Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. She has appeared in such films as Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Lost in Space, Bowfinger, From Hell, Anger Management, and The Hangover. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy and for her role as Rollergirl in 1997′s Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Heather Graham - in bikini on a beach in Ischia, Italy
Was voted “Most Talented” by her Agoura High School class.
Modeling contract with Emanuel Ungaro Liberte
Had to turn down the female lead in the film Rounders (1998) because of scheduling conflicts.
Older sister of actress Aimee Graham.
Was fired from Scorchers (1991).
Graduated 1988 Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, California. Dropped out of UCLA her freshman year to pursue acting
Worked at Toys R’Us when she was a teenager
Was forced to turn down the lead role in Heathers (1988), because her parents thought the language was too risque.
Her father is an FBI agent. Her mother is a schoolteacher/author.
She once worked as an usher at The Hollywood Bowl
Enjoys yoga and cooking and playing poker
Has not spoken to her parents in two years because they disapprove of the movies she stars in.
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2001.
She is of Irish Catholic extraction
Was the subject of the power pop song, “Heather Graham”, by the Washington, D.C.-based a-Capella quartet, DaVinci’s Notebook. The song appears on the group’s 2002 CD, “Brontosaurus”.
Ranked #4 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” (2002).
Went to the same high school as Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson of Linkin Park as well as Adrianna Costa.
She attended Agoura High School with sister Aimee Graham, Shane Stanley, Beverly Peele and James Robb and Mike Shinoda.
Played a porn actress twice: in The Guru (2002) and Boogie Nights (1997)
Practises Transcendental Meditation. Appeared meditating on the cover of the August 4, 2003 issue of Time Magazine.
Ranked as #74 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)
Named #98 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006″ supplement. (2006).
Chosen by Femme Fatales magazine as one of the “50 sexiest women on the planet”. [February 2006]
Was a contestant on “Scrabble” (1984) in 1986 for the Teen Tournament.
In 2003, for a photo shoot by photographer Sam Jones, she was levitated several feet in the air by a magician. Later in the same photo shoot, the magician also sawed her in half.
Had her ears pierced in her teens, but has now let them heal up again and can no longer wear pierced earrings.
Has a cat named Mittens.
Originally auditioned to play “Amber Waves” in Boogie Nights (1997) but ultimately ended up playing the Roller Girl.
She is a public advocate for Children International.
She subscribed to BBC America so she could study the accents of the characters in the popular British soap opera “EastEnders” (1985) for her role as “Mary Kelly” in the “Ripper” thriller From Hell (2001) in 2001. She particularly focused on “Kat Slater”‘s cockney “East End” intonation.
