Heather Graham

Heather Graham is an unmatched beauty in the Hollywood industry with dubious honor of being shagadelic after performing in “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” This was the film which earned her the stardom she always wanted and deserved for years of steady work.

Childhood

The vivacious and talented Heather Graham took birth in Milwaukee. Her parents were working. being a employee of FBI her father was very strict, and mother used to be an author as well as a teacher. She had the passion for acting in her childhood which inspired her to play roles in school theatre. Although she was given the adjective “Theatre geek” by her friends she never lost her conviction and was not discouraged at all. Her performance was recognized when she was awarded with the “Most Talented award” by the senior class while studying in high school.

Career and Achievements

After finishing high school, she immediately moved to Hollywood with her aspiration of being a name in the industry. With the support of her mother she could manage to enter the Hollywood despite the severe objections raised by other member in her family. She started with playing in TV serial Student Exchange (1987) and several different roles in films of varying quality like “Twins and License to Drive (1988)” for which she was the award of Young artist at the age of 18. Her accla8imed film “The Drugstore Cowboy (1989)” won her the spirit award. She continued working in TV in the serials “Twin peaks (1990).

After failing in raising her career graph as she speculated Heather got admitted into UCLA for stdying drama and theatres.It was at the University of California at Los Angeles where she caught the eyes of James Woods, an actor after which she got a significant role in a film Woods was starring. That film was Diggstown which was released in 1992.

Some other acclaimed films that followed were I Love You To Death (1990), Shout (1991 - which garnered another Young Artist Award for the now 21 year old actor), Guilty As Charged (1992), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), Diggstown (1992), O Pioneers (TV - 1992), Six Degrees Of Separation (1993), The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1994), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Don’t Do It (1994), Toughguy (1995), Desert Wind (1995), Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996), and Terrified (1996).

The actual era of heather’s stardom began with her notable performance in “Swingers (1996)”. Thereafter she was cast in “Boogie Nights (1997)” and she received MTV Best Breakthrough Performance award for her work. She played remarkable roles in Scream 2 (1997), Nowhere (1997), Two Girls and a Guy (1998), and the big-budget summer sci-fi film Lost In Space (1998).

In 1999, the two greatest comedy films added the glory to the name of Heather Graham and awards also. Austin Powers: The spy who shagged me and Bowfinger yielded more recognition and awards—the ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow citation and the VHI-Vogue Best Female Celebrity Style nod.

Heather Graham’s character in “Austin powers: The Spy who shagged me” has been cast as a plastic action figure.