| Biography:
Birth name
Heather Joan Graham
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini biography
Heather was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised by her strict father,
who worked for the FBI, and mother, a former school teacher and author. She
and her sister, Aimee Graham, were forced to relocate often, as a result of
their father's occupation, and Heather became increasingly shy.
Surprisingly, she had a passion for acting from an early age and despite
being labeled a 'theater geek' by her peers, she was voted Most Talented by
her high school senior class. Unfortunately, her love of acting created a
tension between Heather and her family although her mother obligingly drove
her to auditions in Hollywood throughout her adolescence. After high school
Heather moved to Los Angeles and received small roles in a variety of films
including Drugstore Cowboy (1989). When her career did not take off as
quickly as was hoped, Heather enrolled in the University of California at
Los Angeles to get her degree in drama. It was at UCLA that she was noticed
by actor James Woods and received a subsequent part in a film Woods starred
in, Diggstown (1992). Heather dropped out of UCLA after two years to pursue
her acting career on a full time basis. Aside from gaining a modeling
contract with Emanuel Ungaro Liberte, Heather has risen to star in such
films as Swingers (1996), a role she received after being taken out swing
dancing by Jon Favreau, to blockbusters like Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me (1999), and Boogie Nights (1997) . |