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Meet Ernest Hemingway’s great-granddaughter Dree, who plays Daryl Hannah in Love Story

STORYIshani Sarkar
Dree Hemingway plays Daryl Hannah in FX’s Love Story. Photos: Reuters, @KaiseratCB/X
Dree Hemingway plays Daryl Hannah in FX’s Love Story. Photos: Reuters, @KaiseratCB/X
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The model-turned-actress, who has worked with Calvin Klein and Chanel, says being a nepo baby made her put more pressure on herself

FX’s Love Story may be the most-watched TV show on Hulu, according to streaming data collection website FlixPatrol, but not everyone is enjoying it. The series, executive-produced by Ryan Murphy, chronicles the highly publicised romance of John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette, whose lives were tragically cut short in a plane crash in 1999, three years after their 1996 wedding. JFK Jr, son of former US president John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is played by Paul Anthony Kelly, while Sarah Pidgeon portrays Bessette.
Love Story delves into actress Daryl Hannah’s relationship with John F. Kennedy Jr. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Love Story delves into actress Daryl Hannah’s relationship with John F. Kennedy Jr. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
The show delves into JFK Jr’s on-again, off-again romance with actress Daryl Hannah, whom he parted ways with before he started dating Bessette. According to Variety, Hannah was not consulted about her portrayal on the show. She condemned her depiction in an article by The New York Times, claiming, “The actions and behaviours attributed to me are untrue.”
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John F. Kennedy Jr and Daryl Hannah had an on-again/off-again relationship. Photo: @JFK JR./X
John F. Kennedy Jr and Daryl Hannah had an on-again/off-again relationship. Photo: @JFK JR./X

Previously, Dree Hemingway, who plays Hannah in Love Story, told Nylon that she avoided talking to her directly because she “didn’t want to make her feel awkward”.

So, who is Dree Hemingway?

She comes from a famous family

Dree Hemingway at the premiere of FX’s Love Story in New York, in February. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Dree Hemingway at the premiere of FX’s Love Story in New York, in February. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Dree Louise Hemingway Crisman, who was born in December 1987, hails from Sun Valley, Idaho. Her father is filmmaker Stephen Crisman, and her mother is actress Mariel Hemingway, whose paternal grandfather was acclaimed novelist Ernest Hemingway. Actress Langley Fox is her sister, and supermodel and actress Margaux Hemingway was her aunt.

Author Ernest Hemingway (front) and his wife Mary (with binoculars) at a bullfight in Madrid, in 1959. Photo: Getty Images
Author Ernest Hemingway (front) and his wife Mary (with binoculars) at a bullfight in Madrid, in 1959. Photo: Getty Images

Growing up in Ketchum, Idaho, Hemingway attended Ernest Hemingway Elementary School before transferring to Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California.

Regarding her nepo baby status, the 38-year-old told Smashing Interviews Magazine, “I definitely put more pressure on myself for having the Hemingway last name to prove myself to others as well, as me personally, that I am more than just this member of a historic family.”

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