anne heche

Anne Heche's childhood was marked by terrible suffering which shaped her survivalist's outlook on life. Her father, Donald Heche, was a choir director in a Baptist church who frequented gay bars at night. Anne found out about her father's double life when she was 12, as he lay dying of AIDS. "I watched my dad disintegrate from AIDS because he was ashamed to be what he wanted to be," He died the following year and before the loss could sink in her brother was killed in a car accident.

The family relied on Anne finding employment and she sang in dinner theaters for extra money. In high school, performing became less of an economic necessity and more of an after-school avocation and professionalism was apparent. At 15, Anne was approached by a talent scout from the daytime drama "As The World Turns", but she turned it down because it would have forced the family to relocate from Chicago to New York.

After high school she accepted a job on a different daytime soap "Another World". "The day I arrived, the producer said, 'Oh, by the way, you're playing twins, and one of them is a real sexpot. In your first scene you'll be naked in a bathtub and you've just lost a million dollars'," Heche recalls. She played the good and evil twins Marley McKinnon and Vicki Hudson Frame for four years and won a daytime Emmy along the way.

Her work since has been considerable. Most recently she starred in the remake of Hitchcock's "Psyco", with Vince Vaughn. She also shared the spotlight with Harrison Ford in the hit romantic comedy "Six Days, Seven Nights". She was showered with critical acclaim for her performance in the political satire "Wag The Dog" opposite Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman, and in "Donnie Brasco" opposite Johnny Depp. She was running from fire and ash with Tommy Lee Jones in 1997's "Volcano" and co starred in 1996's "The Juror" with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. Among her TV credidts; HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk"; "Kingfish; A story of Huey P. Long" opposite John Goodman; John Frankenheimer's "Attica"; and "Girls in Prison".

However, no matter how many outstanding performances or Oscars Anne may win, she'll always be remembered as the woman who switched teams for Ellen DeGeneres. At the same moment she professed her undying love for the comedienne, Heche reached career pinnacle attained by only a chosen few. The couple have been in the headlines again recently this time because of their breakup. DeGeneres confirmed their split saying "Unfortunately, we have decided to end our relationship. It is an amicable parting, and we greatly value the 3 ½ years we have spent together. We hope everyone will respect our privacy through this difficult time."

Filmography
John Q. (2002) .... Rebecca Payne
Timepiece (2001)
Prozac Nation (2001) .... Dr. Sterling
Auggie Rose (2000) .... Lucy
... aka Beyond Suspicion (2001) (USA)
One Kill (2000) (TV) .... Mary Jane O'Malley
Karen Black: Actress at Work (1999) .... Herself
Psycho Path (1999) (V) .... Herself
Third Miracle, The (1999) .... Roxane
Psycho (1998) .... Marion Crane
Return to Paradise (1998) .... Beth
... aka All for One (1998) (USA)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998) .... Robin Monroe
... aka 6 Days 7 Nights (1998)
Wag the Dog (1997) .... Winifred Ames
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) .... Melissa 'Missy' Egan
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997) (TV) .... Pregnant Girl (segment "Manhattan Miracle")
Volcano (1997) .... Dr. Amy Barnes
Donnie Brasco (1997) .... Maggie Pistone
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) .... Christine Cullen (segment "1996")
Walking and Talking (1996) .... Laura
Pie in the Sky (1996) .... Amy
Juror, The (1996) .... Juliet
Investigator, The (1995) (TV)
Wild Side (1995) .... Alex Lee
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995) (TV) .... Aileen Dumont
I'll Do Anything (1994) .... Claire
Simple Twist of Fate, A (1994) (uncredited) .... Tanny's Playmate
Milk Money (1994) .... Betty
Girls in Prison (1994) (TV) .... Jennifer
Against the Wall (1994) (TV) .... Sharon
Ambush of Ghosts, An (1993) .... Denise
Adventures of Huck Finn, The (1993) .... Mary Jane Wilks
... aka Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1993)
O Pioneers! (1992) (TV) .... Marie
"Another World" (1964) TV Series .... Marley Hudson McKinnon (aka Marley Love) #2 (1987-1991)/Victoria 'Vicky' Hudson Frame Harrison McKinnon #3 (1987-1991)
... aka "Another World: Bay City" (1964)

Television Guest Appearences
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Falling Up" (episode # 4.15) 2/26/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Boy's Town" (episode # 4.14) 2/19/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Reach Out and Touch" (episode # 4.13) 2/12/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Hats Off To Larry" (episode # 4.12) 2/5/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Mr. Bo" (episode # 4.11) 1/22/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Ex-Files, The" (episode # 4.10) 1/15/2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Melanie West" in episode: "Reasons to Believe" (episode # 4.9) 1/8/2001
"Revealed with Jules Asner" (2001) playing "Herself"
"Ellen" (1994) playing "Karen" in episode: "Hospital" (episode # 5.18) 3/4/1998
"Ellen" (1994) playing "Woman At Next Table"(uncredited) in episode: "All Ellen, All the Time" (episode # 5.10) 12/3/1997
"Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The" (1992) playing "Kate" in episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920" (episode # 2.8) 4/3/1993
"Murphy Brown" (1988) playing "Nica" in episode: "It Came From College" (episode # 4.8) 11/4/1991

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