
Katherine Heigl (full name Katherine Marie Heigl) was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a famous actress who was nominated at the Golden Globe.
Biography and Career :
She grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut and attended New Canaan High School. She graduated in 1996. At the age of nine, she signed a contract with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency and started her modeling career. She also worked for the Elite Modeling Agency.
In 1992 she received a role in "That Night", which was her first role in a movie.
Since then she has appeared in films like "My Father the Hero", "Wish Upon A Star", "Roswell", "Grey's Anatomy", "Side Effects" and many others.
One of her ex-boyfriends is Jason Behr and from June 2006 she has been engaged to Josh K
elley, who is a singer.
Trivia :
- Height: 175 cm
- She had three brothers and one sister: Holt, John, Meg and Jason, the last one had died in a car accident.
- She has German and Irish origins.
- While being in high school she used to play the cello.
- She occupied the 72nd position in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" in 2002.
- In 2005 she was ranked on the 55th place in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement and in 2006 on the 19th place.
- In June 2006 she got engaged to Josh Kelley.
Quotes :
- "There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!"
- "I'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or think I'm sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size."
- "I love changing my look. I would love, love, love to cut all my hair off into a really short, punky haircut."
Filmography :
- Grey's Anatomy (51 episodes, 2005-2007)
- Knocked Up (2006)
- Caffeine (2006/I)
- Zyzzyx Rd. (2006)
- The Ringer (2005)
- Side Effects (2005/I)
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) (TV)
- Love's Enduring Promise (2004) (TV)
- Wuthering Heights (2003) (TV)
- Critical Assembly (2003) (TV)
- Descendant (2003)
- Evil Never Dies (2003) (TV)
- Love Comes Softly (2003) (TV)
- Vegas Dick (2003) (TV)
- The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 2002)
- Roswell (61 episodes, 1999-2002)
- Valentine (2001)
- 100 Girls (2000)
- The Tempest (1998) (TV)
- Bride of Chucky (1998)
- Law & Order (1 episode, 1998)
- Bug Buster (1998)
- Stand-ins (1997)
- Prince Valiant (1997)
- Wish Upon a Star (1996)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- My Father the Hero (1994)
- King of the Hill (1993)
- That Night (1992).
Self Filmography :
- Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007)
- Entertainment Tonight (1 episode, 2007)
- The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (1 episode, 2006)
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2 episodes, 2006)
- The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) (TV)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (1 episode, 2006)
- 2005 American Music Awards (2005) (TV)
- The Tony Danza Show (1 episode, 2005)
- The View (1 episode, 2005)
- Last Call with Carson Daly (1 episode, 2005)
- Total Request Live (1 episode, 2005)
- E! True Hollywood Story (1 episode, 2004)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 episode, 2003)
- Crossing Over with John Edward (1 episode, 2002)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode, 1995)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 episode, 1995).
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