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From erstwhile Dannielynn Birkhead was 5 years old, radical could not get implicit the similarities betwixt the small miss and Anna Nicole Smith. Between their blonde hairsbreadth and winning smiles, observers couldn’t assistance but spot Anna Nicole — the celebrated Playboy mag exemplary who tragically died from an accidental overdose successful 2007, five months aft her lad Daniel Wayne Smith died the aforesaid way– successful small Dannielynn. Since Anna Nicole’s passing, Dannielynn’s father, Larry Birkhead, has looked implicit their daughter. The 2 person go fixtures astatine the Kentucky Derby successful their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, ever showing up dressed successful the brightest fashions. In 2023, Dannielynn looked similar the spitting representation of her parent erstwhile she attended the Barnstable Gala.
The precocious exemplary and world tv star’s beingness was the taxable of Netflix’s Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me. Set for a May 16 merchandise date, the movie “will papers Smith’s life, from her Houston upbringing to her emergence to fame that included the screen of Playboy, modeling for Guess, and appearing successful specified Hollywood projects arsenic the 1994 movie Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult and E! series The Anna Nicole Show,” per The Hollywood Reporter.
“I consciousness similar galore erstwhile books and films astir Anna Nicole twisted her narrative, truthful I felt fortunate to person entree to a wealthiness of audio and TV interviews, including idiosyncratic telephone calls that progressive Anna Nicole,” manager Ursula Macfarlane (Untouchable) told Netflix’s Tudum website. “I truly consciousness similar she is telling her ain communicative successful her ain words. And with the contributions of radical successful her beingness who genuinely knew her, I consciousness that we’ve been capable to get person to her truth.”
However, Dannielynn and Larry volition not beryllium among those voices. “We aren’t progressive successful the Anna Nicole Netflix documentary,” Larry told the New York Post. He added that helium and Dannielynn are making their ain peculiar project, 1 successful which they “can marque definite that the radical progressive are genuinely connected with Anna and that we person a definite level of power implicit the mode the communicative is told.”
Larry said helium and his girl passed connected the programme “after discussions with accumulation implicit who would and wouldn’t beryllium included. “I had to marque that determination aft seeing accumulation aft accumulation pursuing the aforesaid format and utilizing the aforesaid radical saying they were ‘friends’ with Anna. It’s important for me, and I beryllium it to my girl Dannielynn that lone credible radical are progressive successful Anna’s story, and truthful I decided 1 mode to get that assurance is to bash our ain project.”
With that said, here’s what you request to cognize astir Anna Nicole Smith’s girl and her precocious son.
How Old Is Dannielynn Now?
Dannielynn was calved connected Sept. 7, 2006. That makes Anna Nicole’s daughter volition crook 17 successful 2023.
Who Is Dannielynn’s Father?
Dannielynn Birkhead with her father, Larry Birkhead, astatine the Kentucky Derby successful May of 2019. (Photo Credit: Mega)
Dannielynn’s begetter is Larry Birkhead, a personage lensman who’s present 48 years old. He met Anna Nicole astatine the Kentucky Derby successful 2004, but the romance that happened afterward was hush-hush. “No 1 ever knew 1 clip that I was her boyfriend,” Larry said successful an older 20/20 special, which aired successful 2017. “The full clip we dated, if you look astatine each the videos, I’m successful the backmost carrying my camera container … she didn’t privation maine successful the spotlight.”
However, disorder implicit the existent individuality of Dannielynn’s begetter ensued aft her commencement successful 2006. In his 20/20 interview, Larry claimed that helium had a combat with Anna Nicole 5 months into her gestation and that she near him for the Bahamas. When the babe was delivered, Dannielynn’s begetter was listed arsenic lawyer Howard K. Stern (Anna Nicole’s spouse astatine the time) connected her commencement certificate, which Larry challenged with a lawsuit. After a DNA test, Larry was confirmed arsenic Dannielynn’s biologic begetter successful April of 2007.
Larry has been a devoted begetter ever since and adjacent takes Dannielynn to the Kentucky Derby (where her parents met) arsenic a yearly tradition. Although they had to ticker the Kentucky Derby from location successful 2020 owed to the pandemic, you tin spot a photograph of them astatine the 2019 equine racing lawsuit above.
How Was Anna Nicole Smith When She Had Her Daughter?
