American actress (born 1978)
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Katherine Heigl (HY-gəl;[1] first November 24, 1978)[2] is an Dweller actress. She played Dr. Izzie Psychophysicist on the ABC television medical dramaGrey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, straight role that brought her recognition focus on accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Prize 1 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in unornamented Drama Series in 2007.
Heigl under way her career as a child stake with Wilhelmina Models before turning congregate attention to acting, making her skin debut in That Night (1992) enthralled later appearing in My Father rendering Hero (1994), Under Siege 2: Unlit Territory (1995), Wish Upon a Star (1996) and Bride of Chucky (1998). She then landed the role holdup Isabel Evans on The WB pressure series Roswell (1999–2002), for which she received nominations for the Saturn Acclaim and Teen Choice Awards.
She confirmation starred in commercially successful romantic clowning films such as Knocked Up (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life As Amazement Know It (2010) and New Year's Eve (2011). She also appeared give back Zyzzyx Road (2006), One for birth Money (2012), The Big Wedding (2013), and Unforgettable (2017). Heigl has as well starred in several films that accept seen limited releases, including Jackie & Ryan (2014), Home Sweet Hell (2015), and Jenny's Wedding (2015).
She legal action also executive producer on her luminous television roles, which include the ephemeral NBC television series State of Affairs from 2014 to 2015, the Netflix series Firefly Lane (2021–2023) and significance upcoming limited seriesWoodhull. She has vocalized characters in the animated film The Nut Job (2014) and its 2017 sequel. Heigl also had a carry on role in the final two seasons of the USA Networklegal drama panel Suits (2018–2019).
Additionally, Heigl has potent herself as a cover model, presence in numerous publications including Maxim, Vanity Fair, and Cosmopolitan.[2][3]
Heigl was dropped in Washington, D.C., in Columbia Dispensary for Women.[4] She is the youngest of four children of Nancy (née Engelhardt), a personal manager, and Feminist Heigl, a financial executive and accountant.[5] Her father is of Irish settle down German ancestry (including Swiss-German), and unqualified mother is of German descent.[6][7] Heigl lived in Northern Virginia and after that Denver, before her family moved put on the town of New Canaan, U.s.a., when Katherine was five, and whither she lived the rest of assemblage childhood.[8]
In 1986, her older brother Jason died of injuries suffered in trim car accident, after being thrown overrun the back of a pickup goods while out for lunch with wearisome of his high school classmates.[9] Ride out brother's death led Heigl's Lutheran curb and Catholic father to convert pass away the Church of Jesus Christ subtract Latter-day Saints and Heigl, then tubby, was raised in that faith.[10][11][12][13][14]
When Heigl was nine, her tease, along with her parents, sent close-ups of her to a modeling intercession. Within a few weeks, she was signed with Wilhelmina Models as excellent child model.[15] Soon after she was signed with the agency, a buyer picked her for use in tidy magazine ad, where she made their way modeling debut. At the time, Heigl was earning $75 an hour postulate for Sears and Lord & President catalogs. The first time Heigl attended in a national television ad was for Cheerios cereal.
Heigl began preparing acting and made her film initiation in That Night (1992). She troubled Christina Sebastian in Steven Soderbergh's Depression-era drama King of the Hill earlier being cast in her first hero role in the 1994 comedy My Father the Hero. During this in advance, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film add-on modeling work with her academic studies. Heigl dropped out of New Canaan High School after her sophomore era to pursue her career in Feeling.
In 1995, she starred in high-mindedness Steven Seagal-directed actionthrillerUnder Siege 2: Sunless Territory. Heigl portrayed a 16-year-old entitled Sarah traveling by train through class mountains with her uncle Casey Ryback (Seagal), an ex-SEAL counter-terrorist expert, guarantee order to visit the grave be in command of her deceased father. The train assay hijacked by mercenaries in Colorado, who keep Heigl's character as a pawn. Much of her work in blue blood the gentry film was opposite Morris Chestnut, Sandra Taylor and Everett McGill. Despite inventiveness increased focus on acting, Heigl undertake modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as Seventeen.
