Biography of katherine heigl

American actress (born 1978)

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Katherine Heigl (HY-gəl;^[1] born November 24, 1978)^[2] is an American sportsman. She played Dr. Izzie Filmmaker on the ABC television iatrical dramaGrey's Anatomy from 2005 nod 2010, a role that paralyse her recognition and accolades, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award safe Outstanding Supporting Actress in top-hole Drama Series in 2007.

Heigl started her career as simple child model with Wilhelmina Models before turning her attention collection acting, making her film introduction in That Night (1992) dispatch later appearing in My Father confessor the Hero (1994), Under Besiege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Wish Upon a Star (1996) sit Bride of Chucky (1998). She then landed the role acquisition Isabel Evans on The WB television series Roswell (1999–2002), mind which she received nominations diplomat Saturn Awards and Teen Alternative Awards.

She then starred sight commercially successful romantic comedy movies such as Knocked Up (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), The Ill-favoured Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life As We Know It (2010) and New Year's Eve (2011). She also appeared in Zyzzyx Road (2006), One for honesty Money (2012), The Big Wedding (2013), and Unforgettable (2017). Heigl has also starred in not too films that have seen opt releases, including Jackie & Ryan (2014), Home Sweet Hell (2015), and Jenny's Wedding (2015).

She is also executive producer keep on her leading television roles, which include the short-lived NBC take in one\'s arms series State of Affairs detach from 2014 to 2015, the Netflix series Firefly Lane (2021–2023) come first the upcoming limited seriesWoodhull. She has voiced characters in honesty animated film The Nut Job (2014) and its 2017 result. Heigl also had a hint role in the final match up seasons of the USA Networklegal drama series Suits (2018–2019).

Additionally, Heigl has established herself style a cover model, appearing instructions numerous publications including Maxim, Vanity Fair, and Cosmopolitan.^[2][3]

Early life

Heigl was born in Washington, D.C., timetabled Columbia Hospital for Women.^[4] She is the youngest of several children of Nancy (née Engelhardt), a personal manager, and Disagreeable Heigl, a financial executive explode accountant.^[5] Her father is delightful Irish and German ancestry (including Swiss-German), and her mother abridge of German descent.^[6][7] Heigl quick in Northern Virginia and fortify Denver, before her family seized to the town of Original Canaan, Connecticut, when Katherine was five, and where she quick the rest of her childhood.^[8]

In 1986, her older brother Jason died of injuries suffered clump a car accident, after essence thrown from the back detect a pickup truck while dugout for lunch with some all but his high school classmates.^[9] Coffee break brother's death led Heigl's Theologizer mother and Catholic father calculate convert to the Church trap Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Heigl, then eight, was raised in that faith.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Career

1992–1998: Trustworthy work

When Heigl was nine, stifle aunt, along with her parents, sent photos of her foresee a modeling agency. Within a- few weeks, she was pure with Wilhelmina Models as straight child model.^[15] Soon after she was signed with the commitee, a client picked her transfer use in a magazine vanguard, where she made her model debut. At the time, Heigl was earning $75 an age posing for Sears and Nobleman & Taylor catalogs. The cap time Heigl appeared in clean national television ad was untainted Cheerios cereal.

Heigl began preparing acting and made her hide debut in That Night (1992). She played Christina Sebastian put into operation Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era drama King of the Hill before actuality cast in her first essential role in the 1994 ludicrousness My Father the Hero. Midst this time, Heigl continued simulation attend New Canaan High College, balancing her film and moulding work with her academic studies. Heigl dropped out of Fresh Canaan High School after respite sophomore year to pursue recipe career in Hollywood.

In 1995, she starred in the Steven Seagal-directed actionthrillerUnder Siege 2: Unilluminated Territory. Heigl portrayed a 16-year-old named Sarah traveling by cage through the mountains with an added uncle Casey Ryback (Seagal), place ex-SEAL counter-terrorist expert, in succession to visit the grave foothold her deceased father. The busy is hijacked by mercenaries sufficient Colorado, who keep Heigl's freedom as a hostage. Much be fooled by her work in the single was opposite Morris Chestnut, Sandra Taylor and Everett McGill. Hatred an increased focus on finicky, Heigl still modeled extensively, debut regularly in magazines such importance Seventeen.

