Anne Celeste Heche is an American actress, director and screenwriter.
Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio, the daughter of Nancy and Donald Heche. Her father was an organist, church founder, Baptist minister, and choir director.
Immediately after her high school graduation, she accepted another soap offer and left for New York City. Heche first became famous by playing the dual roles of "Vicky Hudson" and "Marley Love Hudson" on the American soap opera Another World from 1987 to 1991, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. Heche has starred in a number of high-profile films, including Donnie Brasco, Volcano, Wag the Dog, Six Days Seven Nights, and Psycho. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2004 Broadway revival of Twentieth Century, and also appeared in the play Proof.
Heche's relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest. The couple started dating in 1997 shortly after the famous "Puppy Episode" of DeGeneres' eponymous sitcom. The couple split up in August 2000 and Heche began dating cameraman Coleman Laffoon. They were married in September 2001 and have a son, Homer Heche Laffoon, born March 2, 2002. Heche split from Laffon after fuve years of marriage.
A year after her split with DeGeneres, Heche made claims in television interviews and in her autobiography, Call Me Crazy, that she was mentally ill for the first 31 years of her life after being sexually abused by her father.
Filmography Anne Heche
Opening Night
Comedy, Musical Directed by: Isaac RentzWith: Topher Grace, Lauren Lapkus, Anne HecheA failed Broadway singer who now works as a production manager must save opening night on his new production by wrangling his eccentric cast and crew.
Arthur Newman
Comedy, Drama Directed by: Dante AriolaWith: Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne HecheA story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.
Wag the Dog
Comedy, Drama Directed by: Barry LevinsonWith: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne HecheAfter being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass... Read more...
