Anne Heche

**Anne Celeste Heche** ( ; May 25, 1969 – August 11, 2022) was an American actress, director and screenwriter. She starred in the television soap opera _Another World_. She received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991 and in 2004, she was nominated for another Emmy Award and a Tony Award. She starred in many theatrical movies. She is best known for her roles in 1990s movies such as _Donnie Brasco_ (1997), _Volcano_ (1997), _I Know What You Did Last Summer_ (1997), _Six Days, Seven Nights_ (1998), and _Return to Paradise_ (1998).

As Heche was beginning to establish herself in movies during the late 1990s, her career was negatively affected by her highly publicized same-sex relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. This resulted in Heche losing movie offers.

She later returned to having television roles such as in _Men in Trees_ (2006–08), _Hung_ (2009–11), _Save Me_ (2013), _Aftermath_ (2016), and the military drama television series _The Brave_ (2017). She was also the voice of Suyin Beifong in the Nickelodeon animated television series _The Legend of Korra_ (2014).

## Early life

Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio to Nancy Prickett and Donald Joseph Heche. Heche's family moved eleven times and once lived in an Amish community. She was raised in Ocean City, New Jersey. Her father died of AIDS when he was 45.  Heche said her father raped her and gave her genital herpes when she was 12. In 1985, she moved to Chicago where she went to high school. In 1987, she was offered a role in the soap opera _As the World Turns_, however her mother wanted her to graduate high school before starting her career. A few months before she graduated high school, she was cast in the soap opera _Another World_.

Her sister Cynthia died of a heart defect in infancy. Her brother Nathan died in a car crash aged 18 in June 1983. Her sister, Susan Bergman, died aged 48 in January 2006.

### Relationships

Anne Heche's same-sex relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest. The couple started dating in 1997. At one point, they said they would get a civil union if it became legal in Vermont. They broke up in August 2000. Heche has said that all of her other relationships have been with men.

After the split, Heche began dating cameraman Coleman 'Coley' Laffoon. They married on September 1, 2001. Their son, Homer, was born on March 2, 2002. Laffoon filed for divorce on February 2, 2007.  Heche lost custody of their son in June 2007.

Heche left her husband for _Men in Trees_ co-star James Tupper. The couple reportedly moved in together in August 2007. On December 5, 2008, it was confirmed by Heche's representative that the actress was pregnant with Tupper's child. Their son, Atlas Heche Tupper, was born on March 8, 2009.

### Psychological problems

On August 19, 2000, Heche drove from Los Angeles to Cantua Creek, a rural area outside Fresno, California.  She parked her Toyota SUV along a dusty roadside. Wearing only a bra and shorts, Heche walked 1½ miles through the desert before knocking on the door of a stranger's ranch house. When the home's resident, Araceli Campiz, opened the door, she knew Heche from the movie _Six Days Seven Nights_. Bemused at first, Campiz grew uneasy when Heche showed no sign of leaving.  "I didn't know what to do," Campiz said. "So I called the sheriff's department." When deputies arrived, Heche told them that she was "God, and was going to take everyone back to heaven in a spaceship," according to a police report that was aired on NBC. The deputies called an ambulance. Heche went 50 miles to Fresno's University Medical Center, from which she was released after a few hours.

Heche said that she was insane for the first 31 years of her life. She said this was due to the trauma of being sexually abused by her father during her infancy and childhood. As a result of this trauma, Heche also said she had multiple personality disorder.  She made an alter ego named "Celestia," an alien from another planet who could speak to God and was the half-sister of Jesus Christ. Heche said that the incident in Cantua Creek snapped her out of her insanity and put her alter ego behind her.

### Car crashes and death

On August 5, 2022, Heche was part of a series of car crashes, first hitting a garage at an apartment complex, and ending in a fiery car crash that left her "severely burned" in the hospital. It was reported that she was under the influence and acting not normally at the time of the crash. Heche was in critical condition after the accident, and on August 7, she was in stable condition. The next day however, Heche was in a coma because of major lung and brain injuries. Heche had cocaine in her system at the time of the car crashes.