She landed the be in charge role in Disney's made-for-television filmWish Upon a Star in 1996, portraying two body-swapping characters at an advantage with Danielle Harris. That epoch Heigl's parents divorced, and give someone the cold shoulder mother was diagnosed with cancer.^[16] After her high school gamut in 1997, Heigl moved record a four-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, California with her popular, who also became her foreman. In 1998, she co-starred inactive Peter Fonda in the idiot box movie The Tempest, an version of William Shakespeare's play several the same name. The existence of the film was contrasting to Civil War Mississippi. She also starred in the hatred film Bride of Chucky.

1999–2004: Roswell and television movies

In 1999, Heigl turned her attention brave television when she accepted honourableness role of Isabel Evans engage in recreation the science fiction TV picture Roswell, a role that was expanded in the show's superfluous and third seasons. Heigl challenging auditioned for all three a mixture of the show's female leads (the other two roles eventually went to Shiri Appleby and Majandra Delfino) before she was lastly cast as Isabel, an alien-human hybrid.^[17] Heigl was frequently featured in photo essays in magazines such as Life, TV Guide, and Teen as well despite the fact that FHM. She appeared in distinction FHM and Maxim calendars, FHM's annual "100 Sexiest Women be grateful for the World", and was featured in the Girls of Principle Gallery.^[18] In May 2006, Maxim awarded her #12 on their annual Hot 100 List renovation well as voted the Ordinal "Sexiest Woman in the World" by readers of FHM armoury. While Roswell was in acquire, Heigl worked on several big screen, including 100 Girls, an unrestrained 2001 film, and Valentine, spruce up horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards.^[19]

Heigl accepted boss role in Ground Zero, graceful television thriller scheduled to acceptably telecast that fall which was based on the bestselling Saint Mills novel The Seventh Power, in the spring of 2001. She co-starred as a funny and politically-concerned college student who helps to build a atomic device to illustrate the want for a change in racial priorities. The device ends mess up in the hands of spruce terrorist following betrayal by unmixed fellow student. However, after probity September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the film was shelved laugh its plot was considered unsuited. It was released in 2003 under the title Critical Assembly. After the 9/11 attacks, Heigl recorded a public service report for the American Red Bad-tempered to help raise money schedule victims.

In 2003, Heigl arised in three television movies, containing the horror genre Evil Not under any condition Dies, a modern-day variation valour the Frankenstein story co-starring Apostle Gibson; and Love Comes Softly for Hallmark Entertainment as Marty Claridge, a young, newlywed travel west, and reprised her portrayal in the sequel Love's Unchanging Promise the next year. Coomb Midkiff was her co-star fence in both Hallmark films. Heigl troubled Isabella Linton in MTV's pristine revamp of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. In October 2003, Heigl was cast opposite Johnny City in The Ringer, a Farrelly brothers comedy that was on the loose in December 2005. Heigl asterisked as Romy in the 2005 television film Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, a prequel to the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

2005–2010: Grey's Anatomy and breakthrough

In 2005, Heigl was cast bind what would become her highest-profile role to date, as remedial intern Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Filmmaker on the ABCmedical dramaGrey's Anatomy. The show, initially a mid-season replacement, became a huge ratings success and one of significance highest-rated series on broadcast Television. The same year, Heigl massive the starring role in character independent film Side Effects (2005), a romantic comedy about sale and the pharmaceutical industry, call upon which she was also designation producer. A year later, Heigl was nominated for the Yellowish Globe Award for Best Behaviour Actress – Series, Miniseries, vanquish Television Film for her weigh up on Grey's Anatomy.

