Heather Graham
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Heather Joan Graham is an American actress. She has appeared in such films as Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
, Lost in Space
, Bowfinger
, From Hell
, Anger Management
, and The Hangover
. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy
and for her role as Rollergirl in 1997's Boogie Nights
, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
.
, the older of two children. Her family is of "three quarters Irish" descent, with her father's side from County Cork
. Her younger sister, Aimee Graham
, is also an actress and writer. Their mother, Joan (née Bransfield), is a teacher and author of children's books. Their father, James Graham, is a retired FBI
agent. The girls were raised with traditional Catholic values. Her family relocated repeatedly before settling down in when she was nine years old. She was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz
. Graham graduated from Agoura High School
in California in 1988.
After high school, Graham enrolled in extension classes of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and studied English for two years. There she met actor James Woods
. They became romantically involved during the time she was cast in the movie Diggstown
, where he had landed the starring role. After two years there, Graham withdrew from school at UCLA to pursue acting full time, despite her parents' objections.
(1984). Her second film appearance was in the television film Student Exchange
. In 1986, she appeared on a special "Teen Week" episode of the NBC-TV game show Scrabble
. Then she appeared in numerous television commercials, and the sitcom Growing Pains
in 1987. In the 1988 teen comedy License to Drive
, she co-starred with Corey Haim
and Corey Feldman
. Her strict parents forbade her to appear in the black comedy
, Heathers
, which had an expletive
-rich script.
Graham was cast in a number of parts as a supporting actress including the part of Nadine in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy
. In 1991, she appeared in the TV series Twin Peaks
as Annie Blackburn, Dale Cooper
's second-season love interest. Many became familiar with her for these two roles. She appeared in a brief but important role in the 1997 hit Swingers
. Her breakthrough role proved to be that of the porn
starlet "Roller Girl" in 1997's Boogie Nights
, in which she appeared in scenes with frontal nudity and received several award nominations. Since then, Graham has been known as a Hollywood sex symbol
. She has been part of two ensemble casts that have earned Screen Actors Guild Awards
nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (Boogie Nights and Bobby
).
Her first starring role was in 1999 as Felicity Shagwell
in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
. She appeared in the music video for Lenny Kravitz
's cover of "American Woman
". Also in 1999, she appeared in the movie Bowfinger
.
Graham has taken roles in mainstream films, including Mary Kelly
in the 2001 film From Hell
, based on the story of Jack the Ripper
, and Judy Robinson in 1998's film Lost In Space
, and she has also been cast in a number of independent film
s. Some of those films, like 2006's Bobby
, have brought her critical praise. She also starred in the erotic thriller Killing Me Softly
.
Graham played herself on one episode of the TV series Sex and the City
. In 2003, she appeared in the comedy Anger Management
. She was given special guest-star status on nine episodes of NBC-TV's
Scrubs
during its fourth season (2004–2005), and also appeared as George Michael Bluth's ethics teacher in an episode of Fox's television series, 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. In 2003, she also posed for a photoshoot by photographer Sam Jones, during which she was levitated several feet into the air by a magician, who later also sawed her in half. Also in 2003, Graham appeared on the cover of Time
magazine for an article titled "The Science of Meditation", indicating that Graham has been practicing Transcendental Meditation
since 1991. In 2001, Graham was named by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People
". Graham voiced the character of Antonia Bayle in the online role-playing game
EverQuest 2.
Graham starred in the US ABC-TV
comedy series Emily's Reasons Why Not
, in 2006. However, ABC canceled the show after its first airing on January 9, 2006. Graham had posed for a Life Magazine cover story, printed weeks in advance of the assumed series schedule, referring to her as "TV's sexiest star" which appeared two weeks later in their January 27, 2006 issue.
In 2009, she played the stripper Jade in The Hangover
. The film was released to critical and box office success. Her next film will be the family comedy Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
.
. She also supported the climate change
campaign Global Cool
in 2007.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
, Lost in Space
Lost in Space (film)
Lost in Space is a 1998 American science fiction film starring Gary Oldman and William Hurt. The film was shot in London and Shepperton, and produced by New Line Cinema. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series Lost In Space...
, Bowfinger
Bowfinger
Bowfinger is a 1999 comedy cult film directed by Frank Oz. It depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the film...
