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Also known as Katherine Marie Heigl

American actress (born 1978)

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Katherine Marie Heigl is an American actor, television actor, film actor, and model. Born on November 24, 1978, in Washington, D.C., she has worked in the entertainment industry since 1992. Heigl is a citizen of the United States and resides in Oakley. She is married to Josh Kelley, and the couple has three children.

Heigl has received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Her ethnic background includes German, Swiss, and Irish Americans. She speaks English as her native language.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Unforgettable

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Film & TV

Acting · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007. She started her career as a…

Known for

  • Fear of Rain — Michelle Burroughs2021
  • Firefly Lane — Tully2021
  • The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature — Andie (voice)2017
  • Unforgettable — Tessa Connover2017
  • Doubt — Sadie Ellis2017
  • Home Sweet Hell — Mona Champagne2015
  • Jenny's Wedding — Jenny2015
  • The Nut Job — Andie (voice)2014
  • Jackie & Ryan — Jackie2014
  • State of Affairs — Charleston Tucker2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1978

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
128
Total plays
320

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Katherine+Heigl">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • When I was 13, I was flat as a board and totally unhappy about it. I would write in my diary every day, Oh, if I could just have a B cup by summer! I actually prayed for big boobs. So I developed at about 14, and then I was 15, 16, 17, and they kept going.
  • Oh God — I look back now, and it seems so gross. At just 14 years old, I had to wear a thong bikini. And then they used that scene in the trailer, so my entire school saw it! 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 lived in a town called New Canaan, which is just outside of Connecticut, where they are far too snobby to even mention celebrities. Many American towns are famous for things like, "See the World's Largest Ball of String!" I think my town's would probably have to be "Most Pretentious People".
  • I think people don't expect a lot from me. I'm trying to think at what age I noticed it was more about how I looked and less about what I do, but to me that was never the interesting part about me. I had nothing to do with my looks.
  • I do think you've got to fight a lot of the time to be respected in business, in relationships, in life. I learned that early in my career.
  • I have very little patience for people who whine and complain about life not being fair. It's just the risk of life. The only thing to do is live as much as you can and as best you can, and just sort of swing it from there.

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Encyclopedic overview

Katherine Heigl (/ˈhaɪɡəl/ HY-gəl; born November 24, 1978) is an American actress and model. She portrayed Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007.

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

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