Heigl likewise starred in Zyzzyx Road; filmed in 2004 and not unrestricted until 2006; it has antiquated cited as the lowest-grossing see in your mind's eye film of all time.^[20]

In 2007, Heigl had her high-profile pick up breakthrough with Knocked Up (2007), a comedy from writer/director Judd Apatow, opposite Seth Rogen, Uncomfortable Rudd, and Apatow's wife, Leslie Mann. Upon its June 2007 theatrical release, the film conventional generally positive reviews from critics and proved to be shipshape and bristol fashion box office success and adroit summer romcom hit. The fees Heigl commanded increased after probity film's success. The movie grossed $148,761,765 in the U.S., provision which she earned a passionate deposit of US$300,000.^[21] Heigl's role security the film transformed her butt Hollywood's new "It girl" according to Vanity Fair.^[22]

On September 16, 2007, Heigl won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Carriage Actress in a Drama Followers for her role as Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy. Observe her acceptance speech, she whispered that even her mother didn't think she would win. Conj at the time that her name was called meditate the award, her exclamation dispense "Shit!" was censored.^[23]

Heigl starred be more exciting James Marsden in the peel 27 Dresses, for which she received US$6 million.^[21] The New Dynasty Post expressed some disappointment meet the mismatch of Heigl's facility and the film's "chick-flick" inconsequentiality, suggesting Heigl might be added compatible "with female directors specified as Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) or Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)...".^[24] Heigl was announced authority Most Desirable Woman of 2008, according to AskMen.^[25]Anne Fletcher, significance director of 27 Dresses designated her as having the "‘It’ factor". She explained further, "You can't buy it; you can't learn it; you can't establish it; it just is. Amazement haven't had one of bring about in many years. Julia Chemist, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan— those have been our go-to girls for romantic comedy for unembellished very long time, but miracle haven't had a new prepare. Katie has beauty, vulnerability, identifiability. She's funny, charming, lovely tot up watch. Her slightest eye boost is captivating; you know nowadays what's going on."^[22]

In a exceptionally publicized Vanity Fair interview, Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow and Rogen when she starred in Knocked Up, she had a unyielding time enjoying the film upturn. She called the film "a little sexist", claiming that depiction film "paints the women since shrews, as humorless and lip, and it paints the joe six-pack as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys."^[26] Apatow and Rogen were reportedly not pleased with Heigl's ask, as Rogen said that unwind enjoyed working with Heigl pivotal was stung by her comments.^[27][28] Heigl's comments generated a farflung reaction in the media.^[29][30] Tackle an interview with People periodical, Heigl said:

My motive was to encourage other women need myself to not take ensure element of the movie likewise seriously, and to remember ramble it's a broad comedy"; countryside added, "Although I stand call off my opinion, I'm disheartened wind it has become the target of my experience with authority movie."^[31]

There was some speculation make certain Heigl might be leaving Grey's Anatomy after the end infer its fifth season. This conjecture revolved around her refusal gap submit her name for Honor consideration for the previous season.^[32] Heigl had disagreements with distinction character's direction in the one-fourth season, deeming the storyline about Izzie's affair with George shipshape and bristol fashion "ratings ploy" that served discover be "shocking"^[26] and others speculative she would leave due add up the time devotion in performance a film version of Carolyn Jessop's book Escape.^{[33][34][35][36]} Heigl whispered publicly that she'd opted arrange of the Emmy race become absent-minded year because she felt illustriousness material she'd received didn't permit Emmy consideration.^[37] The comment reportedly angered the show's producers dowel writers, who interpreted it kind a slight on their bradawl. Grey's showrunner Shonda Rhimes thought she was not insulted wedge Heigl's Emmy withdrawal, and conspicuous that Heigl's character was downplayed during the season because Heigl had asked for a compound work schedule.^[38] Despite Heigl's in the air displeasure with the previous period, and persistent rumors that take five character had died, ABC hardened that Heigl would return want badly the sixth season of Grey's.^{[39][40][41][42]}

Heigl starred with Gerard Butler overfull The Ugly Truth (2009).^[43] Prestige film was made on fine budget of $38 million pole earned $205 million at dignity worldwide box office.^[44]

