Bo Derek vs Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah is the better actress, hands down. Not even a contest. Bo Derek is probably the bigger sex symbol thanks to 10.

Both beautiful looking. The ability to convincingly pull off the wide character range between Annelle in “Steel Magnolias” and Elle in “Kill Bill”, gives my nod to Darryl as the better actress.

Bo Derek easily. Sure, she's bad actress but I can't use the word actress to describe Daryl Hannah.

"Bo Derek vs Daryl Hannah Who’s the better actress? The more iconic sex symbol/beauty? And for the love of god, why do I always get these women confused?"

Probably because they're both Nobel prize winning astrophysicists.

Life is hard for you, isn't it?

Hannah was the weak link in Magnolias and was utterly unconvincing.

Daryl Hannah did pretty well for an autistic person.

You mean who was the better tranny, OP

I think Hannah gets a bad rap as an actress. I liked her in Blade Runner, Splash, Reckless, Legal Eagles, Steel Magnolias and especially Kill Bill.

Bo's appeal seems to me to live in the zeitgeist of her time, a had-to-be-there kind of beauty. I don't really get it, anyway. I do understand why guys went crazy over her body, but her face was definitely a kind of beauty that was specific to a certain era from what I see. I feel the same way about Farrah Fawcett. I was born in 1978 and grew up after their popularity was waning and I...just don't see it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, and taste can't be tallied. But Derek and Fawcett make as little sense to me as icons of beauty or sex appeal as cute-but-not-supermodelesque Gigi Hadid does.

Kill Bill is the only film I've ever liked Daryl Hannah in. Blade Runner was of course and remains great but anybody could have played her role. Sean Young (though they shared no scenes together) acted Hannah off the screen.

Bo Derek could never.

But to be honest, I would’ve said the same about Daryl Hannah before Kill Bill.

Has Bo Derek ever delivered an even passable/competent performance? She’s one of the worst actresses of all time. Daryl is bad but she’s not THAT bad, and she has more iconic credits to her name than Slow Bo (who’s notoriously dim).

Daryl Hannah is one of those actresses only considered “a beauty” because she was blonde (and tall). She was the furthest thing from it.

Neither could act, but at least Bo Derek was great looking (and still is).

Bo Derek was well cast as a villain alongside Rob Lowe in Tommy Boy, which is very funny.

Daryl Hannah can be a great actress - with the right role.

Hannah is genuinely 'something else.' I don't feel right about making fun of her. It's like making fun of a child.

Daryl Hannah was never pretty and has no figure imo. Can be acceptable in roles. Bo Derek is beautiful with a great body but complete void on screen. Tie?

R16 Jesus. She seems “touched.” How did she survive in Hollywood?

Daryl looks masculine to me, Bo was gorgeous

R18 she has total horse face. Was 100 percent never pretty.

Daryl earned her place in cinema history with Kill Bill. I know Bo is famous for wearing the braids, but I couldn’t tell you what movie that’s from.

“The sign said wet floor - so she did.”

Since Bo Derek is no actress, end of thread.

Bo Derek is so stupid she forgot her twin sister’s birthday.

Bo seems genuinely nice - and gets to look amazing and wake up with John Corbett. Plus, Horses! And no children!

Elle Driver gave her a gold pass. She WAS that good. Privileged upbringing. Married Neil Young. Provoked seething hatred in David Crosby to the end.

Tough call.

Bo Derek is a Trumper.

I’m from Raleigh and in these parts, Bo Derek is an icon.

Prove it R26. She’s married to John Corbett, who seems super chill and down to earth.

Whatever their acting abilities, they did get to bang JFK Jr. and John Derek.

Team Darryl Hannah, for reasons already listed by others.

Prove it, R28? She voted for Trump in2016 and 2020, and she voted for Bush previously. She claimed she voted for Obama.

