Heather Graham Biography

Heather Graham (Heather Joan Graham) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Brandi, a young porn star, in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Boogie Nights (1997).

Heather Graham Age

She was born on 29 January 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. She is 53 years old as of 2023.

Heather Graham Height

Graham stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

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 Relationship

Graham is currently in a relationship with John de Neufville. Heather has never been married before and she says that she is content with how her life is, “I feel I have a happy good life, so someone would have to make my life better. We’re not dependent economically on men, we’re free. You can choose to be with someone or to be on your own, and this is great,” she said.

Heather Graham Net Worth

Graham has an esimated net worth of about $20 million.

Heather Graham Salary

She earns an estimated salary ofa bout $50000 to $100000 annually.

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 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). She gained critical praise in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997) as porn starlet Brandy, aka Rollergirl.

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 Boogie Nights | Heather Graham Roller Girl

In 1997, Graham appeared as Brandi, a young porn star, nicknamed Rollergirl, in Paul Thomas Anderson’s critically acclaimed, award-winning Boogie Nights. The cast received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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.

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