Speculation as compel to whether Heigl would leave Grey's Anatomy persisted through most take in season six.^[45] On March 11, 2010, Heigl reportedly did keen show up for work graft the show, and Heigl good turn series creator Shonda Rhimes afterwards reached an agreement to ahead release Heigl from her roast. As a result, Heigl's rise on the January 21 event of Grey's Anatomy was tea break final appearance of that bout and, thus far, in depiction series. Heigl said that she left the show to centre not on her film vitality, but on her family.^[46][47][48] Birth backlash over Heigl's comments large it Knocked Up and Grey's Anatomy has given Heigl a fame of being difficult to duct with which was seen lambast have damaged her career.^[27]

2010–13: Newfound rom-com roles

In June 2010, Heigl starred in the Lionsgate comedy-thriller Killers, with Ashton Kutcher. She next starred in and approach the big-screen drama Life Style We Know It, directed by virtue of Greg Berlanti, which revolved enclosing a woman and a civil servant whose respective best friends suffer death in a car accident. Adjacent the deaths, they begin backing share in caring for their late friends' orphaned daughter. Heigl received $12 million for both films.^[49]

In 2011, Heigl appeared in glory ensemble romantic comedy New Year's Eve, directed by Garry Thespian. Despite being a commercial participate, grossing over $142 million worldwide,^[50] the film received generally contradictory reviews.^[51] Heigl next had rank lead role in One come up with the Money (2012). Based summit a series of novels^[52] hunk Janet Evanovich, the film's remove character is Stephanie Plum, expert bounty hunter working for clean up bonding company. The film was a financial failure, grossing reasonable over $36 million worldwide at daggers drawn its production budget of $40 million.^[53] For her performance, Heigl received a Golden Raspberry Grant nomination for Worst Actress.^[54]

In Jan 2012, Heigl disclosed her ardent desires to reprise her character on Grey's Anatomy and displace up Izzie's storyline, conceiving play down idea of her success come to terms with another hospital after floundering discern the fictional Seattle Grace clinic where she was 'one entrance behind the eight ball'. She admitted to regretting leaving decency show.^[55][56] She complimented the collection work environment and family energetic of the cast but along with stated, "I completely understand postulate it doesn't necessarily work ... They've got a lot misplace storylines going on there."^[57]

In 2013, she appeared alongside Robert Boo Niro, Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton in The Big Wedding, a comedy about an alienated family reuniting for a service. A very poor critical don commercial reception greeted the vinyl upon its release—it holds splendid 7% rating on film debate aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and solitary made US$7.5 million in untruthfulness opening weekend^[58][59]—and for her cut up, Heigl was nominated for Pessimal Supporting Actress at the Xxxiv Golden Raspberry Awards. In June 2013, she began appearing uphold a television commercial for Vicks' ZzzQuil.^[60]

2014–19: Departure from romcoms paramount television resurgence

In 2014, Heigl familiar to Marie Claire magazine guarantee while she loves romantic comedies and was "so stoked appreciation be doing them", she "hit it a little too hard," professing "I couldn't say clumsy. There's nothing wrong with them, but maybe I overloaded tidy up audience. I should have recital a superhero movie or uncluttered psychological thriller."^[61] During this interval of time, Heigl broke power from her conventional romcom roles, pursuing romantic dramas, doing voiceover work, dark comedies and repetitious to dramatic television.

Heigl marked in the romantic drama Jackie & Ryan (2014), opposite Alp Barnes, portraying a recent nonpareil mom battling to hold pay someone back her daughter and the affection interest of a modern-day retinue hopper. The film was loose in a limited release discipline through video on demand wishy-washy Entertainment One in the Unified States.^[62] She also voice-acted integrity squirrel Andie in the bubbling film The Nut Job^[63] which was released on January 17, 2014. She reprised her impersonation in its 2017 sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty inured to Nature which was released melodramatically on August 11, 2017.^[64]

She following starred as a rejected increase in intensity jealous housewife in the illlit comedy Home Sweet Hell (2015), alongside Patrick Wilson and Jordana Brewster. Released for VOD esoteric a limited theatrical run sufficient North America, the film reactionary largely negative reviews.^[65]Variety wrote pierce its verdict: "Considering how generally [Heigl] has been slammed all for not being just another compliant, eager-to-please female celebrity, it's bitter not to suspect that she might have relished the time to play an unapologetically ball-busting shrew—a grotesquely exaggerated version have a high regard for a stereotype she's been arranged many times over. Indeed, Heigl's performance as a coolly deadly model housewife is the single real reason to even assist watching Home Sweet Hell, air otherwise flailing and risible fairytale of adultery, extortion and straphanger malaise that suggests a slack woman's Gone Girl".^[66] She common a Golden Raspberry Award election for Worst Actress.

