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Anne Heche
Heche in June 2007
Born
Anne Celeste Heche

(1969-05-25) May 25, 1969 (age 55)
Aurora, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, director, screenwriter
Years active1987–present
SpouseColeman Laffoon (2001–2009)
Partner(s)Ellen DeGeneres (1997–2000)
James Tupper (2007–present)
Children2

Anne Celeste Heche (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈheɪʃ/ HAYSH; born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She started her career at age 18 on the daytime soap opera Another World, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991. Heche gradually obtained supporting roles in feature films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer and Volcano (both 1997). Her first leading role was in Six Days Seven Nights (1998)—which has remained her most high-profile film role to date. That same year, she starred in the critically acclaimed film Return to Paradise, which was her second (and last) leading role in a theatrical film to date. Following a supporting role in John Q. (2002), she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the TV movie Gracie's Choice (2004). From 2006 to 2008, she starred in her own TV series, Men in Trees. Her most recent film credits include Spread (2009), The Other Guys (2010), and Cedar Rapids (2011). She had a supporting role in the 2009-2011 HBO cable TV series Hung.

As Heche was beginning to establish herself in films during the late 1990s, her career was negatively affected[1] by her highly publicized same-sex relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, and resulted in Heche losing film offers.[2] In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she had a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son.

Early life

Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio, the daughter of Nancy (née Prickett) and Donald Joe Heche.[3][4] Heche is the youngest of five children, although three of her four siblings are now deceased.[5][6]

Heche's family moved eleven times before settling in Ocean City, New Jersey when she was 12. When asked in an interview what her father's source of income was, Heche replied "Well, he was a choir director. But I don't think me made much on that a week. He said that he was involved in a business of gas and oil. And he said that until the day he died. But he never was involved in the business of gas and oil ever."[7] In March 1983, when Heche was 13, her father died of AIDS, although he never came out as a homosexual. "He was in complete denial until the day he died. We knew he got it from his gay relationships. Absolutely. I don't think it was just one. He was a very promiscuous man, and we knew his lifestyle then," Heche said on Larry King Live.[7] Despite her father's homosexuality, Heche has stated that he raped her from the time she was an infant until she was 12, and gave her genital herpes when she was eight.[8] When asked "But why would a gay man rape a girl?" during a 2001 interview with The Advocate, Heche replied "I don't think he was just a gay man. I think he was sexually deviant. My belief was that my father was gay and he had to cover that up. I think he was sexually abusive. The more he couldn't be who he was, the more that came out of him in ways that it did."[8]

Weeks after her father's death, Heche's brother Nathan committed suicide.[6] The remainder of Heche's family subsequently moved to Chicago, Illinois. Heche was a noted actress at the progressive Francis W. Parker School and the Bunche Park soap opera. In 1985, when Heche was 16, she was discovered by a talent agent who secured her an audition for the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Heche flew to New York City, auditioned, and was offered a job. However, both she and her mother felt it best that she finish high school first.[9]

Career

Immediately after her high school graduation, Heche landed the dual role of good and evil twins Vicky and Marley on the daytime soap opera Another World. For that work, Heche received a Daytime Emmy award for "Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series." Heche taped her final episode of Another World in 1991 and the following year made her primetime television debut with a small part in the made-for-TV movie O Pioneers! (1992). She made her feature film debut in The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993).

Heche's first substantial role was in a segment of the 1996 made-for-cable anthology film If These Walls Could Talk, in which she played a college student contemplating an abortion. That same year she appeared in the independent film Walking and Talking. She was praised for her performance by critic Alison Macor of Austin Chronicle who said in her review that "[Heche's] acting suggests that she is destined for larger film roles".[10] For her performance as Johnny Depp's wife in the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, critics such as Janet Maslin of New York Times wrote that Heche "does well with what could have been the thankless role".[11] Heche had supporting roles in three other films released that year, playing a seismologist in Volcano, a presidential advisor in Wag the Dog, and an intriguing backwoods woman in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

In 1998, Heche got her first leading role in the big-budget romantic adventure Six Days Seven Nights, where she starred opposite Harrison Ford. She then co-starred with Vince Vaughn in the critically acclaimed drama Return to Paradise.[12] However, Heche was unable to get another leading role in a major film afterwards. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Heche stated that her agents told her she lost opportunities due to her same-sex relationship with Ellen DeGeneres.[13] Just as she had begun to establish herself in films, Heche's career took a significant downturn. Her next screen appearances were supporting roles in little-exposed independent films and television guest spots.

