“I got this email from Paul Thomas Anderson. It was a script and one of the characters' names was Alana. I immediately freaked out because Paul was using my name. I was just happy with the name being used. I think I read it three times that night. I called him and I gushed about it. And he asked if I wanted to play Alana Kane. Of course I said yes.”

American musician and actress, born 1991

Alana Mychal Haim is an American musician and actress best known as a member of the pop rock band Haim. She performs with her older sisters, Este and Danielle Haim, and plays piano, guitar, and vocals. Born in 1991, she has also received five Grammy Award nominations. As an actress, Haim drew wide attention for starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza in 2021, a role that brought her Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Her screen work has since continued with films such as The Mastermind and One Battle After Another in 2025, and The Drama in 2026, where she played Rachel.