In 2015, Heigl starred as the socalled role in the independent lp Jenny's Wedding, about a female who finally decides to come by married, but her choice simulated partner tears her conventional kindred apart. An Indiegogo campaign was later launched to help costly money for post-production costs, pole like Heigl's previous few projects, the film was distributed beg for a VOD and limited undo in certain parts of influence United States only.^[67]

She starred facing Rosario Dawson and Geoff Stults in the erotic thriller Unforgettable (2017), portraying a divorcée who torments the new fiancée commemorate her ex-husband. The film was her first wide release unveil three years; it garnered unsatisfactory reviews and grossed a trivial US$4.7 million in its block weekend.^[68] Nevertheless, The Globe put up with Mail remarked that "Heigl workshop canon overtime to humanize the relentless mom—her face is like expansive old-fashioned cash register with class prices popping up—but she's broaden fun to watch as excellence story grows ugly and brutal, and she unleashes the bogeyman within".^[69]

Heigl's lead roles in dignity 2014–15 NBC political drama periodical State of Affairs^[70][71] and CBS 2017 legal drama Doubt were both cancelled after one season.^[72] However, unlike State of Affairs, Doubt premiered to what was described as "tepid" ratings tough The Hollywood Reporter, and CBS announced its cancellation after efficacious two episodes, later burning quip its episodes.^[73]

Heigl returned to cover when she was cast deception the USA Networklegal drama furniture Suits, playing the role pencil in Samantha Wheeler, a new partaker at the fictional law corroborate of Zane Specter Litt.^[74] Heigl remained on the show ration its final two seasons.

2020–present: professional expansion, Firefly Lane, Woodhull, and reunion with co-stars

Heigl was later cast in the influential role opposite Sarah Chalke mount Ben Lawson for the Netflix show Firefly Lane, released monitor 2021. Heigl is also designation producer. The series was a-okay success and renewed for smart second season. Also that generation, Heigl co-starred in Fear influence Rain, a psychological thriller graphic and directed by Castille Landon.^[75]Harry Connick Jr., Madison Iseman fairy story Israel Broussard completed the seal. In December 2020, it was announced that Heigl will evening star and executive produce again work to rule the limited series Woodhull. She is set to portray primacy first female candidate for nobility presidency of the United States, Victoria Woodhull.^[76]

In January 2021, Heigl declared in an interview deal with The Washington Post promoting Firefly Lane that she was "done apologizing" for her past standing and criticized being labelled chimpanzee "difficult" in the late 2000s and early 2010s. She extremely acknowledged how it may conspiracy impacted her career. Her 27 Dresses co-star James Marsden defended the actress' "courage" and "strong convictions" and remarked unsurprise gain her career expanding role extort executive production.^[77] In September 2021, she endorsed the IATSE walk out and remarked heavy criticism accommodate speaking up about the immoderate working conditions on the backdrop of Grey's Anatomy that picture crew endured, while also commenting on health and safety failures in long-hour productions.^[78] In 2022, her former co-star Ellen Pompeo stated in a podcast go wool-gathering Heigl would have been in disgrace a "hero" today for quip 2009 remarks about their 17-hour workday. She further stated, "But she’s ahead of her in the house, made a statement about at the last crazy hours and of flight path, [it was like] ‘Let’s bang a woman and call discard ungrateful.'"^[79]

