| Intro | American actress | ||||||||
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Actor Lawyer |
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| From | United States of America | ||||||||
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Law |
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| Gender | female | ||||||||
| Birth | 7 December 1973, Japan, Japan | ||||||||
| Age: | 46 years | ||||||||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||||||||
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Carrie Kei Heim (born December 7, 1973) is an American lawyer, writer, and former actress. She is best known for her roles as Cornelia in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and Nikki Ferris in The Parent Trap II (1986). After completing The Parent Trap ll, Carrie retired from acting.
Personal life
Education
Heim is a 1991 graduate of Hunter College High School, a 1994 graduate of Vassar College with a B.A. in French, and a 1996 graduate of Hunter College with an additional B.A. in English and Theater. In 2001, Heim received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania law school and was a lawyer until 2008 when she lost her job. Carrie then went on to pursue a career in writing.
Heim has worked as a clerk for Jeffrey R. Howard of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and as a litigation associate for the law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Mintz Levin.
Heim is now a novelist, and is currently represented by Jessica Faust at BookEnds Literary Agency.
Family
On May 21, 2005, Heim married Peter K. Binas and currently has one child, a daughter born April 12, 2007.