MARIEL HEMINGWAY

Mariel Hemingway is an actress, author, and an expert on holistic living. She tours the country giving inspirational talks covering such topics as healthy living, the principals of yoga, suicide prevention, and her career and family story. She is the author of Mariel Hemingway’s Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman’s Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The book is a revolutionary, individualized program that shows us what our bodies and minds truly need and how to make the best decisions for our daily lives. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., co-author of You: The Owner’s Manual, calls the book “a deliciously grounded program for re-introducing the mind to the body,” and Deepak Chopra endorses the book’s “well balanced and thoughtful program.” Her latest book, Mariel's Kitchen: Simple Ingredients for a Delicious and Satisfying Life (HarperOne) continues her gifted approach at making life beautiful and healthy.

The granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, she was born in Mill Valley, California on November 22, 1961. She became an actress at the age of 13 starring in Lipstick with her sister Margaux. She continued her career landing a huge role in Woody Allen’s film Manhattan in which she received an Academy Award nomination. She has worked with such talented directors as Bob Fosse (Star 80), Robert Towne (Personal Best), and Rod Lurie (The Contender). Hemingway has starred in television shows such as Civil Wars, a Steven Bochco production for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She played a Secret Service agent in one of the highest rated cable movies, First Daughter for TBS, and played a normal housewife turned sex fiend in the HBO comedy The Sex Monster. It won best film at the Aspen Comedy Festival and Hemingway was nominated for best actress. She also played a role written expressly for her by Larry McMurtry in Falling from Grace. She portrayed the strong and grounded housewife of a cheating rock star played and directed by John Mellencamp.

For many years, Hemingway has devoted herself to Hatha and Kriya yoga and leading the healthy life. She is also the author of a yoga memoir called Finding My Balance, an introspective view of her personal growth. She lives with her husband of 19 years, Stephen Crisman (a documentary film maker), and their daughters, Dree Louise and Langley Fox. They split their time between southern California and Sun Valley, Idaho where she also owns and runs a yoga studio called the Sacred Cow.