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American actress Daryl Hannah is arrested as she joins a protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline, outside the White House in Washington, August 30, 2011. Dozens were arrested on Tuesday in the protest against the pipeline that, if completed, will stretch from Canada to the gulf coast of the United States. [Reuters Pictures]

In addition to being an environmental activist and a great comedic and dramatic actress, Daryl Hannah, who is rather famously a survivor of domestic abuse, is also an advocate against sexual violence and human trafficking.

I saw Splash when I was 10 years old, and I thought that Daryl Hannah was soooo beautiful. I longed to look like her. Twenty-seven years hence, my definitions of what constitutes a beautiful person have expanded—and I find her beautiful still.