By Katie Fitzpatrick

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Hannah Selleck

Tom Selleck and his wife Jillie Mack famously turned their backs on Hollywood at the peak of his career to raise their daughter Hannah far from the glare of the spotlight. They lived on a ranch in California, where the now 36-year-old fell in love with horses and decided to pursue an equestrian career. “We both thought it was the best environment for her to grow up,” Jillie explained to People. Hannah opened up in 2023 about her childhood on the farm, sharing that it was Tom who taught her to ride. “I started riding when I was four years old. I grew up on a ranch and was lucky to have some lovely ranch horses,” she told Wellington International. “My dad knew how to ride; he had learned to ride for Western movies. He is a good horseman.” When it came to higher education, the blonde beauty graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2011 with a communications degree, yet found that her love of riding outweighed her PR passion.

“When I finished college, I thought I might want a career that would support me to ride at a high level as an amateur,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I got a job at a public relations firm – as an internship – and I worked there for a bit, maybe six months, in Beverly Hills. “That was the first time that I had been away from the horses, and I was miserable,” she continued. “I was only able to ride on the weekends, and that was a huge shock. After that, I realised I have to do the horses, so I quit the PR job.” She went on to earn her master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University in 2023, and now runs her own stud farm, Descanso Farms, where she breeds and trains elite-level horses.