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Anne Celeste Heche (IPA: [heɪʃ]) (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director and screenwriter.
Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio to Donald Heche, a Baptist minister and choir director, and Nancy. In her book, Call Me Crazy, Anne claimed that her father molested her during her childhood, giving her herpes. Her father later disclosed his homosexuality to his family, before dying of AIDS in 1983. In that same year, Anne's older brother Nate, who was also an actor, was killed in a car accident just a few months before his graduation from high school. Heche was a noted actress even at Francis W. Parker School, and the soap opera As the World Turns offered her a contract in 1985, when she was 16. However, both she and her mother felt it best that she finish high school first.
Career
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; her acclaimed work as Vicky and Marley can currently be seen on Soapnet. 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. She presently is starring in the ABC television drama Men in Trees as a New York City author and relationships expert who relocates to Elmo, Alaska when she discovers her fiance is having an affair. Before coming out as lesbian, she starred in Wild Side with Joan Chen as her lesbian lover.
Personal life
Heche is also known because of her relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup. The couple started dating in 1997 shortly after the famous "Puppy Episode" of DeGeneres' eponymous sitcom. At one point, the two said they would get a civil union if they became legal in Vermont. They also worked on film and TV projects together. However, the couple split up in August 2000 and Heche soon began dating cameraman Coley Laffoon, whom she met while he was filming a comedy special for DeGeneres. They married in September 2001 and have a son, Homer Heche Laffoon, born March 2, 2002. On January 24, 2007, it was confirmed that Heche has split from her husband of five years. Lafoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007.
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 (who died of AIDS in 1983). She also claimed to have an alter ego that was the daughter of God and half-sibling of Jesus named "Celestia," who had contacts with extraterrestrial life forms. In her book, she explained that before her split with DeGeneres, she was contacted by "God" and told he would walk with her for seven days.
Her mother, Nancy, is a Christian and psychotherapist, who says that she does not believe her late husband sexually abused Anne. Nancy tours the nation speaking with ex-gay groups claiming her prayers cured Anne of her homosexuality. Anne has denounced her mother for speaking at these events and said her split with DeGeneres was not because of a change in her own sexual orientation. In an interview with The Advocate following the split, Anne said she does not give a label to her own sexual orientation and said "I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight."
Before dating DeGeneres, Heche dated comedian Steve Martin for two years (she is rumored to be the basis for the Heather Graham character in Bowfinger, although Martin denies it). She also dated musician Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac for a year in the early 1990s.
She is the subject of Buckingham's barbed song "Come", where he took a number of shots at her lesbianism and delusions, and he wrote the unreleased "Down on Rodeo" with a much softer reflection on the relationship where he can be heard saying "Do you hear me, Annie?" at the end.
In 1998, Heche's sister, Susan Bergman, wrote a book about the family and their relationship with their father. Susan, like Anne, was estranged from her mother. Heche and Bergman were reportedly estranged after the release of Bergman's book; Bergman died in January 2006 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.
In 2007,Anne Heche and her husband Coleman Laffoon got divorced after five years of marriage. Sources say she left her husband for her Men in Trees co-star James Tupper.
Selected acting filmography
* O Pioneers! (1992)
* If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
* The Juror (1996)
* Wild Side (1996)
* Walking and Talking (1996)
* Donnie Brasco (1997)
* Volcano (1997)
* I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
* Wag the Dog (1997)
* Psycho (a 1998 remake of the 1960 Hitchcock classic)
* Return to Paradise (1998)
* Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
* Prozac Nation (2001)
* John Q. (2002)
* Birth (2004)
* Everwood (2004/2005) (television series)
* Nip/Tuck (2005) (television series)
* Fatal Desire (2006) (TV movie)
* Suffering Man's Charity (2006)
* Men In Trees (television series)
Directing filmography
* Reaching Normal (2001) (TV)
* On the Edge (2001) (TV)
* Ellen De Generes: American Summer Documentary (2001) (TV)
* If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV)
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Anne Heche Joins Comedies16 Oct 2009: Anne Heche, whose career over the last few years has been largely TV-based, is heading back onto the big screen with roles in two big upcoming comedie. Continue reading
Anne Heche and Homer Pose at Premiere – Celebrity Baby Blog ...Staring down the camera on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles were Anne Heche and 7 ½-year-old son Homer! The pair were at the premiere of Michael Jackson's This Is It, held at the Nokia Theatre. Homer is the Hung star's child with ... Continue reading
Casting Tidbits: Jessica Biel, James Caan, Anne Heche & More ...Casting Tidbits ahoy! First up, Variety reports that Anne Heche has tacked on two promising comedies to her upcoming roster. Heche has nabbed the female lead opposite Ed Helms in the Fox Searchlight comedy Cedar Rapids about a sad-sack ... Continue reading
Anne Heche Will Be In Every Movie You Want To See, EverAnne Heche Will Be In Every Movie You Want To See, Ever Anne Heche, god bless her, has kept a career going through stunt lesbian relationships, multiple marriages and failed TV shows, and remember that whole abducted by aliens phase? ... Continue reading
Jessica Biel is 'F***ing Engaged,' Anne Heche joins 'Cedar Rapids ...Actresses Biel and Heche are signing on for a string of comedies. Continue reading
Anne Heche Rides Cedar Rapids - CanMagAnne Heche has been cast for Cedar Rapids. Continue reading
Anne Heche Set for Cedar Rapids and Other Guys Films: Theater News ...Theater News: Anne Heche Set for Cedar Rapids and Other Guys Films: by Andy Propst on TheaterMania.com. Continue reading
Anne Heche joins 'Cedar Rapids,' 'The Other Guys' | EW.comAnne Heche will take the female lead in Miguel Arteta's Cedar Rapids, opposite Ed Helms, Variety reports. He plays an insurance agent who goes to a convention to try to save his colleagues' jobs. Her character befriends him. ... Continue reading
Anne Heche: My son Homer and boyfriend James Tupper asked me to ...Actress Anne Heche is subject of an unusual proposal. Continue reading
Anne Heche & Homer Attend "This Is It" | Celebrity Baby ScoopAnne Heche and her 7 ½-year-old son Homer were photographed at Michael Jackson's This Is It premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday (October 27). Anne's lookalike son gave the paps quite a look as he posed with his mama at the Nokia Theatre. ... Continue reading
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