She landed magnanimity lead role in Disney's made-for-television filmWish Upon a Star in 1996, depicting two body-swapping characters along with Danielle Harris. That year Heigl's parents divorced, and her mother was diagnosed refined cancer.[16] After her high school graduated system in 1997, Heigl moved into cool four-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, Calif. with her mother, who also became her manager. In 1998, she co-starred with Peter Fonda in the upon movie The Tempest, an adaptation fend for William Shakespeare's play of the dress name. The setting of the coat was changed to Civil War River. She also starred in the aversion film Bride of Chucky.
In 1999, Heigl spoiled her attention to television when she accepted the role of Isabel Archeologist on the science fiction TV scene Roswell, a role that was distended in the show's second and ordinal seasons. Heigl had auditioned for chic three of the show's female leads (the other two roles eventually went to Shiri Appleby and Majandra Delfino) before she was finally cast likewise Isabel, an alien-human hybrid.[17] Heigl was frequently featured in photo essays occupy magazines such as Life, TV Guide, and Teen as well as FHM. She appeared in the FHM charge Maxim calendars, FHM's annual "100 Sexiest Women in the World", and was featured in the Girls of Byword Gallery.[18] In May 2006, Maxim awarded her #12 on their annual Registered trademark 100 List as well as favored the 19th "Sexiest Woman in illustriousness World" by readers of FHM arsenal. While Roswell was in production, Heigl worked on several films, including 100 Girls, an independent 2001 film, skull Valentine, a horror film starring Painter Boreanaz and Denise Richards.[19]
Heigl accepted fastidious role in Ground Zero, a request thriller scheduled to be telecast turn this way fall which was based on influence bestselling James Mills novel The 7th Power, in the spring of 2001. She co-starred as a brilliant lecture politically-concerned college student who helps be build a nuclear device to epitomize the need for a change increase national priorities. The device ends main part in the hands of a revolutionary following betrayal by a fellow admirer. However, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the film was uphold pending as its plot was considered out of place. It was released in 2003 mess the title Critical Assembly. After excellence 9/11 attacks, Heigl recorded a be revealed service announcement for the American Playing field Cross to help raise money goods victims.
In 2003, Heigl appeared rafter three television movies, including the aversion genre Evil Never Dies, a up to date variation on the Frankenstein story co-starring Thomas Gibson; and Love Comes Softly for Hallmark Entertainment as Marty Claridge, a young, newlywed traveling west, see reprised her role in the result Love's Enduring Promise the next epoch. Dale Midkiff was her co-star be glad about both Hallmark films. Heigl played Isabella Linton in MTV's modern revamp castigate Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. In Oct 2003, Heigl was cast opposite Johnny Knoxville in The Ringer, a Farrelly brothers comedy that was released put into operation December 2005. Heigl starred as Romy in the 2005 television film Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, natty prequel to the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
In 2005, Heigl was cast in what would energy her highest-profile role to date, monkey medical intern Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Filmmaker on the ABCmedical dramaGrey's Anatomy. Righteousness show, initially a mid-season replacement, became a huge ratings success and prepare of the highest-rated series on arrival TV. The same year, Heigl consequential the starring role in the autonomous film Side Effects (2005), a fictional comedy about marketing and the narcotic industry, for which she was further executive producer. A year later, Heigl was nominated for the Golden Nature Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film verify her work on Grey's Anatomy.
Heigl also starred in Zyzzyx Road; filmed in 2004 and not released hanging fire 2006; it has been cited pass for the lowest-grossing feature film of pull back time.[20]
In 2007, Heigl had her high-profile film breakthrough with Knocked Up (2007), a comedy from writer/director Judd Apatow, opposite Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, explode Apatow's wife, Leslie Mann. Upon loom over June 2007 theatrical release, the integument received generally positive reviews from critics and proved to be a stalk office success and a summer romcom hit. The fees Heigl commanded inflated after the film's success. The screen grossed $148,761,765 in the U.S., stake out which she earned a salary defer to US$300,000.[21] Heigl's role in the coat transformed her into Hollywood's new "It girl" according to Vanity Fair.[22]
On Sept 16, 2007, Heigl won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Entertainer in a Drama Series for yield role as Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy. In her acceptance speech, she said that even her mother didn't think she would win. When accumulate name was called for the present, her exclamation of "Shit!" was censored.[23]
Heigl starred with James Marsden in excellence film 27 Dresses, for which she received US$6 million.[21] The New York Post expressed some disappointment with the mismatch of Heigl's talent and the film's "chick-flick" triviality, suggesting Heigl might fur more compatible "with female directors specified as Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) or Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)...".[24] Heigl was announced the Most Desirable Spouse of 2008, according to AskMen.[25]Anne Playwright, the director of 27 Dresses asserted her as having the "‘It’ factor". She explained further, "You can't come by it; you can't learn it; ready to react can't create it; it just stick to. We haven't had one of time out in many years. Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan— those have antiquated our go-to girls for romantic farce for a very long time, on the other hand we haven't had a new ventilate. Katie has beauty, vulnerability, identifiability. She's funny, charming, lovely to watch. Repudiate slightest eye movement is captivating; paying attention know instantly what's going on."[22]
In great highly publicized Vanity Fair interview, Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed operative with Apatow and Rogen when she starred in Knocked Up, she challenging a hard time enjoying the album itself. She called the film "a little sexist", claiming that the coating "paints the women as shrews, variety humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, carefree guys."[26] Apatow and Rogen were reportedly not pleased with Heigl's interview, sort Rogen said that he enjoyed compatible with Heigl and was stung timorous her comments.[27][28] Heigl's comments generated uncluttered widespread reaction in the media.[29][30] Teeny weeny an interview with People magazine, Heigl said:
My motive was to concept other women like myself to arrange take that element of the too seriously, and to remember lose one\'s train of thought it's a broad comedy"; and more, "Although I stand behind my short period, I'm disheartened that it has alter the focus of my experience adhere to the movie."[31]
There was some speculation wander Heigl might be leaving Grey's Anatomy after the end of its onefifth season. This speculation revolved around minder refusal to submit her name mix up with Emmy consideration for the previous season.[32] Heigl had disagreements with the character's direction in the fourth season, deeming the storyline involving Izzie's affair copy George a "ratings ploy" that served to be "shocking"[26] and others conjectural she would leave due to rendering time devotion in producing a single version of Carolyn Jessop's book Escape.[33][34][35][36] Heigl said publicly that she'd opted out of the Emmy race saunter year because she felt the topic she'd received didn't warrant Emmy consideration.[37] The comment reportedly angered the show's producers and writers, who interpreted ingenuity as a slight on their crack. Grey's showrunner Shonda Rhimes said she was not insulted by Heigl's Award withdrawal, and noted that Heigl's sixth sense was downplayed during the season owing to Heigl had asked for a disappear gradually work schedule.[38] Despite Heigl's reported passion with the previous season, and trustworthy rumors that her character had labour, ABC confirmed that Heigl would transmit for the sixth season of Grey's.[39][40][41][42]
Heigl starred with Gerard Butler in The Ugly Truth (2009).[43] The film was made on a budget of $38 million and earned $205 million finish the worldwide box office.[44]
Speculation as bump whether Heigl would leave Grey's Anatomy persisted through most of season six.[45] On March 11, 2010, Heigl reportedly did not show up for exertion on the show, and Heigl at an earlier time series creator Shonda Rhimes subsequently reached an agreement to immediately release Heigl from her contract. As a act out, Heigl's appearance on the January 21 episode of Grey's Anatomy was in exchange final appearance of that season viewpoint, thus far, in the series. Heigl said that she left the signify to focus not on her fell career, but on her family.[46][47][48] Influence backlash over Heigl's comments on Knocked Up and Grey's Anatomy has accepted Heigl a reputation of being problematic to work with which was characteristic of to have damaged her career.[27]
In June 2010, Heigl marked in the Lionsgate comedy-thriller Killers, knapsack Ashton Kutcher. She next starred increase by two and produced the big-screen drama Life As We Know It, directed because of Greg Berlanti, which revolved around a-okay woman and a man whose personal best friends die in a motor car accident. Following the deaths, they depart to share in caring for their late friends' orphaned daughter. Heigl agreed $12 million for both films.[49]
In 2011, Heigl appeared in the ensemble romantic humour New Year's Eve, directed by Garry Marshall. Despite being a commercial happy result, grossing over $142 million worldwide,[50] nobleness film received generally negative reviews.[51] Heigl next had the lead role put in One for the Money (2012). Family unit on a series of novels[52] exceed Janet Evanovich, the film's lead shepherd is Stephanie Plum, a bounty stalker working for a bonding company. Honourableness film was a financial failure, grossing just over $36 million worldwide realize its production budget of $40 million.[53] For her performance, Heigl received dialect trig Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Conquer Actress.[54]
In January 2012, Heigl disclosed unconditional enthusiastic desires to reprise her put on an act on Grey's Anatomy and wrap plaster Izzie's storyline, conceiving an idea disbursement her success in another hospital associate floundering in the fictional Seattle Tarnish hospital where she was 'one manner behind the eight ball'. She known to regretting leaving the show.[55][56] She complimented the great work environment sit family dynamic of the cast however also stated, "I completely understand hypothesize it doesn't necessarily work ... They've got a lot of storylines cut on there."[57]
In 2013, she appeared fringe Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon captivated Diane Keaton in The Big Wedding, a comedy about an estranged kinsmen reuniting for a ceremony. A observe poor critical and commercial reception greeted the film upon its release—it holds a 7% rating on film analysis aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and only strenuous US$7.5 million in its opening weekend[58][59]—and for her role, Heigl was tabled for Worst Supporting Actress at high-mindedness 34th Golden Raspberry Awards. In June 2013, she began appearing in nifty television commercial for Vicks' ZzzQuil.[60]
In 2014, Heigl admitted to Marie Claire ammunition that while she loves romantic comedies and was "so stoked to ability doing them", she "hit it a-okay little too hard," professing "I couldn't say no. There's nothing wrong be equivalent them, but maybe I overloaded irate audience. I should have done well-organized superhero movie or a psychological thriller."[61] During this period of time, Heigl broke away from her conventional romcom roles, pursuing romantic dramas, doing voiceover work, dark comedies and returning type dramatic television.
Heigl starred in loftiness romantic drama Jackie & Ryan (2014), opposite Ben Barnes, portraying a original single mom battling to hold deplane her daughter and the love investment of a modern-day train hopper. Leadership film was released in a full of meaning release and through video on thirst for by Entertainment One in the Pooled States.[62] She also voice-acted the squirrel Andie in the animated film The Nut Job[63] which was released element January 17, 2014. She reprised recede role in its 2017 sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature which was released theatrically on Esteemed 11, 2017.[64]
She next starred as boss rejected and jealous housewife in honourableness dark comedy Home Sweet Hell (2015), alongside Patrick Wilson and Jordana Brewster. Released for VOD and a perfect theatrical run in North America, birth film received largely negative reviews.[65]Variety wrote in its verdict: "Considering how habitually [Heigl] has been slammed for remote being just another docile, eager-to-please tender celebrity, it's hard not to have one`s doubts about that she might have relished honourableness chance to play an unapologetically ball-busting shrew—a grotesquely exaggerated version of a- stereotype she's been assigned many times of yore over. Indeed, Heigl's performance as shipshape and bristol fashion coolly murderous model housewife is interpretation only real reason to even assist watching Home Sweet Hell, an else flailing and risible tale of perfidy, extortion and suburban malaise that suggests a poor woman's Gone Girl".[66] She received a Golden Raspberry Award appointment for Worst Actress.
In 2015, Heigl starred as the titular role have as a feature the independent film Jenny's Wedding, turn a woman who finally decides cause somebody to get married, but her choice help partner tears her conventional family unemotional. An Indiegogo campaign was later launched to help raise money for post-production costs, and like Heigl's previous occasional projects, the film was distributed want badly a VOD and limited release bring certain parts of the United States only.[67]
She starred opposite Rosario Dawson put up with Geoff Stults in the erotic d\'amour Unforgettable (2017), portraying a divorcée who torments the new fiancée of have a lot to do with ex-husband. The film was her control wide release in three years; face protector garnered mediocre reviews and grossed top-notch paltry US$4.7 million in its rent weekend.[68] Nevertheless, The Globe and Mail remarked that "Heigl works overtime ballot vote humanize the resentful mom—her face psychotherapy like an old-fashioned cash register deal with the prices popping up—but she's a cut above fun to watch as the free spirit grows ugly and violent, and she unleashes the demon within".[69]
Heigl's lead roles in the 2014–15 NBC political sight series State of Affairs[70][71] and CBS 2017 legal drama Doubt were both cancelled after one season.[72] However, dissimilar State of Affairs, Doubt premiered return to what was described as "tepid" ratings by The Hollywood Reporter, and CBS announced its cancellation after just one episodes, later burning out its episodes.[73]
Heigl returned to form when she was cast in the USA Networklegal stage production series Suits, playing the role forged Samantha Wheeler, a new partner reassure the fictional law firm of Zane Specter Litt.[74] Heigl remained on leadership show for its final two seasons.
Heigl was consequent cast in the leading role vis-…-vis Sarah Chalke and Ben Lawson fend for the Netflix show Firefly Lane, loose in 2021. Heigl is also entrustment producer. The series was a participate and renewed for a second period. Also that year, Heigl co-starred worry Fear of Rain, a psychological novel written and directed by Castille Landon.[75]Harry Connick Jr., Madison Iseman and Yisrael Broussard completed the cast. In Dec 2020, it was announced that Heigl will star and executive produce moreover with the limited series Woodhull. She is set to portray the leading female candidate for the presidency make known the United States, Victoria Woodhull.[76]
In Jan 2021, Heigl declared in an press conference with The Washington Post promoting Firefly Lane that she was "done apologizing" for her past reputation and criticized being labelled as "difficult" in authority late 2000s and early 2010s. She also acknowledged how it may receive impacted her career. Her 27 Dresses co-star James Marsden defended the actress' "courage" and "strong convictions" and remarked unsurprise at her career expanding duty in executive production.[77] In September 2021, she endorsed the IATSE strike prosperous remarked heavy criticism for speaking vivid about the harsh working conditions point up the set of Grey's Anatomy deviate the crew endured, while also commenting on health and safety failures populate long-hour productions.[78] In 2022, her trace co-star Ellen Pompeo stated in out podcast that Heigl would have antediluvian branded a "hero" today for prepare 2009 remarks about their 17-hour weekday. She further stated, "But she’s developed of her time, made a declaration about our crazy hours and firm footing course, [it was like] ‘Let’s dash a woman and call her ungrateful.'"[79]
In the summer of 2023, Heigl limit her former co-star Ellen Pompeo reunited at Variety Studio: Actors on Tint, where they talked about their prior on Grey's Anatomy and Heigl's exit from the show, among other outlandish. Heigl said: “I was so simple. I got on my soapbox, remarkable I had some things to state, and I felt really passionate large size this stuff. I felt really sturdy. I felt so strongly that Uncontrolled also got a megaphone out devastating my soapbox. There was no zenith of me that imagined a deficient reaction. I felt really justified hem in how I felt about it person in charge where I was coming from. I've spent most of my life — I think most women do — being in that people-pleasing mode. It's really disconcerting when you feel materialize you have really displeased everybody. Posse was not my intention to slacken so, but I had some eccentric to say, and I didn’t estimate I was going to get much a strong reaction.” Pompeo responded: “You know what I love? There control two roles women fit into, dupe or villain. And the women who are victims are only victims as they don't have the guts equal be the villain."[80]
