Renaissance woman Mariel Hemingway is not only an iconic Academy Award nominated actor from a celebrated family, she is a prolific author, healthy lifestyle brand entrepreneur, and a tireless mental health awareness and suicide prevention program advocate, recently sharing the stage with Hillary Clinton, Patrick Kennedy, and other world-class keynote speakers.

Mariel's much sought after purpose-driven presentations entertain, educate, engage and enrich, focusing on topics including: mind-body-spirit optimization, purposeful living, and mental health related issues. She shares her own evocative story about growing up in a home where there were great challenges in order to inspire others to do the same, thereby cultivating compassion and understanding and breaking down the stigma so often associated with the discussion of mental illness.

In a high-tech world, Mariel is considered an expert in high-touch solutions which facilitate finding one's authentic voice and experiencing the greatest sense of personal power, life balance, joy, fitness, authenticity and peace of mind.

Mariel's on camera film and television accomplishments include starring roles in Manhattan, Lipstick, Personal Best, Star 80, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and appearances in television shows including Roseanne, Civil Wars and Central Park West. She has narrated several programs and films including the documentary Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life. In 2014, Mariel and Oprah Winfrey executive produced Running From Crazy, the Emmy nominated documentary focused on the 7 most recent suicides in the Hemingway family, available on Netflix.

With her two daughters, Dree and Langley successful in their own entertainment careers, Mariel is once again considering film and television series opportunities. She is passionate about the art of acting and storytelling, and thrives in the collective creative energy when working with gifted artists, directors, producers, and writers.

Mariel's bestselling books include: Finding My Balance, reflecting her life's journey through the lens of her yoga and meditation practices; Healthy Living from the Inside Out, a how-to guide to finding a greater sense of balance and meaning through self-empowering techniques and strategies; Mariel's Kitchen, a healthy lifestyle cookbook offering creative gluten and sugar free recipes; and Running With Nature, co-written with her life partner, providing insights into the impact of making good choices based on an awareness of nutrition, meditation, mindfulness, movement, silence, compassion and connectedness to self and earth. Her 2015 releases include her memoir Out Came The Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family and INVISIBLE GIRL, a tender engaging book written in diary form for teens and tweens.

Recent media profiles, features and covers include USA Today, LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Dr. Oz Show, Fox News, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, Interview Magazine, The Times of London, Pret A Porter, and People Magazine. Mariel was also the focus of a one-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday.