Hannah Marcina Bronfman (born October 26, 1987) is an American heiress,

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and

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Early life and education

Bronfman is the daughter of African American actress Sherri Brewer and

Edgar Bronfman Jr. Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr. (born May 16, 1955) is an American businessman, filmmaker, theater producer, and media executive who is a managing partner at Accretive LLC. He previously was CEO of Warner Music Group from 2004 to 2011, and was its chair ...

, heir to the

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, one of the wealthiest and most influential Jewish families in Canada. She is the granddaughter of Edgar Miles Bronfman – who owned Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd. – the world’s largest producer and distributor of distilled spirits. Through her paternal grandmother, Ann Loeb Bronfman, she is a member of the prominent

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of Jewish Americans who founded the

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. She graduated from

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in December 2010 with a degree in sculpture.

Career

When she was 20, Bronfman invested in the restaurant Hotel Griffou. She and her older brother

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were co-founders of Green Owl, an ecologically oriented multimedia company, which she managed. In 2012, Bronfman co-founded Beautified, a defunct

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for finding last-minute beauty services. The app originally covered only New York City, but expanded to Los Angeles and San Francisco in August 2014. Beautified's expansion coincided with an announcement that it had raised $1.2 million in seed funding. Bronfman was ousted from the company in 2014; , the app was defunct. She was featured in the fashion documentary ''This is My Reality'' in 2013, and was a featured model at

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's Fall 2014 Fashion Show and walked the

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. It was her first appearance on a runway. She published a health and wellness book titled ''Do What Feels Good'' and ran an associated website for three years. Bronfman is a former New York City-based event DJ.

Personal life

On August 17, 2015, Bronfman became engaged to Brendan Fallis. They were married in

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, Morocco, on May 20, 2017, and have homes in

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, and Manhattan. They have two children, a son born in 2020 and a daughter born in 2023.

Filmography

* ''Grand Street'' (2014) – Mia * ''

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'' (2013) – Cheerleader

References

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