, From Hell
From Hell (film)
From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:...
, Anger Management
Anger Management
Anger Management is a 2003 slapstick comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, directed by Peter Segal and written by David S. Dorfman...
, and The Hangover
The Hangover (film)
The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor...
. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 crime drama directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost, based on a novel by James Fogle. Matt Dillon stars in the title role, and Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and William S. Burroughs are also featured. Drugstore Cowboy was filmed mainly around...
and for her role as Rollergirl in 1997's Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood...
.
Early life
Heather Graham was born in Milwaukee, WisconsinMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, the older of two children. Her family is of "three quarters Irish" descent, with her father's side from County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
. Her younger sister, Aimee Graham
Aimee Graham
Aimee Lynn Graham is an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Heather Graham.Graham was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joan, a schoolteacher and noted author of children's books, and James Graham, a retired FBI agent...
, is also an actress and writer. Their mother, Joan (née Bransfield), is a teacher and author of children's books. Their father, James Graham, is a retired FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
agent. The girls were raised with traditional Catholic values. Her family relocated repeatedly before settling down in when she was nine years old. She was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
. Graham graduated from Agoura High School
Agoura High School
Agoura High School is a public high school in Agoura Hills, California, United States. It is the largest high school in the Las Virgenes Unified School District...
in California in 1988.
After high school, Graham enrolled in extension classes of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and studied English for two years. There she met actor James Woods
James Woods
James Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won three Emmy Awards, and has gained...
. They became romantically involved during the time she was cast in the movie Diggstown
Diggstown
Diggstown is a 1992 movie directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Bruce Dern. It also features Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.-Synopsis:...
, where he had landed the starring role. After two years there, Graham withdrew from school at UCLA to pursue acting full time, despite her parents' objections.
Career
Her first film appearance was an uncredited cameo in Mrs. SoffelMrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson. It was filmed on location in and around the Serez family Farm in Mulmer Ontario, as well as Wisconsin and establishing shots in Pittsburgh...
(1984). Her second film appearance was in the television film Student Exchange
Student Exchange
Student Exchange is a 1987 television film directed by Mollie Miller.-Plot:Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and...
. In 1986, she appeared on a special "Teen Week" episode of the NBC-TV game show Scrabble
Scrabble (game show)
Scrabble is an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show was co-produced by Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions. It ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18 to June 11, 1993, both runs on NBC. A total of 1,335 episodes were...
. Then she appeared in numerous television commercials, and the sitcom Growing Pains
Growing Pains
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
in 1987. In the 1988 teen comedy License to Drive
License to Drive
License to Drive is a 1988 teen adventure film starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri and Nina Siemaszko. The screenplay was written by Neil Tolkin and directed by Greg Beeman....
, she co-starred with Corey Haim
Corey Haim
Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films such as Lucas, Silver Bullet, Murphy's Romance, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream...
and Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman
Corey Scott Feldman is an American film and television actor. He became known during the 1980s, with roles in the Hollywood films Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream, Gremlins and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
. Her strict parents forbade her to appear in the black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
, Heathers
Heathers
Heathers is a 1989 black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four girls in a trend-setting clique at a fictional Ohio high school...
, which had an expletive
Profanity
Profanity is a show of disrespect, or a desecration or debasement of someone or something. Profanity can take the form of words, expressions, gestures, or other social behaviors that are socially constructed or interpreted as insulting, rude, vulgar, obscene, desecrating, or other forms.The...
-rich script.
Graham was cast in a number of parts as a supporting actress including the part of Nadine in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy
Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 crime drama directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost, based on a novel by James Fogle. Matt Dillon stars in the title role, and Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and William S. Burroughs are also featured. Drugstore Cowboy was filmed mainly around...
. In 1991, she appeared in the TV series Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
as Annie Blackburn, Dale Cooper
Dale Cooper
FBI Special agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper is a fictional character from the television series Twin Peaks, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan. He is the lead protagonist of the series, and briefly appears in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me....
's second-season love interest. Many became familiar with her for these two roles. She appeared in a brief but important role in the 1997 hit Swingers
Swingers (1996 film)
Swingers is a 1996 comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival...
