1. Heather Graham then played supporting roles on the television series Twin Peaks, and in films such as Six Degrees of Separation and Swingers.
49 Facts About Heather Graham
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Heather Graham gained critical praise for her role as "Rollergirl" in the film Boogie Nights.
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Heather Graham has had roles on television series such as Scrubs and Californication.
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In 2018, Heather Graham made her directorial debut with the comedy Half Magic.
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Heather Graham is a public advocate for Children International and supported the climate change campaign Global Cool in 2007.
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The elder of two children, her younger sister Aimee Heather Graham is an actress and writer.
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Heather Graham's mother Joan is a teacher and author of children's books, and her father James Graham is a retired FBI agent.
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Heather Graham's family relocated repeatedly before moving to Agoura Hills, California when she was nine.
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Heather Graham was introduced to acting during a school production of The Wizard of Oz.
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Against her parents' wishes, Heather Graham withdrew from UCLA to pursue acting full time.
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Heather Graham's first film appearance was an uncredited cameo in Mrs Soffel.
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Heather Graham's first credited film appearance was in the television film Student Exchange.
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Heather Graham's efforts won her a Young Artist Award nomination in the Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy category.
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In 1989, Heather Graham was featured in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy as Nadine, a young, drug-addicted accomplice of the two main characters.
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Heather Graham's performance gave her career an initial boost and earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Heather Graham rejected a steady role in a soap opera and a three-picture deal with a major studio because she thought it would be too restrictive.
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Heather Graham featured in Diggstown, alongside James Woods; the well-received Six Degrees of Separation, alongside Will Smith; and The Ballad of Little Jo, alongside Ian McKellen before reteaming with Gus Van Sant for the critically panned film adaptation of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, alongside Uma Thurman.
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Heather Graham had a small but important role in Swingers, where she played Lorraine, Jon Favreau's love interest.
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Heather Graham played a small role as Maggie Bowen in Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story.
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Heather Graham was cast in Two Girls and a Guy, a film mainly based upon dialogue between the characters, shot in 11 days, which co-starred Robert Downey Jr.
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Heather Graham starred as Felicity Shagwell in the sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, which was a box-office hit.
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Heather Graham's turn as Shagwell earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actress.
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Heather Graham appeared in the music video for Lenny Kravitz's cover of "American Woman".
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Also in 1999, Heather Graham co-starred as Daisy in the movie Bowfinger, opposite Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.
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Heather Graham played Joline, a devoted-beyond-reason young wife looking for the husband who left her.
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From 2004 to 2008, Heather Graham starred in several independent films Gray Matters, Broken, Adrift in Manhattan, and Miss Conception, most of which received generally negative reviews and went largely unnoticed at the box office.
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Heather Graham stated she would be interested in directing in the future if it is "something that, its burning in my mind that I need to do".
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Heather Graham was given special guest-star status on nine episodes of Scrubs during its fourth season, and appeared as George Michael Bluth's ethics teacher in an episode of Arrested Development in 2004.
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Heather Graham played Emily Sanders in Emily's Reasons Why Not, but the sitcom was cancelled after airing only one episode.
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In 2009, Heather Graham played the stripper with a heart of gold, Jade, in The Hangover, which was released to critical and box-office success.
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Heather Graham won the role after Lindsay Lohan turned it down.
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Heather Graham was credited for archive footage of her from Scream 2 re-used in Scream 4.
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Heather Graham voiced the character of Antonia Bayle in the online role-playing video game EverQuest 2.
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Heather Graham played Meredith Crown in At Any Price, which stars Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron, and was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and later screened as an official selection at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals.
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Heather Graham wrote a comedy screenplay called Half Magic, which in 2013 she stated she wanted to direct.
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Heather Graham played the character of Corrine Dollanganger, an evil mother who locks her four children in an attic to receive an inheritance from her dying father.
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Heather Graham appeared in the final season of Californication as the mother of David Duchovny's long-lost son.
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In 2023, Heather Graham starred as Charlotte Sanders in the Netflix Christmas-themed film Best.
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Heather Graham wrote, directed, and starred in Chosen Family, which was set for release in 2024.
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Besides her acting work, Heather Graham is an activist who serves as a public advocate for the nongovernmental organization Children International.
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Also in 2003, Heather Graham appeared on the cover of Time for an article titled "The Science of Meditation".
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In 2005, Heather Graham became the spokeswoman for the Garnier brand of hair care products.
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In 2017, Heather Graham recounted a time in the early 2000s when Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein indirectly implied that he would give her a role of her choice if she slept with him.
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Later, Heather Graham indicated she canceled a planned meeting with Weinstein at a hotel when a friend was unable to accompany her.
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Heather Graham did not have further contact with Weinstein and she was never cast in any films he produced.
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Heather Graham has been estranged from her parents in the past.
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Heather Graham has been practicing transcendental meditation since 1991 after being introduced to it by David Lynch.
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In 1992, Heather Graham dated James Woods, her co-star in the film Diggstown.
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Heather Graham has been dating John de Neufville since 2022.