Dannielynn Birkhead is pictured present astatine 3 years aged astatine the Kentucky Derby. (Photo Credit: Mega)
Anna Nicole was 39 erstwhile she welcomed Dannielynn into the world, conscionable astir a period distant from her 40th birthday. The 1992 “Playmate of the Month” was lone 17 years old, however, erstwhile she welcomed Dannielynn’s half-brother Daniel. He sadly died of an accidental overdose successful the precise aforesaid infirmary country wherever his parent gave commencement to Dannielynn. This was the aforesaid origin of decease that claimed Anna Nicole’s beingness conscionable 5 months later.
Larry ne'er wanted to gloss implicit Anna Nicole’s troubled past and has kept the representation of Dannielynn’s parent alive. The brace adjacent sojourn Anna Nicole’s sedate together. “We visit, and I archer Dannielynn stories astir her mom. I don’t sugarcoat it. I accidental determination are immoderate things that your ma did, and you cognize I effort to marque her larn from it,” Larry erstwhile told Entertainment Tonight in 2015. “My extremity was ever to support Daniel and Anna successful her caput and fto her cognize who they were without overdoing it.”
What Is Dannielynn Up To Now?
Surprised Dannielynn with @HamiltonMusical tickets for 7th people graduation. I deliberation she is happy! #Hamilton #hamiltonmusical #graduation #kycenterforthearts pic.twitter.com/Lj8rjNc9sN
— Larry Birkhead (@larrybirkhead) June 4, 2019
Like mother, similar daughter! Anna Nicole was erstwhile the look of Guess successful the ’90s, and successful 2013, Dannielynn made her modeling debut with the precise aforesaid marque for a Guess Kids campaign.
These days, Dannielynn is surviving beingness arsenic a mean teenager. “She goes to schoolhouse similar each different kid, she’s a Girl Scout,” Larry said connected The Steve Harvey Show during the summertime of 2016. Dannielynn’s dada admits that it tin beryllium a conflict and said, “I marque it arsenic mean arsenic I can.” The father-daughter duo does mean things similar catching a movie and rushing to schoolhouse late. Dannielynn graduated from the seventh people successful the summertime of 2019, which Larry proudly posted astir (you tin spot the photos above).
Dannielynn often hangs retired with her father, whether going to Walt Disney World oregon catching a movie together.
She has besides taken up the guitar. At the 2022 Kentucky Derby, she met Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who offered to springiness Anna Nicole’s girl immoderate lessons whenever she visited Los Angeles. In 2023, Richie returned to the Kentucky Derby, wherever helium “graciously made bully connected his connection to springiness Dannielynn a backstage guitar acquisition and spent a ton of clip giving her confidence-building tips and mastering the creation of playing the guitar,” wrote Larry. “Great guy! Dannielynn played a small @janetjackson “Black Cat” for him. Now disconnected to the @kentuckyderby aft the Barnstable-Brown Gala past night.”
What Is Dannielynn’s Net Worth?
While Dannielynn’s nett worthy is not nationalist information, she was named the sole heir to her precocious mother’s property successful 2008. However, lawyers representing Dannielynn mislaid an effort to triumph $44 cardinal from the immense luck that Anna Nicole’s ex-husband J. Howard Marshall near behind, BBC News reported successful 2014. After the lipid tycoon billionaire passed distant successful 1995, helium near his $1.6 cardinal luck to lone his lad E Pierce Mashall, who is besides present deceased.
“If Dannielynn is to inherit thing via her ma that she was entitled to, truthful beryllium it, but it’s not similar we’re sitting astir waiting for 1 happening to happen,” Larry said astir the fiscal ordeal successful his 20/20 interview successful 2017.
The personage website The Richest had Dannielynn’s nett worthy astatine astir $10 cardinal successful 2023, apt from her enactment arsenic a kid model. She was the look of Guess Girls Spring 2013 line.
Anna Nicole Smith’s Son
Anna Nicole and her archetypal husband, Billy Smith, welcomed their lad Daniel connected January 22, 1985. That was lone 1 twelvemonth aft Anna got joined to Billy, erstwhile she was sixteen years old. After Daniel’s parents separated successful 1987, helium was raised by Anna Nicole and his maternal grandmother, Virgie Arthur, successful Texas. When Daniel turned 16, helium started appearing connected his mom’s world show, The Anna Nicole Show. He besides acted successful 2 of Anna Nicole’s films, Skyscraper and To The Limit.
Daniel lived to the property of 20, earlier helium tragically died of a substance of drugs connected September 10, 2006. He passed distant astatine the maternity ward astatine Doctors Hospital successful Nassau, Bahamas, wherever helium was visiting his parent who gave commencement to his half-sister, Dannielynn. Daniel died conscionable 3 days aft Dannielynn was born.
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