. Her breakthrough role proved to be that of the porn
PORN
Porn is a common short form for pornography. It may also refer to:* Progressive outer retinal necrosis, a disease of the retina* PORN, a French industrial rock band...
starlet "Roller Girl" in 1997's Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
, in which she appeared in scenes with frontal nudity and received several award nominations. Since then, Graham has been known as a Hollywood sex symbol
Sex symbol
A sex symbol is a celebrity of either gender, typically an actor, musician, supermodel, teen idol, or sports star, noted for their sex appeal. The term was first used in the mid 1950s in relation to the popularity of certain Hollywood stars, especially Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte...
. She has been part of two ensemble casts that have earned Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"...
nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (Boogie Nights and Bobby
Bobby (2006 film)
Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of United States Senator from New York and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F...
).
Her first starring role was in 1999 as Felicity Shagwell
Felicity Shagwell
Felicity Shagwell, is a fictional character in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, portrayed by Heather Graham.-Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me:...
in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
. She appeared in the music video for Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
's cover of "American Woman
American Woman (song)
"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...
". Also in 1999, she appeared in the movie Bowfinger
Bowfinger
Bowfinger is a 1999 comedy cult film directed by Frank Oz. It depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the film...
.
Graham has taken roles in mainstream films, including Mary Kelly
Mary Jane Kelly
Mary Jane Kelly , also known as "Marie Jeanette" Kelly, "Fair Emma", "Ginger" and "Black Mary", is widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to...
in the 2001 film From Hell
From Hell (film)
From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:...
, based on the story of Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
, and Judy Robinson in 1998's film Lost In Space
Lost in Space (film)
Lost in Space is a 1998 American science fiction film starring Gary Oldman and William Hurt. The film was shot in London and Shepperton, and produced by New Line Cinema. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series Lost In Space...
, and she has also been cast in a number of independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
s. Some of those films, like 2006's Bobby
Bobby (2006 film)
Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of United States Senator from New York and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F...
, have brought her critical praise. She also starred in the erotic thriller Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly (film)
Killing Me Softly is an erotic thriller 2002 film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the novel by Nicci French , it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead...
.
Graham played herself on one episode of the TV series Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
. In 2003, she appeared in the comedy Anger Management
Anger Management
Anger Management is a 2003 slapstick comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, directed by Peter Segal and written by David S. Dorfman...
. She was given special guest-star status on nine episodes of NBC-TV's
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
during its fourth season (2004–2005), and also appeared as George Michael Bluth's ethics teacher in an episode of Fox's television series, Arrested Development. In 2005, Graham became the spokeswoman and TV model for the Garnier
Garnier
Garnier is a mass market cosmetics brand of L'Oréal that produces hair care and skin care products. Much like other brands from L'Oréal, it is sold in several markets around the world.- Advertising Slogans :...
brand of hair care products. Graham's print ad for Skyy vodka
SKYY vodka
SKYY vodka is produced by SKYY Spirits LLC in San Francisco, California. SKYY Vodka is 40% ABV or 80 proof; SKYY 90 Vodka is a 90 proof high-priced brand aimed at martini drinkers. When SKYY Spirits LLC first launched in 1992 SKYY vodka was its first product; its creator, Maurice Kanbar, claims the...
, which was photographed in 2003 (titled "#3, Entourage") is still appearing in national magazines today. In 2003, she also posed for a photoshoot by photographer Sam Jones, during which she was levitated several feet into the air by a magician, who later also sawed her in half. Also in 2003, Graham appeared on the cover of Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine for an article titled "The Science of Meditation", indicating that Graham has been practicing Transcendental Meditation
Transcendental Meditation technique
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of mantra meditation often referred to as Transcendental Meditation. It was introduced in India in 1955 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...
since 1991. In 2001, Graham was named by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People
People Magazine 100 Most Beautiful People
People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People is a list compiled and published by the American People Magazine of 100 people judged to be the most beautiful individuals in the world...
". Graham voiced the character of Antonia Bayle in the online role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
EverQuest 2.
Graham starred in the US ABC-TV
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
comedy series Emily's Reasons Why Not
Emily's Reasons Why Not
Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the novel of the same name, was canceled by its broadcaster, ABC, after airing one episode on January 9, 2006.-Premise:...
