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.