Bo’s one foray into serious acting was A Chance of Seasons which co costarred Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Hopkins. It was supposed to be a serious drama but it’s just plain horrible and not even fun to watch as camp. MacLaine is good in it but Hopkins and Derek are god awful.

I think Hannah got better as an actress, though by the time she was starting to do more solid work, her time as an it girl was coming to an end.

Bo got John Corbett and a ranch in Santa Barbara, so in life she came out on top in my view.

I never met Ms. Derek, although I did see her rather hairy beaver smirking its way across newsstands in old China Town. I did have the unfortunate opportunity to meet Ms. Hannah on several occasions. It was clear that she was nothing but a basic gold digging whore.

Jackie On Assistance.

After the gold digging rush, Daryl settled for Neil.

How you know R33?

Oops how do you know R31?

Daryl Hannah had an impressive career for a functionally retarded person.

Daryl’s character in Splash is why half the little girls you know are named Madison.

I've watched this movie a few times with my niece Madison and when Hanks says, "that's not a name." I say SEE!!! She hates me.

I know Hannah got a lot of stick for WALL STREET, it wasn't as if she was doomed for the start due to how poorly written her character was, though I do concede she was terrible in STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Even I can't give her a pass for it.

Nevertheless, in SPLASH and ROXANNE, I found her lovely and engaging and likable. It isn't like today where you're asked to like the leading lady. Back in the day, the leading lady won you over with her irresistible charm.

Even though she played many kind and sweet ladies, Daryl Hannah was even more effective at playing the psychopath which is surprising when you know her from SPLASH. In the KILL BILL films, she's deadly and vicious as Elle Driver and in BLADE RUNNER, she uses her seemingly sweet person to keep us assuming Pris, the replicant, is harmless until we see her creepy smile or when she attacks Deckard by twisting his neck.

They’re both mediocre actresses who were very well directed in a couple of roles and pretty awful in most others. January Jones is similar.

Is Daryl still living in a tree?

Bo Derek was a very beautiful woman who introduced corn-rows to white girls, but that was about it. She was more a model than a real actress, IMHO.

Fun fact: I was with my best friend at a music festival and we walked right past Daryl Hannah. I spotted her and nudged my friend (big Splash fan), who politely asked for a quick photo. At first she said no, as she didn't want to draw attention to herself. Then she looked at my friend & told her, "you're beautiful, so let's take a quick picture". So I took it, no crowd was drawn & we went our separate ways. She was lovely. And TALL.

People keep saying Bo wins because she married John Corbett and has a beautiful ranch, without mentioning that Daryl Hannah is married to fucking NEIL YOUNG? Daryl is the better actress - by far - and will inherit a lot more money than Mrs. Aidan.

Darryl is very high maintenance. She’s also better at the ending thing.

Bo is more attractive.

Bo - more attractive.

DH - better at acting.

[quote] Hannah was the weak link in Magnolias and was utterly unconvincing.

I thought her personal problems did not get in the way of doing hair.

Does anyone else remember Daryl calling JFK Jr to her rescue from an abusive Jackson Browne? Seems like it was more than tabloid material (as it was real).

Bo and Theresa Russell in some sort of contemporary old cunts/monsters of dry vaginas dramedy might work if I'm spitballing.

Theresa and Bo should have played sisters.

Look, Derek was a beautiful but utterly untalented non- actress who was essentially a one-hit wonder. Hannah is the actress of the two.

R49 I don't remember the part about JFK Jr, but do remember the scuttlebutt at the time, with LAPD being called to their (then) shared home. I tend to believe her even as sad as that makes me about him. She's not the first to say that about him.

On topic: Daryl is the better actress although that's not saying much. I did like her in Grumpy Old Men, Splash, Steel Magnolias (I think she does fine in the role) and in Kill Bill. She doesn't have a wide range but there are worse. Bo is not much an actress but rather a very beautiful woman and the camera loves her. I don't think Daryl is ugly and all and she has a diaphanous, reedy quality.