, in 2006. However, ABC canceled the show after its first airing on January 9, 2006. Graham had posed for a Life Magazine cover story, printed weeks in advance of the assumed series schedule, referring to her as "TV's sexiest star" which appeared two weeks later in their January 27, 2006 issue.
In 2009, she played the stripper Jade in The Hangover
The Hangover (film)
The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha and Jeffrey Tambor...
. The film was released to critical and box office success. Her next film will be the family comedy Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 comedy film based on Megan McDonald's Judy Moody book series, released on June 10, 2011. It stars Jordana Beatty as a third grader named Judy Moody who sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life...
.
Personal life
Graham is a public advocate for Children InternationalChildren International
Children International is a nonprofit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities....
. She also supported the climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
campaign Global Cool
Global Cool
Global Cool is a green lifestyle campaign run by the Global Cool Foundation, a registered climate change charity in the United Kingdom. Global Cool works with celebrities and the media and entertainment industries to promote green behaviours such as using public transport and taking flight-free...
in 2007.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel Mrs. Soffel Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American film drama based on the true Buck McGovern and the Biddle Boys case of 1901 Pittsburgh, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson. It was filmed on location in and around the Serez family Farm in Mulmer Ontario, as well as Wisconsin and establishing shots in Pittsburgh... |
Factory Girl | Uncredited |
| 1986 | Scrabble Scrabble (game show) Scrabble is an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show was co-produced by Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions. It ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18 to June 11, 1993, both runs on NBC. A total of 1,335 episodes were... |
Contestant | Teen Week |
| 1987 | Growing Pains Growing Pains Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based... |
Cindy/Samantha | TV series; 2 episodes |
| Student Exchange Student Exchange Student Exchange is a 1987 television film directed by Mollie Miller.-Plot:Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and... |
Dorrie Ryder | ||
| 1988 | License to Drive License to Drive License to Drive is a 1988 teen adventure film starring Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Heather Graham, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Michael Manasseri and Nina Siemaszko. The screenplay was written by Neil Tolkin and directed by Greg Beeman.... |
Mercedes Lane | Nominated–Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... for Best Actress Starring in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy |
| Twins | Young Mary Ann Benedict | Uncredited | |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy Drugstore Cowboy Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 crime drama directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost, based on a novel by James Fogle. Matt Dillon stars in the title role, and Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and William S. Burroughs are also featured. Drugstore Cowboy was filmed mainly around... |
Nadine | Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-External links:*... |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death I Love You to Death I Love You to Death is a 1990 American dark comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1984, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband, Anthony... |
Bridget | |
| 1991 | Guilty as Charged | Kimberly | |
| Shout Shout (film) Shout is a 1991 film starring John Travolta as a music teacher who introduces rock and roll to a west Texas home for boys in 1955. Travolta was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor.... |
Sara Benedict | Nominated–Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... for Best Actress Starring in a Motion Picture |
|
| Twin Peaks Twin Peaks Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer... |
Annie Blackburn | TV series; 6 episodes | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Annie Blackburn | |
| O Pioneers! O Pioneers! (film) O Pioneers! is a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie based on the novel of the same title by Willa Cather. It originally aired in 1992 on CBS and stars Jessica Lange.-Plot summary:... |
Young Alexandra Bergson | ||
| Diggstown Diggstown Diggstown is a 1992 movie directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Bruce Dern. It also features Heather Graham, Oliver Platt and Randall "Tex" Cobb.-Synopsis:... |
Emily Forrester | ||
| 1993 | Mary Addie | ||
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 American comedy-drama-romance film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant, Jr. and starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, and Grace... |
Cowgirl Heather | ||
| Six Degrees of Separation Six Degrees of Separation (film) Six Degrees of Separation is a 1990 play written by John Guare that premiered at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center on May 16, 1990, directed by Jerry Zaks and starring Stockard Channing... |
