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| Birth Name(s) : Heather Joan Graham |
Date of Birth: January 29, 1970 |
| Status:
Dating
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Partner:
Heath Ledger |
| Profession:
Actor/Model |
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Full Heather Graham Biography
Heather Graham worked at Toys R' Us as a teenager and turned down the lead in "Heathers" (1989) because her parents thought the language was too risque. Her father is an FBI agent and her older sister, Aimee Graham, is an actress as well.
Heather has a modelling contract with Emanuel Ungaro Liberte, but is most-recognized for her roles on the big screen. Feature films include "Swingers" (1996), "Boogie Nights" (1997) and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999). |
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Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American film and television actress.
Her father, Jim, is a retired FBI agent and her mother, Joan, is a noted author of children's books. Graham has a younger sister, Aimee, who is also an aspiring actress and writer. The family followed a strict traditional Catholic upbringing of Irish descent. Heather has since estranged herself from the Catholic Church, saying it is: "made up of closed-minded men who believe a woman's sexuality is evil...Why do I have to do what all these men are saying?" . Heather has practiced Hinduism and associated transcendental meditation since 1991 .
After high school, Graham enrolled in extension classes of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and she also met the actor James Woods. Their subsequent romantic involvement might have led to her being cast in the movie Diggstown, which starred Woods. After two years had passed, Graham stopped taking classes at UCLA to pursue acting full time, over her parents' objections. She then moved to Hollywood, where she worked different jobs while continuing to establish herself as an actress.
Initially, Heather's parents were supportive of her budding acting career. However, her parents were concerned that she should not appear in any movie featuring sex or nudity. Breaking away from that mold, Heather appeared fully nude in several scenes in her breakout role in Boogie Nights. Heather is currently estranged from her parents, who are still devout Catholics.
Although Graham has been featured in mainstream films, she has also been cast in a number of independent films. Some of those films, like 2002's The Guru, have brought her critical praise. She also starred opposite Joseph Fiennes in the less successful Killing Me Softly.
Graham also played herself on one episode of the TV series Sex and the City. She was given special guest-star status on several episodes of NBC-TV's Scrubs during its fourth season (2004–2005), and also appeared in a small role as a teacher in an episode of Fox's Arrested Development. In 2005, Graham became the spokeswoman and TV model for the Garnier brand of hair care products. Graham's print ad for Skyy vodka, which was photographed in 2003 (titled "#3, Entourage") is still appearing in national magazines today as well.
Graham's most recent project was starring in the ABC-TV comedy series Emily's Reasons Why Not, in 2006. However, ABC-TV announced that the show was canceled after its first airing on January 9, 2006. Because they print their covers weeks in advance, and they did not expect the quick cancellation, Life Magazine did a cover story on Graham two weeks later in their January 27, 2006 issue, and they referred to her as "TV’s sexiest star." Billboard ads also remained in place promoting the show weeks after the cancellation. |
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