Alana Haim

Alana Mychal Haim (/əˈlɑːnə ˈhaɪɪm/;[1] born December 15, 1991)[2] is an American musician and actress. She is a pianist, guitarist and vocalist of the American pop rock band Haim, which also consists of her two older sisters, Este Haim and Danielle Haim.

Alana Haim
Alana Haim performing in April 2018
Background information
Birth nameAlana Mychal Haim
Born (1991-12-15) December 15, 1991
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • Actor
Instruments
  • Piano
  • vocals
  • guitar
  • drums
Years active2005–present
LabelsRoc Nation
Associated acts

In 2021, she starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's film Licorice Pizza, for which she received critical acclaim and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. That same year, she received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination for Haim’s third record Women in Music Part III.

Early life

Haim was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, California to a Jewish family.[3] Haim's Israeli-born father Mordechai ("Moti"), was a professional soccer player and a drummer while her mother, Donna, was a musician as well, and at one point a winning contestant on The Gong Show in the 1970s, where she sang a cover of a Bonnie Raitt song.[4][5][6] Her father's family moved to Israel from Bulgaria.[7] Haim graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.[8]

Career

Haim
Main article: Haim (band)

In 2007, Alana and her sisters formed the band Haim and released an EP in 2012 titled Forever. Since their inception, Haim has appeared at many music festivals, one of which brought them to the attention of artist and musician, Jay-Z. The Haim sisters began networking with Jay-Z and the band was signed to his recently founded label, Roc Nation, in 2012. Haim was signed to Columbia Records at the end of 2012 and later was a featured artist at Jay Z's Made in America festival.[9]

Haim released their first studio album titled Days Are Gone in September 2013. It was a commercial success and they appeared as musical guests on Saturday Night Live in support of the album.[10]

Haim released their second studio album, Something to Tell You, in July 2017.

In 2020, Haim released their third album, Women in Music, Pt. III, which was nominated for Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards,[11] with the single, "The Steps", nominated for Best Rock Performance.[11] The album was widely featured on year-end best album lists, including by The Guardian,[12] NPR,[13] Pitchfork,[14] and Stereogum.[15]

Acting

Haim stars in Licorice Pizza, a 2021 feature film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[16] Anderson previously directed several of the band's music videos as well as a short documentary about the making of Something to Tell You.[16] Licorice Pizza is set in the 1970s and Haim plays opposite Cooper Hoffman, son of Anderson's late collaborator, Philip Seymour Hoffman.[17] Reviewing the film in the Los Angeles Times, Justin Chang called Haim “the star of this boisterous, bighearted movie and its raison d’être.”[18] In The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney praised her performance as “an incandescent presence that marks the arrival of a fully formed screen star.”[19]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
2021 Licorice Pizza Alana Kane

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Documentary Now! Herself 2 episodes
2019 The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Val Gal Variety special

Awards and nominations
Year Association Award Project Result Ref.
2013 NME Best Twitter Haim Won [20]
2014 Best Band Blog or Twitter Won
2021 Grammy Award Album of the Year Women in Music Part III Nominated
2021 National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance Licorice Pizza Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actress Won
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actress Nominated
Atlanta Film Critics Circle Best Actress Won [21]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical Pending
27th Critics' Choice Awards Best Actress Pending

References
  1. "Music Makes You Open Up with HAIM". RBCxMusic. Royal Bank of Canada. May 7, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. "10 Facts You Might Have Not Known About HAIM". yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. "Jewish singers Haim tipped as Sound of 2013". The Jewish Chronicle.]
  4. Dodero, Camille (September 30, 2013). "Falling for Haim". Spin. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  5. Campion, Freddie (February 28, 2012). "Band of the Week: HAIM". Vogue. New York City. Archived from the original on September 12, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  6. Lester, Paul (March 23, 2012). "New band of the day: Haim". The Guardian. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  7. "The Haim Sisters: "I Don't Know If You Can Tell, But We're a Fortress"". W Magazine.
  8. "HAIM Go Back To High School To Thank Their Teacher". JamBase. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  9. HAIM - ROCNATION. Retrieved February 17, 2016, from http://rocnation.com/artists/haim-2
  10. Coleman, Miriam (November 24, 2013). "Haim Rock 'The Wire' on 'SNL'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  11. "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". GRAMMY.com. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  12. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Snapes, Laura (2020-12-15). "The 50 best albums of 2020: 50-4". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  13. "The Best Albums of 2020". NPR. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  14. Pelly, Jenn (December 8, 2020). "The 50 Best Albums of 2020". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  15. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2020". Stereogum. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  16. Hosken, Patrick. "Licorice Pizza Sounds Gross, But The Movie Starring Alana Haim Looks Great". MTV News. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  17. Greene, Steve (2020-09-03). "Paul Thomas Anderson's New Movie Casts Cooper Hoffman, Philip Seymour Hoffman's Son". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  18. Chang, Justin (2021-11-15). "Review: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Licorice Pizza' is a valentine to the Valley. And Alana Haim". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  19. Rooney, David (2021-11-15). "Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Licorice Pizza': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  20. "NME Awards 2013". NME.com. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  21. Anderson, Erik (2021-12-06). "Atlanta Film Critics go for a big slice of 'Licorice Pizza'". Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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