Katherine Heigle Biography
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Katherine Marie Heigl (b. November 24, 1978) is an
American actress, best known for her roles on the TV series Roswell and Grey's
Anatomy.
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Early
life
Heigl was born in Washington, D.C. to parents Nancy
and Paul, of Irish and German descent; she was raised a Mormon. The family moved
to New Canaan, Connecticut a short time later. Tragedy struck her family when
her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car
accident. He had been thrown from the back of a pickup truck, and doctors
determined Jason was brain-dead. Despite their grief, the family decided to
donate his organs. This has motivated Katherine to become a strong proponent of
organ donation.
Career
When she was nine years old, an aunt visiting the
family decided to take a number of photographs of the young Heigl. After
returning to her home in New York, the aunt sent the photos to a number of
modeling agencies, all with the permission of Katherine's parents. Within a few
weeks, Heigl had been signed as a child model.
Almost immediately, a client slated her for use in
a magazine advertisement. Television jobs soon followed, the first in a national
spot for Cheerios breakfast cereal. It was not long until she landed her first
big-screen debut in the 1992 movie That Night. After meeting such fast success
and enjoying her new-found career, she realized that acting was her passion.
Heigl then appeared as Christina Sebastian in
Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era drama King of the Hill before landing her
first leading role as Nicole in the 1994 comedy My Father The Hero. During this
time, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film and
modeling work with her academic studies.
She then played opposite Steven Seagal in the role
of Sarah in the 1995 action thriller Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Despite an
increased focus on acting, she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in
magazines such as Seventeen. She took the lead role in Disney's Wish Upon a Star
in 1996. It was also in 1996 that Heigl's parents divorced. After her high
school graduation in 1997, she and her mother moved into a 4-bedroom house in
Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles. Heigl's mother then became her manager.
In 1998 she co-starred with Peter Fonda in a
re-working of the classic Shakespearian play The Tempest, set during the
American Civil War. Later in 1998 Heigl was featured in the 1998 films Bug
Buster and Bride of Chucky. In 1999, Heigl turned her attention to television
when she accepted the role of Isabel Evans on the science fiction TV drama
Roswell, a modest role that was expanded in the show's second and third seasons.
To publicize her role on Roswell, she appeared on
the covers of magazines such as TV Guide, Maxim, and Teen as well as appearing
in FHM. She later appeared in the FHM and Maxim calendars and FHM's annual 100
sexiest women in the world. While Roswell was in production, Heigl worked on
several films, including, 100 Girls, an independent 2001 film in which she
played competitive tomboy Arlene, and Valentine, a horror film starring David
Boreanaz and Denise Richards in which she played medical student Shelley Fisher.
In the spring of 2001, Heigl accepted a role in
Ground Zero, a television thriller scheduled to be telecast that fall, which was
based on the bestselling novel, The Seventh Power, by James Mills. She
co-starred as a brilliant and politically-concerned college student who helps to
build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national
priorities, but which ends up in the hands of a terrorist following betrayal by
a fellow student. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, however, the
film was shelved when its plot was considered too inappropriate, and it
re-emerged in 2003 under the title Critical Assembly. After the terrorist
attacks, Heigl recorded a passionate public service announcement for the
American Red Cross in an effort to help raise money for victims.
In early 2003, Heigl returned to the horror genre
with Evil Never Dies, a modern-day variation on the Frankenstein story
co-starring Thomas Gibson. She played the role of Eve, the professor's assistant
whose intentions are unclear. Love Comes Softly, a telefilm for Hallmark
Entertainment in 2003, found Heigl starring in the role of Marty Claridge, a
young, pregnant newlywed travelling west. In October 2003, Heigl was cast
opposite Johnny Knoxville, as the leading lady in The Ringer, a Farrelly
brothers comedy that was later released in December 2005. Heigl was then cast as
Isabella Linton in MTV's modern revamp of Emily Brontë's classic novel Wuthering
Heights.
Heigl was cast in the role of Romy in the 2005
movie Romy and Michele: In The Beginning, a prequel to the 1997 movie, Romy and
Michele's High School Reunion. Heigl is currently starring in Grey's Anatomy, a
medical drama on ABC.
Personal life
Heigl is dating singer Josh Kelley.
Credits
TV
Grey's Anatomy 2005
Romy & Michele: In The Beginning 2005
Love's Enduring Promise 2004
Wuthering Heights 2003
Evil Never Dies 2003
Descendant 2003
Love Comes Softly 2003
The Twilight Zone 2002
Critical Assembly (Ground Zero) 2001
Roswell 1999
The Tempest 1998
Movies
Caffeine 2006
The Ringer 2005
Side Effects 2005
Valentine 2001
100 Girls 2000
Bride Of Chucky 1998
Bug Buster 1998
Stand-Ins 1997
Prince Valiant 1997
Wish Upon A Star 1996
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995
My Father The Hero 1994
King Of The Hill 1993
That Night 1992
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