In 2001, Heche appeared in 7 episodes of Ally McBeal, and starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Proof on Broadway. In 2004, Heche received an Emmy nomination for her performance in the Lifetime movie Gracie's Choice (2004). She appeared in the well-received independent film Birth, which starred Nicole Kidman, and had a recurring role on the WB drama Everwood during its 2004-2005 season. Heche nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway stage production Twentieth Century. She then took on a recurring role on Nip/Tuck in 2005 as an ex-mob wife and Witness Protection Program subject who requires plastic surgery.

In 2006, Heche began work on her own primetime show, ABC’s dramedy Men in Trees. In the show, Heche starred as a New York author who, after finding out her fiancé is cheating on her, moves to a small town in Alaska, which happens to be abundant with single men and few women. Men in Trees was canceled in May 2008, after a season shortened by the writer’s strike. She then appeared in Spread, a sex comedy co-starring Ashton Kutcher released in 2009, which came out in a limited release and with negative reviews, however, Matthew Turney of View London wrote "There's also terrific support" from Heche.[14]

In 2009, Heche was cast in the HBO series Hung, a dark comedy that centers on a well-endowed but struggling high school basketball/baseball coach. Thomas Jane plays the lead character, Ray. Heche plays Ray's ex-wife, who is remarried. The actress replaces Kristin Bauer, who played the role in the pilot. The series was canceled in 2011.

In 2011, Heche appeared in the independent romantic comedy film Cedar Rapids, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is about a naive middle-aged man (played by The Hangover actor Ed Helms) who ventures out of his sheltered existence for the first time when he’s forced to attend an insurance conference. Since its release Cedar Rapids has received many good reviews in which Heche's performance was well received; David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "while Heche shines brightest in more brittle mode, as in HBO's Hung, she strikes a sweet balance between Joan's mischievous and maternal sides".[15]

Media

Throughout her career, she has appeared in several magazine covers including Entertainment Weekly, Mirabella and Observer Magazine. Heche was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1998. She became a significant subject of widespread media interest while dating comedian Ellen DeGeneres. With her look in films like Six Days Seven Nights, she has exuded a certain sex appeal.[16]

Personal life

Relationships

Heche at the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards

Anne Heche's same-sex relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest.[17][18] The couple started dating in 1997, and at one point, said they would get a civil union if such became legal in Vermont. They broke up in August 2000.[19] Heche has stated that all of her other relationships have been with men.[6]

Following the split, Heche began dating cameraman Coleman 'Coley' Laffoon. They married on September 1, 2001. Their son, Homer, was born on March 2, 2002. Laffoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007,[20] one week after it was announced that he and Heche had separated.[21] Heche lost custody of their son in June 2007.[22] In May 2008, following the cancellation of her TV series Men in Trees, Heche said she could no longer afford to pay spousal and child support.[23][24] Heche and Laffoon finally reached a divorce settlement on March 9, 2009.[25][26] A court order was issued requiring Heche and Laffoon to hire a “parenting coordinator” to manage their relationships with son Homer. This arrangement remained in effect until May 1, 2011.[27][28]

Sources say Heche left her husband for Men in Trees co-star James Tupper.[29] The couple reportedly moved in together in August 2007.[30] On December 5, 2008, it was confirmed by Heche's representative that the actress was pregnant with Tupper's child.[31] Their son, Atlas Heche Tupper, was born over the weekend of March 7–8, 2009.[32]

Family

Heche's sister, Susan Bergman, died in January 2006.[33] Heche and her mother, Nancy, have been estranged ever since Heche confronted her about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.[7] Since her husband's death from AIDS, Nancy Heche has been a Christian therapist and motivational speaker who lectures on behalf of James Dobson's Focus on the Family about "overcoming" homosexuality.[5] In 2009, Heche told the New York Times: "My mother’s had a very tragic life. Three of her five children are dead, and her husband is dead. That she is attempting to change gay people into straight people is, in my opinion, a way to keep the pain of the truth out. People wonder why I am so forthcoming with the truths that have happened in my life, and it’s because the lies that I have been surrounded with and the denial that I was raised in, for better or worse, bore a child of truth and love. My mother preaches to this day the opposite of that core of my life. It is no mistake that she still stands up against love. And one wonders why I’m not rushing to have her meet my children.”[5]

Psychological problems

On August 19, 2000, Heche drove from Los Angeles to Cantua Creek near Fresno, CA, and parked her Toyota SUV near a dusty roadside. Wearing only a bra and shorts, Heche walked 1½ miles through the desert before knocking on the door of a stranger's ranch house. When the home's resident, Araceli Campiz, opened the door, she immediately recognized Heche from the film Six Days Seven Nights. "I was thinking, 'Oh my God, we're in the middle of nowhere,' " recalled Campiz, "and she walks in." Heche gulped down glass upon glass of water, "took off her Nikes and said she needed to take a shower," said Campiz, who obliged, offering her a towel. Refreshed, Heche, who, as far as Campiz could tell was neither drunk, drugged nor ill (although Heche later admitted she had taken ecstasy[7]), plunked down in the living room, requested a pair of slippers (and suggested Campiz don the same) and settled in. "She wanted to watch a movie," said Campiz, "but the VCR was broken." Bemused at first, Campiz grew uneasy when Heche showed no sign of leaving—calling neither friends nor a garage—after half an hour had passed. "I didn't know what to do," Campiz said. "So I called the [Fresno County] sheriff's department." "When deputies arrived, Heche told them that she was "God, and was going to take everyone back to heaven...in a spaceship," according to a police report that was aired on NBC. The deputies summoned an ambulance, which ferried Heche the 50 miles to Fresno's University Medical Center, from which she was released after a few hours.[34]