Elizabeth | ||
| 1994 | Don't Do It | Suzanna | |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is a 1994 film scripted by writer/director Alan Rudolph and former Washington Star reporter Randy Sue Coburn... |
Mary Kennedy Taylor | ||
| 1995 | Toughguy | Olive | |
| Desert Winds | Jackie | ||
| Let It Be Me Let It Be Me (film) Let It Be Me is a 1995 musical film starring Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Yancy Butler, Leslie Caron, James Goodwin and Patrick Stewart. It was written and directed by Eleanor Bergstein.... |
Perfumery Salesgirl | ||
| Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (TV series) Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.... |
Carol Whalen | TV series, 1 episode | |
| 1996 | Kiss & Tell | Susan Pretsel | |
| Swingers Swingers (1996 film) Swingers is a 1996 comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival... |
Lorraine | ||
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Entertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story is a 1996 independent film about the life of Dorothy Day, the journalist turned social activist and founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper. The film stars Moira Kelly as Day, Heather Graham, Lenny Von Dohlen and Martin Sheen.Both Kelly and Sheen are also... |
Maggie Bowen | ||
| Bullet Hearts | Carlene Prue | ||
| Alicia | TV series; 1 episode | ||
| 1997 | Nowhere Nowhere (film) Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. It stars James Duval and Rachel True as Dark and Mel, a bisexual teen couple who are both sexually promiscuous.... |
Lilith | |
| Boogie Nights Boogie Nights Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s... |
Brandy 'Rollergirl' | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance This is a following list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Breakthrough Performance. In many years, the awards were split into Male and Female categories... Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| Scream 2 Scream 2 Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film created and written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy and Liev Schreiber, released on December 12, 1997 as the second installment in the Scream film series... |
Herself/'Stab' Casey | Cameo Appearance | |
| 1998 | Lost in Space Lost in Space (film) Lost in Space is a 1998 American science fiction film starring Gary Oldman and William Hurt. The film was shot in London and Shepperton, and produced by New Line Cinema. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series Lost In Space... |
Dr. Judy Robinson | |
| Two Girls and a Guy Two Girls and a Guy Two Girls and a Guy is a film produced in 1997 by Edward R. Pressman and Chris Hanley. The director was James Toback, who also wrote the screenplay.-Plot:... |
Carla Bennett | ||
| Fantasy Island Fantasy Island Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:... |
Jackie | TV series; 1 episode | |
| Alexandria Hotel | N/A | short | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter... |
Felicity Shagwell Felicity Shagwell Felicity Shagwell, is a fictional character in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, portrayed by Heather Graham.-Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me:... |
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Actress in a Comedy ShoWest Award for Female Star of Tomorrow Nominated–Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Couple Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| Bowfinger Bowfinger Bowfinger is a 1999 comedy cult film directed by Frank Oz. It depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the film... |
Daisy | Nominated–Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress in a Comedy | |
| Alien Love Triangle Alien Love Triangle Alien Love Triangle is a 2008 comedy-science fiction short film directed by Danny Boyle. It was produced in 2002.The film was originally intended to be one of a trilogy of 30-minute short films shown together... |
Elizabeth | short | |
| 2000 | Committed Committed (2000 film) - Plot :The ever-optimistic Joline faces a challenge when her husband, flaky news photographer Carl , leaves her to find himself in Texas. Joline tracks Carl down and observes him, acquainting herself with his schedule and new friends - Plot :The ever-optimistic Joline (Heather Graham) faces a... |
Joline | |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Josephine Wingfield | |
| Sidewalks of New York Sidewalks of New York (film) Sidewalks of New York is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Edward Burns, who also stars in the film. The plot follows eight cycles in the lives of six Manhattan residents whose inter-connections form a circle that places each of them less than the proverbial six degrees of... |
Annie Matthews | ||
| From Hell From Hell (film) From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:... |
Mary Kelly Mary Jane Kelly Mary Jane Kelly , also known as "Marie Jeanette" Kelly, "Fair Emma", "Ginger" and "Black Mary", is widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to... |
