her father and grandfather visited the village regularly to go fishing. Her middle name was her paternal grandmother's. Hemingway grew up primarily in

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, where her father lived, and where Ernest had spent time as a sportsman and writer.

Career in film

Hemingway's first role was with her real-life sister Margaux (also in her debut role) in the film ''

'' (1976), in which they played sisters. She received notice for her acting and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for the

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that year. Her highest-profile role was in

's ''

'' (1979), a

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in which she plays Tracy, a high school student and Allen's lover. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In '' Personal Best'' (1982), she played a

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track-and-field athlete in a film noted for its same-sex love scenes. In connection with ''Personal Best'', she appeared in a nude pictorial in the April 1982 issue of ''

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'' and was on the cover. Mariel Hemingway by Gage Skidmore

She starred as

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in ''

'' (1983), a film about the ''Playboy'' model's life and murder. Reports circulated for years that Hemingway had had her breasts enlarged to play the role of Stratten, but during a 2007 appearance on the late-night talk and

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, ''

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'', she said she had had the surgery before ''Star 80''. Her breast implants were removed years later after they had ruptured. She was featured in '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987) as Lacy Warfield. Subsequently-released additional footage showed an expansion of her role. She also co-starred in the 1991–93 ABC series ''

''. She was cast as the female lead in Darren Star's CBS drama ''

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'' 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 movie ''September'', playing the wife of

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. She has played a lesbian or bisexual woman in several films and television shows, including ''Personal Best'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and episodes of the TV series ''

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'' ("

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" and " December Bride") and ''

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''. Hemingway is heterosexual, but has said she formed a "big connection with the LGBT community" after ''Personal Best'' and enjoys taking roles in "cutting-edge" productions. She is currently the host of ''Spiritual Cinema'', a monthly television show dedicated to spiritual films. She has begun hosting a series of

practice videos ''Yoga Now'', with

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Rodney Yee. Hemingway worked on the documentary film '' Running from Crazy'', directed by Barbara Kopple and produced by the

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chronicling the Hemingway family's history of suicide, substance abuse and mental illness, shown at the

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in 2013. In October 2013, Hemingway received a humanitarian award from the

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for her role in the documentary.

Personal life

Hemingway married Stephen Crisman in 1984. They have two daughters:

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and

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. They separated in 2008 and divorced the following year. In 1996, her sister Margaux died of a

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overdose at age 42. She was the fifth to commit suicide in four generations of Hemingways, and her family had difficulty accepting the fact of her suicide. In early 2011, Hemingway began a relationship with former stuntman Bobby Williams with whom she has co-authored a self-help book. She practices

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. In the 2013 television documentary '' Running from Crazy'', Hemingway talked of her bouts of

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and her still lingering issues with her siblings. 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. She also claimed that her parents' marriage was abusive and unhappy, and discussed abusive incidents in her childhood. In her memoir, ''Out Came the Sun'' (2015), Hemingway discussed being hit on by older men in Hollywood, including

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, and

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. 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.Helen Niania
"Woody Allen: Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of writer Ernest, claims director had 'crush' on her when she was 17"
''The Independent'', March 26, 2015.

Filmography

Works

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Explanatory notes

References

External links

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Mariel Hemingway.com
– official website for Mariel's book ''Healthy Living'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemingway, Mariel 1961 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from California Actresses from Idaho American child actresses American film actresses American memoirists American television actresses Boston University alumni Hemingway family Living people Mental health activists Nautilus Book Award winners People from Ketchum, Idaho People from Mill Valley, California American women memoirists