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Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.
After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy License to Drive (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed film Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She then played supporting roles on the television series Twin Peaks (1991), and in films such as Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Swingers (1996). She gained critical praise for her role as "Rollergirl" in the film Boogie Nights (1997). This led to major roles in the comedy films Bowfinger and (both 1999).
Graham had leading roles in Say It Isn't So (2001) and From Hell (2001), and continued to play supporting roles in the films Mary (2005); The Hangover (2009) and its sequel, The Hangover Part III (2013); At Any Price (2012); and Horns (2013). She has had roles on television series such as Scrubs (2004) and Californication (2014). In 2018, Graham made her directorial debut with the comedy Half Magic.
Graham is a public advocate for Children International and supported the climate change campaign Global Cool in 2007.
After high school, Graham enrolled in extension classes at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied English for two years. Against her parents' wishes, Graham withdrew from UCLA to pursue acting full time.
After Graham co-starred with Benicio del Toro in a Calvin Klein commercial directed by David Lynch, the director cast her as Annie Blackburn in Twin Peaks, where she appeared in the final six episodes. Following the show's cancellation, Graham reprised the role of Blackburn in the 1992 prequel film .
She featured in Diggstown (1992), alongside James Woods; the well-received Six Degrees of Separation (1993), alongside Will Smith; and The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), alongside Ian McKellen before reteaming with Gus Van Sant for the critically panned film adaptation of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, alongside Uma Thurman. The same year she co-starred as Mary Kennedy Taylor in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. In 1995, she starred as Jackie in the poorly received Desert Winds and guest-starred in an episode of the television series Fallen Angels. She had a small but important role in Swingers (1996), where she played Lorraine, Jon Favreau's love interest. She also played a small role as Maggie Bowen in (1996).
She starred as Felicity Shagwell in the sequel (1999), which was a box-office hit. Shagwell is one of her best-known roles and became a fan favorite. Her turn as Shagwell also earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She appeared in the music video for Lenny Kravitz's cover of "American Woman". Also in 1999, Graham co-starred as Daisy in the movie Bowfinger, opposite Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy.
The 2000 film Committed was her first starring vehicle. She played Joline, a devoted-beyond-reason young wife looking for the husband who left her. While the film itself received mixed reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes summary of critics felt that "Graham shows she can play a central character", but noted "she's not enough to make Committed successful". The following year, she co-starred as Annie Matthews, an unhappily married woman, in Edward Burns' Sidewalks of New York. In 2002, she starred with Joseph Fiennes in Chen Kaige's English-language debut film Killing Me Softly, which received overwhelmingly negative response from critics and a 0% at Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being: "Respected director Chen Kaige's first English-language film is a spectacularly misguided erotic thriller, with ludicrous plot twists and cringe-worthy dialogue". In 2009, the site also rated it No. 12 on the countdown of the worst films over the last ten years.
Graham's other appearances in mainstream fare include playing a fictionalized version of the Jack the Ripper murder victim Mary Kelly in the film From Hell (2001), starring Johnny Depp; Anger Management (2003), starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson; the Farrelly Brothers comedy Say It Isn't So (2001), opposite Sally Field; The Guru, co-starring Jimi Mistry, and Hope Springs (2003), co-starring Colin Firth.
Graham also spoke about developing a comedy film titled The Accidental Virgin, which would have focused on "female sexual confusion", telling the story of a woman who has not had sex in a year. The film has not been made. She also stated she would be interested in directing in the future if it is "something that, its burning in my mind that I need to do".
On television, Graham played herself in an episode of the TV series Sex and the City. She was given special guest-star status on nine episodes of Scrubs during its fourth season (2004–2005), and also appeared as George Michael Bluth's ethics teacher in an episode of Arrested Development in 2004. She played Emily Sanders in Emily's Reasons Why Not, but the sitcom was cancelled after airing only one episode.
Graham voiced the character of Antonia Bayle in the online role-playing video game EverQuest 2.
She played Meredith Crown in At Any Price, which stars Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron, and was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and later screened as an official selection at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals. Other roles include mob lawyer Annette Stratton-Osborne in Behaving Badly and short story writer Mary Bellanova in My Dead Boyfriend (both 2014). She wrote a comedy screenplay called Half Magic, which in 2013 she stated she wanted to direct. She said the story focuses on "these female friends and sexuality and about people having a sense of shame about sexuality and learning how to have a healthier attitude about it ... It also deals with male/female relationships and sexism". The film was released in 2018.
In 2012, she was a member of the jury of the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival.
In 2014, she starred in the second adaptation of the V. C. Andrews novel Flowers in the Attic on the Lifetime network. She played the character of Corrine Dollanganger, an evil mother who locks her four children in an attic to receive an inheritance from her dying father. Graham also appeared in two TV films sequels based on the V.C. Andrews' series: Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns, continuing to play the role of Corrine Dollanganger. She appeared in the final season of Californication as the mother of David Duchovny's long-lost son.
In 2018, she co-starred in the David Cross dark comedy series Bliss, which was released by the BritBox streaming service. It starred Stephen Mangan as Andrew, a fraudulent travel writer, who struggles to maintain long-term relationships with two partners, Kim (Graham) and Denise (Jo Hartley), who are not aware of one another.
In 2023, Graham starred as Charlotte Sanders in the Netflix Christmas-themed film Best. Christmas. Ever! alongside Brandy Norwood, Jason Biggs and Matt Cedeño.
Graham wrote, directed, and starred in Chosen Family, which was set for release in 2024.
In 2007 she supported the climate change campaign Global Cool and appeared in Shekhar Kapur's short film Global Cool alongside Sienna Miller.
Graham is often cast in sexual roles, including those of Felicity Shagwell ( Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me), porn stars Rollergirl ( Boogie Nights) and Sharonna ( The Guru), prostitute Mary Kelly ( From Hell), porn director Margaret ( About Cherry), and stripper Jade ( The Hangover and The Hangover, Part III). She stated she finds these types of roles and the issue of sexuality fascinating, and believes that "our culture sends out mixed messages to women about sex. Are women supposed to be sexually alive people, or are we supposed to be 'good' mothers who would never do those things?" and that she likes "the fact some of my roles maybe help people open their minds about the way they think about sex".
In 2005, Graham became the spokeswoman for the Garnier brand of hair care products.
In 2017, Graham recounted a time in the early 2000s when Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein indirectly implied that he would give her a role of her choice if she slept with him. Later, Graham indicated she canceled a planned meeting with Weinstein at a hotel when a friend was unable to accompany her. Graham did not have further contact with Weinstein and she was never cast in any films he produced.
Graham has been practicing transcendental meditation since 1991 after being introduced to it by David Lynch. She has also expressed her dislike of reality television, stating in a 2007 interview: "I think some of it, it seems strange – why do we all want to watch people be so miserable? Other people's pain and misery – it seems kind of sad."
In 1992, Graham dated James Woods, her co-star in the film Diggstown. She later dated rock star Adam Ant. From 2008 to 2011, she was in a relationship with Israeli screenwriter Yaniv Raz. She also dated Heath Ledger, after the couple met in the Czech Republic during the summer of 2000, where she was filming From Hell and he was filming A Knight's Tale.
She has been dating real estate investor and world record Snowboarding John de Neufville since 2022.
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Factory Girl | Uncredited |
| 1987 | Student Exchange | Dorrie Ryder | |
| 1988 | License to Drive | Mercedes Lane | |
| Twins | Young Mary Ann Benedict | Uncredited | |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Nadine | |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Bridget | |
| 1991 | Guilty as Charged | Kimberly | |
| Shout | Sara Benedict | ||
| 1992 | Annie Blackburn | ||
| Diggstown | Emily Forrester | ||
| 1993 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Mary Addie | |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Cowgirl Heather | ||
| Six Degrees of Separation | Elizabeth | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Mary Kennedy Taylor | |
| Don't Do It | Suzanna | ||
| 1995 | Desert Winds | Jackie | |
| Terrified | Olive | ||
| 1996 | Swingers | Lorraine | |
| Maggie Bowen | |||
| 1997 | Nowhere | Lilith | |
| Two Girls and a Guy | Carla Bennett | ||
| Boogie Nights | Brandy / Rollergirl | ||
| Kiss & Tell | Susan Pretsel | ||
| Scream 2 | 'Stab' Casey Becker | Cameo | |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Dr. Judy Robinson | |
| 1999 | Felicity Shagwell | ||
| Bowfinger | Daisy | ||
| 2000 | Committed | Joline | |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Josephine Wingfield | |
| Sidewalks of New York | Annie | ||
| From Hell | Mary Jane Kelly | ||
| 2002 | Killing Me Softly | Alice Tallis | |
| The Guru | Sharonna | ||
| 2003 | Anger Management | Kendra | Uncredited cameo |
| Hope Springs | Mandy | ||
| 2004 | Blessed | Samantha Howard | |
| 2005 | Mary | Elizabeth Younger | |
| Cake | Pippa McGee | Also executive producer | |
| 2006 | The Oh in Ohio | Justine | |
| Bobby | Angela | ||
| Gray Matters | Gray Baldwin | ||
| Broken | Hope | ||
| 2007 | Adrift in Manhattan | Rose Phipps | |
| Have Dreams, Will Travel | Aunt | ||
| 2008 | Alien Love Triangle | Elizabeth | Short film |
| Miss Conception | Georgina Salt | ||