Heche claims that the sexual abuse she suffered by her father during her infancy and childhood drove her insane and led her to create an alter ego named "Celestia," an alien from another planet who could speak to God and was the half-sister of Jesus Christ.[35] Heche said that the incident in Cantua Creek snapped her out of her insanity and put her alter ego behind her.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 An Ambush of Ghosts Denise Unreleased
The Adventures of Huck Finn Mary Jane Wilks
1994 I'll Do Anything Claire
Milk Money Betty
A Simple Twist of Fate Tanny's Playmate Uncredited extra
1995 Wild Side Alex Lee/Johanna Straight to video
1996 The Juror Juliet
Pie in the Sky Amy Limited release
Walking and Talking Laura Limited release
1997 Donnie Brasco Maggie Pistone National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
Volcano Dr. Amy Barnes
I Know What You Did Last Summer Missy Egan
Wag the Dog Winifred Ames National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
1998 Six Days Seven Nights Robin Monroe Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy or Romance
Return to Paradise Beth McBride Csapnivalo Awards – Golden Slate for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Psycho Marion Crane
1999 The Third Miracle Roxane Limited release
2000 Auggie Rose Lucy Also known as Beyond Suspicion
Straight to video
2001 Prozac Nation Dr. Sterling Straight to video
2002 John Q. Rebecca Payne
2004 Birth Clara Limited release
2005 Sexual Life Gwen Straight to video
2007 Suffering Man's Charity Helen Straight to video
What Love Is Laura Limited release
Superman: Doomsday Lois Lane Voice only
Straight to video
2008 Toxic Skies Dr. Tess Martin Straight to video
2009 Spread Samantha Limited release
2010 The Other Guys Pamela Boardman Uncredited[36]
2011 Cedar Rapids Joan Ostrowski-Fox Limited release
Rampart Catherine Limited release
2012 That's What She Said Dee Dee Premiered at 2012 Sundance Film Festival
Arthur Newman, Golf Pro N/A post-production
Black November Barbra post-production
Life at These Speeds Coach Rowan in production
2013 Nothing to Fear N/A pre-production
2013 Wheeler N/A Filming begins in June 2012[37]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987–1991 Another World Victoria 'Vicky' Hudson
Marley Love Hudson 		Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer – Daytime
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Daytime
Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
1992 O Pioneers! Marie TV movie
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Kate 1 episode
1994 Against the Wall Sharon Made-for-cable film
1994 Girls in Prison Jennifer Made-for-cable film
1994 The Investigator Lucinda Short
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Aileen Dumont TV movie
1996 If These Walls Could Talk Christine Cullen Made-for-cable film
Segment: "1996"
1997 Subway Stories Pregnant Girl Made-for-cable film
Segment: "Manhattan Miracle"
1998 Ellen Karen 1 episode
2000 One Kill Captain Mary Jane O'Malley TV movie
2001 Ally McBeal Melanie West 7 episodes
2004 Gracie's Choice Rowena Lawson TV movie
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2004 The Dead Will Tell Emily Parker TV movie
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
2004–2005 Everwood Amanda Hayes 10 episodes
2005 True Rosie True Unaired pilot
2005 Nip/Tuck Nicole Morretti 3 episodes
2005 Silver Bells Catherine O'Mara TV movie
2005–2006 Higglytown Heroes Gloria the Waitress Voice only
3 episodes
2006 Fatal Desire Tanya Sullivan TV movie
2007 Masters of Science Fiction Martha Van Vogel 1 episode
2006–2008 Men in Trees Marin Frist 36 episodes
2009–2011 Hung Jessica Haxon 30 episodes
2011 Girl Fight Melissa TV movie
2011 Silent Witness Kate Robb TV movie
2012 Blackout Dr. Debra Westen Miniseries
2012 Save Me Beth Harper Upcoming NBC pilot
Director
Year Title Notes
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Segment "2000"
2001 Ellen De Generes: American Summer Documentary
2001 On the Edge Segment Reaching Normal

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • Heche, Anne. Call Me Crazy: A Memoir. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-2913-4.
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