Anne Heche

Name: Anne Heche
Birth Name: Anne Celeste Heche
Height: 5'5"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: May 25, 1969
Birth Place: Aurora, Ohio, USA
Profession: actress
Education: High school Ocean City High School, Ocean City, NJ.
Husband/Wife: Coleman Laffoon (cameraman; engaged in May 2001; married in September 1, 2001)
Relationship: Ellen DeGeneres (actress; began relationship in April 1997; couple announced on October 10, 1999; separated), Steve Martin (actor; 1993-1995), Richard Burgi (actor; involved in late 1980s)
Father: Donald Heche (Baptist minister; died of complications from AIDS in 1983)
Mother: Nancy Heche
Sister: Susan Bergman (author editor), Abagail (Abby) Heche
Brother: Nathaniel Heche (killed while driving his car in the same year that his father died)
Son: Homer Heche Laffoon (born on March 2, 2002)
Claim to fame: as Dr. Amy Barnes in Volcano (1997)
   
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9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, Ca 90212
USA

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ANNE HECHE NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Heche is poised for SEXUAL LIFE, an independent feature to be directed by Ken Kwapis that follows the various intertwined relationships of a group of adults. (July 30, 2003)
  • Heche went to Hudson Avenue Theater in Los Angeles to see a performance of All Us Crazy: The Anne Heche Monologues, a play based on her memoir and stormed out, branding the show sick - Included in the show are monologues based on Heche's breakup with DeGeneres and the time she roamed the California desert on ecstasy, claiming she was from outer space and had to take the drug in order to board her spaceship. (February 21, 2003)
  • Claims she was mentally ill for the first 31 years of her life after being sexually abused by her father.
  • An actress who is known as much -- if not more -- for her offscreen life as for her onscreen performances, Heche had the distinction of being one of Hollywood's most surprising success stories and also one half of its most famous lesbian couple.
  • Signed to join Robert Downey Jr. as a new member of the ALLY McBEAL (1997) cast.
  • Told an auditorium of people she loves former girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres - just weeks after their publicised traumatic split.
  • Formerly one of Hollywood's most famous lesbians during her multi-year affair with Ellen DeGeneres, has announced her wedding plans to boyfriend Coley Laffoon - and plans to stay heterosexual for the rest of her life.
  • Isn't turning her back on homosexuality, just because she's happily married to cameraman Coley Laffoon.
  • Her life changed dramatically when she was 13 and her father died of AIDS, something that revealed his other identity and confounded Heche's entire family.
  • Spoke out about her family's refusal to accept her lesbian relationship with Ellen Degeneres.
  • Managed to weather the ridiculous skepticism voiced by those who doubted a lesbian actress -- one who had made a career thus far out of portraying blatantly heterosexual women -- could convincingly play Ford's love interest.
  • Vince Vaughn is showing signs of concern about the mental stability of his friend Anne Heche.
  • As she approches the car dealership where she exchanges cars in PSYCHO (1998), she passes a bus stop displaying a poster for SIX DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS (1998) in which she stars with Harrison Ford.
  • Was nominated Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for PSYCHO.
  • Nominated for Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series at Daytime Emmy Awards for Another World (1989)
  • Nominated for Outstanding Juvenile Female in a Drama Series at Daytime Emmy Awards for Another World (1989)

Quotes
  • Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.
  • "I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not."
  • I've always kind of gone with my heart.
  • It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.
  • "It's my job, to create a fantasy."
  • "We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person."

Awards
  • Women in Film Lucy Awards: Lucy Award (2000)
  • GLAAD Media Awards: Stephen F. Kolzak Award (2000)
  • National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actress, DONNIE BRASCO (1997)
  • Soap Opera Digest Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress - Daytime, Another World (1992)
  • Daytime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series, Another World (1991)
  • Soap Opera Digest Awards: Outstanding Female Newcomer - Daytime, Another World (1989)
FAN SITES  
  • Anne Heche at Biggeststars.com
    http://www.biggeststars.com/DisplayStar.do?id=841
    Tons of Celeb Pics, Recent News, Biography, Lyrics, Filmography Astrology Profile, Posters, DVD/CD, and much more.
  • A French Anne Heche Fan Site
    http://anneheche.free.fr/
    Includes filmography, biography, books, pictures and more.
  • Anne Heche Online
    http://members.tripod.com/heche_anne/
    Offers biography, filmography, photos and links.
  • An Anne Heche Fan Page
    http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Club/2419/
    Features links, biography, articles, photo gallery, filmography, TV credits and more.
  • Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche Photo Gallery
    http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Bungalow/8912/exe1.htm
    Browse lots of both actress pictures here.