| Baby on Board | Angela Marks | ||
| 2009 | ExTerminators | Alex | |
| The Hangover | Jade | ||
| Boogie Woogie | Beth Freemantle | ||
| 2010 | Father of Invention | Phoebe | |
| 2011 | The Flying Machine | Georgie | |
| Son of Morning | Josephine Tuttle | ||
| 5 Days of War | Miriam Eisner | ||
| Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | Aunt Opal Moody | ||
| 2012 | About Cherry | Margaret | |
| At Any Price | Meredith Crown | ||
| 2013 | The Hangover Part III | Jade | |
| Compulsion | Amy | ||
| Horns | Veronica | ||
| 2014 | Goodbye to All That | Stephanie | |
| Behaving Badly | Annette Stratton-Osborne | ||
| 2016 | Norm of the North | Vera | Voice |
| My Dead Boyfriend | Mary McCrawley | ||
| 2017 | Wetlands | Savannah | |
| Last Rampage | Dorothy Tison | ||
| 2018 | Half Magic | Honey | Also director and writer |
| 2019 | The Rest of Us | Cami | |
| 2020 | Desperados | Angel de la Paz | |
| Love, Guaranteed | Tamara Taylor | ||
| Wander | Shelly Luscomb | ||
| 2021 | The Last Son | Anna | |
| 2023 | On a Wing and a Prayer | Terri White | |
| Suitable Flesh | Elizabeth Derby | ||
| Oracle | Kate Simmons | ||
| The Other Zoey | Paula | ||
| Best. Christmas. Ever! | Charlotte Sanders | ||
| 2024 | Chosen Family | Ann | Also director and writer |
| Place of Bones | Pandora | ||
| 2025 | Gunslingers | Val | |
| 2026 | They Will Kill You | Post-production |
| 1987 | Growing Pains | Cindy / Samantha | 2 episodes |
| Student Exchange | Dorrie Ryder | Television film | |
| 1991 | Twin Peaks | Annie Blackburn | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | O Pioneers! | Young Alexandra Bergson | Television film |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Carol Whalen | Episode: "Tomorrow I Die" |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Alicia | Episode: "Resurrection" |
| Bullet Hearts | Carlene Prue | Pilot | |
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Jackie | Uncredited Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Heather Graham/Marc Anthony" |
| 2002 | Sex and the City | Herself | Episode: "Critical Condition" |
| 2004 | Arrested Development | Beth Baerly | Episode: "Shock and Aww" |
| 2004–2005 | Scrubs | Dr. Molly Clock | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | Emily's Reasons Why Not | Emily Sanders | 6 episodes; also producer |
| 2011 | Little in Common | Ellie Weller | Pilot |
| Portlandia | Heather | Episode: "Baseball" | |
| 2014 | Flowers in the Attic | Corrine Dollanganger/Foxworth | Television film |
| Petals on the Wind | Corrine Winslow | Television film | |
| Californication | Julia | 9 episodes | |
| 2015 | If There Be Thorns | Corrine Foxworth | Television film |
| Studio City | Stevie | Pilot | |
| 2016–2017 | Flaked | Tilly | 4 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Angie Tribeca | Diane Duran | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Law & Order True Crime | Judalon Smyth | 7 episodes |
| 2018 | Bliss | Kim Marsden | 6 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Get Shorty | Hannah | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Hypnotist's Love Story | Sasha | Pilot; also executive producer |
| 2020 | The Stand | Rita Blakemoor | Episode: "Pocket Savior" |
| 2023 | Extrapolations | Hannah | Episode: "2037: A Raven Story" |
| TBA | Carrie | In production |
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Antonia Bayle - Queen of Qeynos | Voice |
| 2015 | Jessica Rose | Voice and motion capture |
| 1999 | "American Woman" | Dancer | Lenny Kravitz |
| 1989 | Young Artist Award, Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy | License to Drive | |
| 1990 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female | Drugstore Cowboy | |
| 1992 | Young Artist Award, Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture | Shout | |
| 1998 | Florida Film Critics Circle Award, Best Ensemble Cast | Boogie Nights | |
| MTV Movie + TV Award, Best Breakthrough Performance | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |||
| 1999 | ShoWest Convention Award, Female Star of Tomorrow ! | ||
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Favorite Actress - Comedy | Bowfinger | |
| Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award, Favorite Movie Couple (shared with Mike Myers) | |||
| Saturn Award, Best Lead Actress | |||
| 2006 | Hollywood Film Festival Award, Ensemble of the Year | Bobby | |
| 2007 | Critics Choice Award, Best Acting Ensemble | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | |||
| 2009 | Award Circuit Community Award, Best Cast Ensemble | The Hangover | |
| 2017 | San Diego International Film Festival - Virtuoso Award ! |
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