Heather Graham Biography
Heather Graham (Heather Joan Graham) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Brandi.
Heather Graham Actor
After appearing in television commercials, Graham’s first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy License to Drive in 1988, followed by the critically acclaimed film Drugstore Cowboy (1989), which gained her initial industry notice.
Graham then played supporting roles in films such as Shout (1991), Diggstown (1992), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Swingers (1996) and on the television series Twin Peaks (1991) and its prequel film Fire Walk with Me (1992).
In 1999, Graham co-starred in Bowfinger and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. In the 2000s, she starred in films such as Committed (2000), Say It Isn’t So (2001), Mary (2005), Gray Matters (2007), The Hangover (2009) and its sequel, The Hangover Part III (2013).
In 2004, she also had a role on the television series Scrubs, and then played the title character on the short-lived series Emily’s Reasons Why Not in 2006. Graham also had recurring roles on Showtime’s Californication (2014) and Netflix’s Flaked (2016).
Known for portraying characters with sex appeal, Graham often appears in magazine lists of “Most Beautiful” and “Sexiest” women. She is a public advocate for Children International, and supported the climate change campaign Global Cool in 2007.
Heather Graham Education
After high school, Heather Graham enrolled in extension classes at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied English for two years. Despite her parents’ objections, she withdrew from UCLA to pursue acting full-time.
Heather Graham Age
She was born on 29 January 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. She is 48 years old as of 2018.
Heather Graham Family
Graham’s family is of “three-quarters Irish” descent, with her father’s side from County Cork.
She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at St. Michaels Hospital, to Joan (née Bransfield) and James Graham. Her mother, Joan, is a teacher and author of children’s books while her father, James, is a retired FBI agent.
She is the oldest of two children. Her younger sister, Aimee Graham, is also an actress, and writer. Her family relocated repeatedly before moving to Agoura Hills, California, when she was 9. Graham was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz.
Graham was not close to her parents in the past, supposedly due to their strict Irish Catholic beliefs and her rebellion as a teenager. Regarding the media’s perception of her relationship with her parents, she stated: “I don’t really like to talk about my parents. Because I just feel that it gets misinterpreted in the press…”
She has been practicing transcendental meditation since 1991 after being introduced to it by David Lynch.
Heather Graham Twin Peaks
Graham played a role as Annie Blackburn in Twin Peaks, where she appeared in the final six episodes. Following the show’s cancellation, she reprised the role of Blackburn in the 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.