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| 2002 | Killing Me Softly Killing Me Softly (film) Killing Me Softly is an erotic thriller 2002 film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the novel by Nicci French , it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead... |
Alice Tallis | |
| Sharonna | |||
| 2003 | Anger Management Anger Management Anger Management is a 2003 slapstick comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson, directed by Peter Segal and written by David S. Dorfman... |
Kendra | Uncredited |
| Hope Springs | Mandy | ||
| 2004 | Blessed | Samantha Howard | |
| Arrested Development | Beth Baerly | TV series; 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Cake Cake (film) -Plot:The picture follows the life of Pippa McGee as she takes that giant step between 29 and 30 that involves growing up, becoming responsible and discovering true love.... |
Pippa McGee | |
| Scrubs Scrubs (TV series) Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes... |
Dr. Molly Clock | TV series; 9 episodes | |
| Mary Mary (2005 film) Mary is a 2005 drama thriller film, written and directed by American director Abel Ferrara. The film stars Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Modine and Heather Graham.... |
Elizabeth Younger | ||
| 2006 | Justine | uncredited | |
| Emily's Reasons Why Not Emily's Reasons Why Not Emily's Reasons Why Not is a television series starring Heather Graham. The show, which was based on the novel of the same name, was canceled by its broadcaster, ABC, after airing one episode on January 9, 2006.-Premise:... |
Emily Sanders | TV series; 7 episodes (6 unaired) | |
| Bobby Bobby (2006 film) Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of United States Senator from New York and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F... |
Angela | Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| Broken Broken (2007 film) Broken is a 2007 film by director Alan White, starring Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto. The film had a poor run in theatres and was released to DVD less than two months after its theatrical release.-Plot:... |
Hope | ||
| Gray Matters Gray Matters Gray Matters is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan. It premiered on October 21, 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival and had a United States limited theatrical release on February 23, 2007.- Plot :Gray Baldwin ,... |
Gray Baldwin | ||
| 2007 | Adrift in Manhattan Adrift in Manhattan Adrift in Manhattan is a 2007 film directed by Alfredo De Villa and written by Nat Moss. The film features an ensemble cast, including Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, Elizabeth Peña, and William Baldwin.... |
Rose Phipps | |
| 2008 | Miss Conception Miss Conception Miss Conception is a 2008 comedy film directed by Eric Styles and starring Heather Graham. Graham plays a woman who learns she has only one month left to conceive a child... |
Georgina Salt | |
| Have Dreams, Will Travel Have Dreams, Will Travel Have Dreams, Will Travel is a drama film set in the 1960s written and directed by Brad Isaacs, starring Cayden Boyd, AnnaSophia Robb, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Heather Graham, Val Kilmer, and Matthew Modine.-Plot:Narrator Benjamin Reynolds lives with neglectful parents in 1960s west... |
Cassie's Aunt | ||
| Baby on Board Baby on Board (film) Baby on Board is a 2009 comedy film starring Heather Graham, John Corbett, Jerry O'Connell, and Lara Flynn Boyle.- Plot :The film centers around Angela, an ambitious, image-conscious businesswoman working for over-demanding boss Mary. When Angela becomes unexpectedly pregnant at the peak of her... |
Angela | ||
| 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Beth Freemantle | |
| Jade | Detroit Film Critics Society Detroit Film Critics Society The Detroit Film Critics Society is a film critic organization in Detroit, Michigan, United States.-2007 Awards:The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2007 were announced on 15 December and the winners were announced on 21 December 2007.-Best Actor:**George Clooney - Michael... for Best Ensemble |
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| 2010 | ExTerminators ExTerminators (film) ExTerminators is a 2009 American black comedy film written by Suzanne Weinert and directed by John Inwood. It stars Heather Graham, Amber Heard, Jennifer Coolidge, Matthew Settle, and Sam Lloyd.-Plot:... |
Alex | |
| Father of Invention | Phoebe | ||
| 2011 | Scream 4 Scream 4 Scream 4 is a 2011 American slasher horror film and the fourth installment in the Scream film series. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream and Scream 2, the film stars an ensemble cast which includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts,... |
'Stab' Casey | Cameo appearance |
| 5 Days of War | Miriam | ||
| Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 comedy film based on Megan McDonald's Judy Moody book series, released on June 10, 2011. It stars Jordana Beatty as a third grader named Judy Moody who sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life... |
Aunt Opal | ||
| Georgie | |||
| 2012 | Cherry Cherry (2012 film) Cherry is an upcoming drama film and the directorial debut of Stephen Elliot. It is based on a script penned by Elliot and porn industry veteran, Lorelei Lee. It stars Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham and Dev Patel... |
Filming | |