Alana Haim
Alana Mychal Haim[1][2] (born December 15, 1991)[1][3] is an American musician and actress. She is a member of the pop rock band Haim, along with her two older sisters Este and Danielle, where she performs piano, guitar and vocals. In 2020, the band received a nomination for Grammy Award for Album of the Year for their third album, Women in Music Pt. III.
Alana Haim
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- actress
Este Haim (sister)
Danielle Haim (sister)
- Vocals
- Guitar
- Drums
- Piano
- Keyboard
- Mandolin
2007–present
In 2021, Haim 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 Comedy or Musical, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Early life[edit]
Alana Haim was born on December 15, 1991, in Los Angeles to a Jewish family.[4] Her father, Mordechai "Moti" Haim, is an Israeli-born retired professional soccer player who moved to the United States in 1980.[5] Her mother, Donna Rose, is a former elementary school art teacher from Philadelphia.[6] Haim's paternal grandmother was originally from Bulgaria.[7] She has two older sisters, Este (born 1986) and Danielle (born 1989).[4]
Haim was raised in the San Fernando Valley in a musical family.[4] Her father was a drummer in a choir group; her mother was a folk singer, and a winning contestant on The Gong Show in the 1970s.[5][6] They taught their young daughters to play various instruments, with Alana picking up percussion at the age of four.[8] Growing up, the siblings were encouraged to listen to their parents' classic rock and Americana records, though they also developed their own liking of '90s R&B.[9] The family eventually formed a band, Rockinhaim, and played their first rock concert at Los Angeles' Canter's Deli in 2000, with Moti on drums and Donna on vocals.[10][11] They performed '70s and '80s rock covers every few months in the next decade, mostly at local fairs and fundraisers.[8]
Haim attended Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and graduated in 2010.[12][13] She briefly attended Los Angeles Valley College before dropping out to focus on her music career.[14]