Name: Heather
Graham
Date of Birth: January 29, 1970
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wis., USA
Sign: Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Libra
Occupation: Actress, Model
Heather Graham was
born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 29th, 1970. Soon after
that, Heather was joined by her baby sister, Aimee, and they
attended their very first elementary school in Virginia because
her father worked for the FBI and they were forced to relocate
quite often.
After having been
shuffled around again, Heather and her little sister attended
Sumac Elementary. A little while after that, they attended a
school called Lindero Canyon Middle School.
By the time Heather
got to Agoura High School, she had a hard time making friends,
since she was always moving before she had a chance to develop
serious friendships.
While studying at
Agoura, she was teased because she was a quiet girl and because
she wasn't fully developed physically. She was even considered
a theater geek by her peers.
Not only was Heather
considered uncool at school, but her family life became increasingly
uncomfortable as she began to follow her dream of becoming an
actress. Although her mother would drive her to Hollywood for
auditions, the tension began mounting so high between Heather
and her family that she eventually stopped communicating with
them altogether.
Heather was relieved
to have finally graduated from Agoura, even though she was voted
most talented by her senior class. Her start as an actress wasn't
glamorous, as are most actors' start.
Heather went from
odd job to odd job, eventually landing various roles and bit
parts in movies such as License To Drive and the critically
acclaimed Drugstore Cowboy, which starred Matt Dillon. As well,
Heather also appeared on the small screen in the popular television
drama Twin Peaks.
After some success
in Hollywood, Heather decided to enroll in the University of
California at Los Angeles. Her major was in English Literature,
but unfortunately she dropped out after only two years. She
did, however, come away with something positive.
It was at UCLA that
Heather first read one of her favorite books by Dostoevsky,
entitled The Brothers Karamazov. It was this book that impressed
renowned actor James Woods when he first spotted the blonde
bombshell. In 1992, Heather landed a small role in Diggstown;
a movie that Woods starred in.
In the next few years
that followed, Heather went on to play diverse roles in films
such as Six Degrees of Separation, which starred Will Smith,
Don't Do It and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues. While Heather was
furthering her acting career, she peaked the interest of filmmakers
like James Toback and Jon Favreau. Apparently, Favreau took
Heather swing dancing one night, and a year and a half later,
she played Lorraine in his nearly legendary movie Swingers.
Toback soon after had his opportunity to work with her and cast
her in his film entitled Two Girls and A Guy.
But it was in 1997,
that Heather got her breakout role and would not soon be forgotten.
She played "Roller girl", a young porn actress who
constantly wore roller-skates everywhere she went, in the true
story of renowned porn actor John Holmes' life entitled Boogie
Nights.
After that, Heather
was in high demand and made a cameo appearance in Scream 2,
in which she spoofed Drew Barrymore's role as the popcorn popping
first victim of the of the original film. She then appeared
on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, which had men everywhere
drooling over the latest starlet in Hollywood.
Rolling Stone wasn't
the only magazine cover that Heather graced, her face, once
obscure and unknown to the world, had begun to grace the covers
of a multitude of magazine covers.
As well as a modeling
contract with Emanuel Ungaro, Heather's has starred in some
big budget films including Lost In Space, Austin Powers: The
Spy Who Shagged Me and Bowfinger, which also stars Eddie Murphy
and Steve Martin.
It is very likely
that we will be seeing more of this swinging sensation as she
makes her way up the Hollywood ladder known as fame.