Born Alana Kaye Collins in San Diego, California, she grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas before heading to New York to become a model. Collins signed with Ford Models and traveled to Los Angeles for many television and commercial appearances.

In the early 1970s, she began an acting career. Her first role was a bit part in her then-husband's, George Hamilton's, biopic Evel Knievel. She continued acting appearing in small parts in television shows like The Bionic Woman and Fantasy Island.

In 1995, she and ex-husband George Hamilton hosted their own syndicated talk show, George & Alana.The series was canceled the following year.

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She married actor George Hamilton in 1972, producing one child, Ashley Hamilton. The couple divorced in 1975.

In 1979, she married rock star Rod Stewart. The couple had two children, Kimberly and Sean Stewart. She and Stewart divorced in 1984, but she retained his surname for her later professional career.

In the early 1990s, Stewart discovered she had the Epstein-Barr virus after having Read more...