Tom Selleck is a father to two children, a son, Kevin (whose mother is Selleck’s first wife, Jacqueline Ray), and a daughter, Hannah (who he had with his second wife, Jillie Mack). Being a father is a role he takes seriously, and it changed how he lived his life. This included retreating to a ranch and putting his family first. “I’m a fairly private person,” Selleck told People in 2020. “And I’ve always treasured the balance between work and time with my family. It’s always about them.”
He is an exceptionally supportive and encouraging dad, which is perhaps why Hannah has been able to focus on her passions, rather than pursuing a career in something that didn’t leave her feeling fulfilled. She may be all grown up and carving her own path (about as far from the entertainment industry as you could imagine), but the “Blue Bloods” actor will always have a special place in her life.
Now that Hannah is an adult, people want to know who she is. What does she do for fun? What was it like growing up with a famous dad, and how did her parents successfully shield her from the glitz and glamor of Hollywood? By all accounts, Hannah Selleck had a normal childhood. She’s gorgeous and talented; this is everything you need to know about her.
Hannah Selleck was raised away from the limelight
Some celebrity children grow up in busy cities, constantly surrounded by the paparazzi, but Hannah Selleck was not one of them. Her parents decided to move to a 63-acre avocado ranch in Hidden Valley, California. It was the perfect place to raise their daughter, away from the limelight and the paparazzi.
“We both thought it was the best environment for her to grow up,” Mack told People in 2012. Letting their daughter have all the open space was not just a great decision for her childhood; it also impacted Tom Selleck’s life, and it was perhaps one of the best moves for him to relocate to a quieter part of the world. Here, he could take a break from a demanding career to tend to his farm and relax. “I live on a 63-acre avocado ranch. So I like to get outside and work on the farm, from fixing roads to clearing brush,” he said in an interview with Good Housekeeping. “I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. And I work cheaper than anyone I could hire to do it.”
“My relationships and my ranch keep me sane,” the actor told People in 2020.
Hannah Selleck is a successful equestrian
Hannah Selleck is incredibly passionate about horses and has devoted a career to working with them. Rather than pursuing something traditional like a job in law or finance, she chose to explore a different path, and she is now a successful equestrian. But this was not the route she had initially envisioned for herself, and she went to university to get a communications degree. She had planned to work in public relations, but would later realize this would not make her happy in the long term, and she could not give up her dreams.
Riding horses can be dangerous, and it is a sport that can result in serious injury. Rather than deter her, Tom Selleck and Jillie Mack have always been one of their daughter’s biggest supporters. “They just wanted me to find something I was passionate about. They wanted me to find my love and pursue that,” Hannah Selleck told The Hollywood Reporter. Children of successful parents may feel they are living in their shadow, especially when they have similar interests because the media will automatically compare their work. This was not something Hannah had to contend with. In the same interview, she spoke about her relatively normal childhood and how working with horses helped her find something that was her own, unrelated to her parents’ achievements.
