Mariel Hemingway Biography

Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in Manhattan, Star 80, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

Early life

Hemingway was born in Mill Valley, California, the third daughter of Byra Louise (née Whittlesey) Hemingway and Jack Hemingway, a writer. Her sisters are Joan Hemingway (born 1950) and Margaux Hemingway (born 1954). Margaux, who became an actress and model, died of a barbiturate overdose in 1996 at age 42.

Her paternal grandparents were Hadley Richardson and writer Ernest Hemingway (who committed suicide several 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 is from her paternal grandmother.

Hemingway grew up primarily in Ketchum, Idaho, where her father lived, and where her paternal grandfather had spent a great deal of time as a sportsman and writer. Mariel also spent part of her adolescence in Los Angeles and New York City.

Career

Hemingway's first role was with her sister Margaux in the film Lipstick (1976). The movie was not considered especially good, but Mariel received notice for her acting and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for the Golden Globes Award that year.

Hemingway's most famous role was in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979), a romantic comedy in which she plays Tracy, a high school student and Allen's lover. Only sixteen during filming (within the film she is said to be seventeen), she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In Personal Best (1982), she played a bisexual track and field athlete in a film noted for some explicit (by mainstream standards) lesbian love scenes. In connection with Personal Best, she appeared in a pictorial in the April 1982 issue of Playboy and was also on the cover.

She starred as Dorothy Stratten in Star 80 (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 variety show, Fashionably Late with Stacy London, she said she had had the surgery before Star 80. Her breast implants were removed years later after they had ruptured.

Hemingway was also featured in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Lacy Warfield. Subsequently released additional footage showed an expansion of her role. It was released in a very rough edit with unfinished visual effects in a November 2006 deluxe edition DVD and as part of The Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. She also co-starred in the 1991"93 ABC series Civil Wars.

Hemingway has played a lesbian or bisexual woman in several films and television shows, including, Personal Best, The Sex Monster, In Her Line of Fire, and episodes of the TV series "Roseanne" ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "December Bride") and Crossing Jordan. Hemingway, however, is not gay. She has said she formed a "big connection with the gay-and-lesbian community" after Personal Best and enjoys taking roles in "cutting-edge" productions.

Hemingway has a perfume, "Mariel", by H₂O+.

She is currently the host of Spiritual Cinema, a monthly television show dedicated to spiritual films. She has begun hosting a series of yoga practice videos Yoga Now, with guru Rodney Yee.

Hemingway worked on the documentary film Running from Crazy, directed by Barbara Kopple chronicling the Hemingway family problems of suicide, substance abuse and mental illness, shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013.

Personal life

In December 2008, Hemingway announced via her web site's blog that she had separated from her husband earlier in the year. Hemingway had been married since December 9, 1984 to Stephen Crisman. They had two daughters together: model Dree Hemingway (born 1987) and Langley Fox Hemingway (born 1989). As of early 2011, Hemingway is romantically involved with Bobby Williams, with whom she is working on a lifestyle guide.

Bibliography

Mariel Hemingway is the author of:

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Lipstick	Kathy McCormick	Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year " Actress
1976	I Want to Keep My Baby	Sue Ann Cunningham	Television movie
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	Creator	Meli
1985	The Mean Season	Christine Connelly
1987	Amerika	Kimberly Ballard	2 episode
1987	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Lacy Warfield	Nominated"?Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
1988	Steal the Sky	Helen Mason	Television movie
1988	Sunset	Cheryl King	Nominated"?Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
1991	Delirious	Janet Dubois/Louise
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Miranda Singer	Episode: "Loved to Death"
1991-1993	Civil Wars	Sydney Guilford	36 episodes Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for Best Actress " Television Series Drama
1992	Falling from Grace	Alice Parks
1993	Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story	Cathy Mahone	Television movie
1993	The Hidden Room	Jane Stark	Episode: "Stark in Love"
1994-1995	Roseanne	Sharon	2 episodes
1995	Central Park West	Stephanie Wells	13 episodes
1996	Bad Moon	Janet
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Beth Kramer
1997	Little Men	Jo Baer
1999	The Sex Monster	Laura Barnes
1999	First Daughter	Alex McGregor	Television movie
1999	American Reel	Disney Rifkin
2000	The Contender	Cynthia Charlton Lee
2001	First Shot	Alex McGregor
2001	Perfume	Lesse Hotton
2001	Becker	Ruth Sanders	2 episodes
2001	Fourplay	Carly
2002	Crossing Jordan	Lisa Fromer	Episode: "Scared Straight"
2005	See Arnold Run	Maria Shriver	Television movie
2006	In Her Line of Fire	Lynn Delaney
2006	Between Truth and Lies	Dr. Claire Parker
2007	Nanking	Minnie Vautrin
2007	Law & Order	Ashley Jones	Episode: "Remains of the Day"
2008	The Golden Boys	Martha
2008	My Suicide	Charlotte Silver
2010	Ay Lav Yu	Pamela
2012	Rise of the Zombies	Dr. Lynn Snyder	Television movie
2013	Running from Crazy	Herself