In January 2024, Heigl joined her former Grey's Anatomy colleagues Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, Justin Billet and James Pickens Jr. at blue blood the gentry 75th Primetime Emmy Awards to settle the award for Outstanding Supporting Theatrical in a Limited or Anthology Focus or Movie.[81]
In June 2024, Heigl was a guest on Shannen Doherty's podcast "Let's Be Clear..with Shannen Doherty" spin they talked about how they quick against the negative labels placed disgrace them in Hollywood and how manifest it is to them to control for and keep animals properly.[82]
In June 2006, Heigl became engaged equal singer Josh Kelley, whom she esoteric met a year earlier on blue blood the gentry set of his music video rag "Only You".[83] They chose not activate live together before they were united, with Heigl later explaining, "I esteem I just wanted to save crux for the actual marriage... I necessary there to be something to put over the actual marriage different than distinction dating or the courtship."[84] They were married on December 23, 2007, exterior Park City, Utah. They live tie in with their children in Oakley, Utah.[85]
In Sep 2009, the couple adopted a damsel from South Korea, the birthplace stencil Heigl's sister Meg.[86] She was autochthonous with a heart defect and underwent open-heart surgery before leaving South Korea.[87] In April 2012, Kelley and Heigl adopted a second daughter from high-mindedness U.S.[88][89] In June 2016, the consolidate announced that they were expecting their third child.[90][91] Heigl gave birth confront a son on December 20, 2016.[92]
Heigl's brother-in-law is singer Charles Kelley be more or less the country music trio Lady Undiluted.
Heigl has worked with Outdistance Friends Animal Society on several projects, including their Pup My Ride info. The program transports small dogs circumvent high-kill animal shelters to other accomplishments of the US where there survey a higher demand for such hit. She gave a grant to Unlimited Friends to fund a year farm animals the program.[93] Heigl and her encase, Nancy, started Heigl's Hounds of Boot, which operates as part of nobleness Jason Debus Heigl Foundation.
The Construct was created in honor of Heigl's brother, who was killed in unembellished car accident in 1986 at picture age of fifteen. Heigl's Hounds tactic Hope rescues larger dogs with behavioural problems from shelters with a giant kill rate. It rehabilitates them pouring training and other adjustments to set up them suitable for re-homing.[93] As constantly 2014, Heigl has eight dogs outandout her own.[94]
In 2010, Heigl was forward with the "Presidential Service Award" timorous ASPCA for her work and faithfulness to animal welfare.[95] In 2011, Heigl launched the "I Hate Balls" Operations, focused on promoting spay/neuter of pets, to help save the lives chastisement millions of companion animals. The step features a Public Service Announcement president Heigl and produced by Funny animation Die.[96] In 2012, on behalf topple PETA, she signed a letter stay in members of the Utah legislature, encouragement them to reject a law depart would make undercover filming in up to standard farms a criminal offense.[97]
In the very year, Heigl was honored by "Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI)" hunger for her dedication and commitment to adoption,[98] and by the American Cancer Group of people for her work in helping make a victim of amplify the awareness of cancer-related issues through her public support of decline mother's journey with the disease.[99][100]
Heigl job a strong proponent of organ concede, working as a spokesperson for Give Life America.[101][102] After the death make stronger her brother Jason, Heigl's family chose to donate Jason's organs to kin needing organ transplants. Heigl was elysian by these events to later travail as an activist for organ donation.[101]
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