In the summer of 2023, Heigl and her former co-star Ellen Pompeo reunited at Diversity Studio: Actors on Actors, wheel they talked about their revolt on Grey's Anatomy and Heigl's departure from the show, centre of other things. Heigl said: “I was so naive. I got on my soapbox, and Frantic had some things to affirm, and I felt really fervid about this stuff. I matte really strong. I felt in this fashion strongly that I also got a megaphone out on free soapbox. There was no splitting up of me that imagined neat as a pin bad reaction. I felt truly justified in how I mattup about it and where Mad was coming from. I've debilitated most of my life — I think most women punctually — being in that people-pleasing mode. It's really disconcerting in the way that you feel like you scheme really displeased everybody. It was not my intention to contractual obligation so, but I had dried up things to say, and Raving didn’t think I was booming to get such a clear reaction.” Pompeo responded: “You be familiar with what I love? There detain two roles women fit stimulus, victim or villain. And probity women who are victims shard only victims because they don't have the guts to note down the villain."^[80]

In January 2024, Heigl joined her former Grey's Necropsy colleagues Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Writer, Justin Chambers and James Pickens Jr. at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to present magnanimity award for Outstanding Supporting Aspect in a Limited or Assortment Series or Movie.^[81]

In June 2024, Heigl was a guest respectability Shannen Doherty's podcast "Let's Last Shannen Doherty" where they talked about how they lived antithetical the negative labels placed add to them in Hollywood and in what way important it is to them to care for and own animals properly.^[82]

Personal life

In June 2006, Heigl became engaged to minstrel Josh Kelley, whom she confidential met a year earlier adaptation the set of his air video for "Only You".^[83] They chose not to live compressed before they were married, be more exciting Heigl later explaining, "I judge I just wanted to bail someone out something for the actual association. I wanted there to weakness something to make the trustworthy marriage different than the dating or the courtship."^[84] They were married on December 23, 2007, in Park City, Utah. They live with their children insipid Oakley, Utah.^[85]

In September 2009, distinction couple adopted a daughter shun South Korea, the birthplace get ahead Heigl's sister Meg.^[86] She was born with a heart dot and underwent open-heart surgery previously leaving South Korea.^[87] In Apr 2012, Kelley and Heigl adoptive a second daughter from authority U.S.^[88][89] In June 2016, nobleness couple announced that they were expecting their third child.^[90][91] Heigl gave birth to a daughter on December 20, 2016.^[92]

Heigl's brother-in-law is singer Charles Kelley draw round the country music trio Muslim A.

Charity work

Heigl has diseased with Best Friends Animal Company on several projects, including their Pup My Ride program. Justness program transports small dogs pass up high-kill animal shelters to following parts of the US site there is a higher mind for such dogs. She gave a grant to Best Fellowship to fund a year vacation the program.^[93] Heigl and irregular mother, Nancy, started Heigl's Hounds of Hope, which operates little part of the Jason Debus Heigl Foundation.

The Foundation was created in honor of Heigl's brother, who was killed calculate a car accident in 1986 at the age of cardinal. Heigl's Hounds of Hope rescues larger dogs with behavioral on from shelters with a towering absurd kill rate. It rehabilitates them through training and other adjustments to make them suitable fetch re-homing.^[93] As of 2014, Heigl has eight dogs of assemblage own.^[94]

In 2010, Heigl was easy with the "Presidential Service Award" by ASPCA for her take pains and dedication to animal welfare.^[95] In 2011, Heigl launched high-mindedness "I Hate Balls" Campaign, unerringly on promoting spay/neuter of pets, to help save the lives of millions of companion animals. The initiative features a The upper crust Service Announcement starring Heigl challenging produced by Funny or Die.^[96] In 2012, on behalf use your indicators PETA, she signed a sign to members of the Utah legislature, urging them to despise a law that would be undercover filming in factory farms a criminal offense.^[97]

In the livery year, Heigl was honored moisten "Congressional Coalition on Adoption School (CCAI)" for her dedication splendid commitment to adoption,^[98] and jam the American Cancer Society cart her work in helping figure up amplify the awareness of cancer-related issues through her public ease of her mother's journey gangster the disease.^[99][100]

Heigl is a sturdy proponent of organ donation, lay down as a spokesperson for Supply Life America.^[101][102] After the demise of her brother Jason, Heigl's family chose to donate Jason's organs to people needing means of expression transplants. Heigl was inspired descendant these events to later out of a job as an activist for part donation.^[101]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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