Biography
Heather Graham
Table of Contents
Who is Heather Graham?
Heather Graham is an American actress, a director, and a writer who rose to prominence with the role of Brandy in the 1997 American period drama movie, ‘Boogie Nights’. She is also recognized for her role as Felicity Shagwell in the 1999 American spy comedy movie, ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ and for the role of Angela in the 2006 American drama movie, ‘Bobby’.
| Quick Infos | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Heather Joan Graham |
| Date of birth | January 29, 1970 |
| Birth Place | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Parent(s) | Joan Graham James Graham |
| Occupation | Actress, Director, Writer |
| Relationship Status | Single |
| Age | 50 years |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | 57 kg |
| Nationality | American |
| Net worth | US $25 million |
She has also won numerous award nominations and wins throughout her acting career including the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Saturn Award. Heather Graham stepped into the world of acting during a school production of the ‘The Wizard of Oz’.
Bio and Age
Heather Graham’s full name is Heather Joan Graham. She was born on 29 January 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to her mother, Joan Bransfield who is a teacher and an author of children’s books, and to her father, James Graham who used to work for the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). She is the eldest child of her family and has a younger sister, Aimee Graham who is also an actress and a writer just like her. The two of them were born and raised in various places before settling down in Agoura Hills, California. Besides this, she is currently 50 years old with the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
Nationality, Height, and Weight
Heather Graham holds an American nationality and descends from mostly Irish as well as English, Scottish, Welsh, and German ancestry. She was born and raised as a Catholic but as an adult, she does not practice any religion. Besides this, she stands at a height of 5 feet and 8 inches (1.73m/173cms) tall and weighs around 57kgs (125lbs). Moreover, she has an average body figure with a pair of gray-colored eyes and blonde hair color.
Education
Heather Graham studied at the Agoura High School and was a brilliant student during her high school years receiving straight A’s in her studies. After completing high school, she studied English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a public land-grant research university located in Los Angeles, California. Later, she dropped out of college to focus all her time and efforts on acting.
Personal Life and Girlfriends
Heather Graham was involved in a romantic relationship with an Israeli screenwriter, Yaniv Raz. The two of them met back in the year 2011 and stayed together till the year 2018. Heather Graham has not been married to anyone and nor does she have any children.
Social: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
Heather Graham is active on social media platforms. Her official Instagram account (@imheathergraham) has over 347 thousand followers and her official Twitter account (@Imheathergraham) has over 74.9 thousand followers. Moreover, her Facebook page has over 6.5 thousand followers with over 6.4 thousand likes.
Career
Movies, Twin Peaks Facts
Heather Graham made her debut in the world of entertainment with an uncredited role of a factory girl in the 1984 American drama movie, ‘Mrs. Soffel’. In the year 1987, she played her second role and it was the role of Dorrie Ryder in the American made for a television comedy movie, ‘Student Exchange’.
Similarly, she went on to star in movies like ‘License to Drive’ and ‘Twins’ in the year 1988, ‘Drugstore Cowboy’ in the year 1989, ‘I Love You to Death’ in the year 1990, ‘Guilty as Charged’ and ‘Shout’ in the year 1991, ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me’ and ‘Diggstown’ in the year 1992, ‘The Ballad of Little Jo’, ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ and ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ in the year 1993, ‘Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle’ and ‘Don’t Do It’ in the year 1994, ‘Desert Winds’ and ‘Terrified’ in the year 1995, and ‘Swingers’ and ‘Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story’ in the year 1996.
The breakthrough moment of her career finally came in the year 1997 when she played the role of Brandy in the American period drama movie, ‘Boogie Nights’. Following the success of this movie, she went on to star in movies like ‘Scream 2’ in the same year, ‘Lost in Space’ in the year 1998, ‘Austin Powers” The Spy Who Shagged Me’ and ‘Bowfinger’ in the year 1999, ‘Committed’ in the year 2000, ‘Say It Isn’t So’, ‘Sidewalks of New York’ and ‘From Hell’ in the year 2001, ‘Killing Me Softly’ and ‘The Guru’ in the year 2002.‘
Similarly, He has appeared in the other greatest movies like ‘Anger Management’ and ‘Hope Springs’ in the year 2003, ‘Blessed’ in the year 2004, ‘Mary’ and ‘Cake’ in the year 2005, ‘The Oh in Ohio’, ‘Bobby’, ‘Gray Matters’ and ‘Broken’ in the year 2006, ‘Adrift in Manhattan’ and ‘Have Dreams, Will Travel’ in the year 2007, ’Alien Love Triangle’, ‘Miss Conception’ and ‘Baby on Board’ in the year 2008, ‘ExTerminators’ and ‘The Hangover’ in the year 2009 and ‘Father of Invention’ in the year 2010.
Moreover, in between the years 2011 and 2019, Heather Graham has appeared in movies like ‘Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer’, ‘At Any Price’, ‘The Hangover Part 3’, ‘Goodbye to All That’, ‘Norm of the North’, ‘Last Rampage’, ‘Half Magic’ and ‘The Rest of Us’. Her most recent roles include the role of Angel de la Paz in the 2020 American comedy movie, ‘Desperados’, the role of Tamara Taylor in the 2020 American romantic comedy movie, ’Love, Guaranteed’ and the role of Shelly Luscomb in the 2020 American thriller movie, ‘Wander’.
Books And Author
Heather is an active writer as well and published many books to date such as the Krewe of Hunter series which includes the 35 books of the collection there. Flynn Brothers having 3 books of series, Bone Island Trilogy, Cafferty and Quinn, New York Confidential collection consisting of 5 books, Viking consisting of 3 books are some of the other collection of the author. To date, she has published 90 novels in a row and the other books too, which has given her the title of a good author and a novelist.
Achievements
Heather Graham was awarded the Florida Film Critics Circle award for the Best Ensemble Cast and the MTV Movie and TV Award for the Best Breakthrough Performance award for her work in ‘Boogie Nights’ in the year 1998. Moreover, she was also awarded the ShoWest Convention Award for the Female Star of Tomorrow in the year 1999.
In the year 2000, she won the Blockbuster Entertainment award for the Favorite Actress for her work in ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ and in the year 2006, she won the Hollywood Film Festival award for the Ensemble of the Year award for her work in ‘Bobby’. Furthermore, in the year 2017, she won the San Diego International Film Festival award’s Virtuoso award in the year 2017.
Net Worth
As of the year 2020, Heather Graham has an approximate net worth of $25 million.