On August 12, 2022, her family confirmed that Heche was brain dead and on life-support. Her family said they would remove her life support when they find out if they can donate her organs. By California law, Heche died on August 11 because she was brain dead. Her life-support was removed on August 14.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1993|_An Ambush of Ghosts_|Denise|Unreleased|
|_The Adventures of Huck Finn_|Mary Jane Wilks||||
|rowspan=2|1994|_I'll Do Anything_|Claire||
|_Milk Money_|Betty||||
|1995|_Wild Side_|Alex Lee/Johanna|Straight to video||
|rowspan=3|1996|_The Juror_|Juliet||
|_Pie in the Sky_|Amy|Straight to video|||
|_Walking and Talking_|Laura|Limited release|||
|rowspan=4|1997|_Donnie Brasco_|Maggie Pistone|National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress|
|_Volcano_|Dr. Amy Barnes||||
|_I Know What You Did Last Summer_|Missy Egan||||
|_Wag the Dog_|Winifred Ames|Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|||
|rowspan=3|1998|_Six Days Seven Nights_|Robin Monroe|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy or Romance|
|_Return to Paradise_|Beth McBride|Csapnivalo Awards – Golden Slate for Best Actress in a Leading Role|||
|_Psycho_|Marion Crane||||
|1999|_The Third Miracle_|Roxane|Limited release||
|2000|_Auggie Rose_|Lucy Brown|Also known as _Beyond Suspicion_ Limited release||
|2001|_Prozac Nation_|Dr. Sterling|Straight to video||
|2002|_John Q._|Rebecca Payne|||
|2004|_Birth_|Clara|Limited release||
|2005|_Sexual Life_|Gwen|Straight to video||
|rowspan=3|2007|_Suffering Man's Charity_|Helen|Straight to video|
|_What Love Is_|Laura|Limited release|||
|_Superman: Doomsday_|Lois Lane|Voice only Straight to video|||
||2008|_Toxic Skies_|Dr. Tess Martin|Straight to video|
|2009|_Spread_|Samantha|Limited release||
|2010|_The Other Guys_|Pamela Boardman|Uncredited||
|rowspan=2|2011|_Cedar Rapids_|Joan Ostrowski-Fox|Limited release|
|_Rampart_|Catherine|Limited release|||
|rowspan=4|2012|_That's What She Said_|Dee Dee|Premiered at 2012 Sundance Film Festival|
|_Arthur Newman, Golf Pro_|N/A|post-production|||
|_Black November_|Barbra|post-production|||
|_Life at These Speeds_|Coach Rowan|in production|||
|2013|_Nothing to Fear_|N/A|pre-production||
|2013|_Wheeler_|N/A|Filming begins in June 2012||

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1987–1991|_Another World_|Victoria 'Vicky' Hudson Marley Love Hudson|Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer – Daytime Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Daytime||
|1991|_Murphy Brown_|Nica|1 episode||
|1992|_O Pioneers!_|Marie|TV movie||
|1993|_The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles_|Kate|1 episode||
|1994|_Against the Wall_|Sharon|Made-for-cable film||
|1994|_Girls in Prison_|Jennifer|Made-for-cable film||
|1994|_The Investigator_|Lucinda|Short||
|1995|_Kingfish: A Story of Huey Long_|Aileen Dumont|TV movie||
|1996|_If These Walls Could Talk_|Christine Cullen|Made-for-cable film Segment: "1996"||
|1997|_Subway Stories_|Pregnant Girl|Made-for-cable film Segment: "Manhattan Miracle"||
|1998|_Ellen_|Karen|1 episode||
|2000|_One Kill_|Captain Mary Jane O'Malley|TV movie||
|2001|_Ally McBeal_|Melanie West|7 episodes||
|2004|_Gracie's Choice_|Rowena Lawson|TV movie Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie||
|2004|_The Dead Will Tell_|Emily Parker|TV movie Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television||
|2004–2005|_Everwood_|Amanda Hayes|10 episodes||
|2005|_True_|Rosie True|Unaired pilot||
|2005|_Nip/Tuck_|Nicole Morretti|3 episodes||
|2005|_Silver Bells_|Catherine O'Mara|TV movie||
|2005–2006|_Higglytown Heroes_|Gloria the Waitress|Voice only 3 episodes||
|2006|_Fatal Desire_|Tanya Sullivan|TV movie||
|2007|_Masters of Science Fiction_|Martha Van Vogel|1 episode||
|2006–2008|_Men in Trees_|Marin Frist|36 episodes||
|2009–2011|_Hung_|Jessica Haxon|30 episodes||
|2011|_Girl Fight_|Melissa|TV movie||
|2011|_Silent Witness_|Kate Robb|TV movie||
|2012|_Blackout_|Dr. Debra Westen|Miniseries||
|2012|_Save Me_|Beth Harper|Upcoming NBC pilot||

|Year|Title|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_If These Walls Could Talk 2_|Segment "2000"||
|2001|_Ellen DeGeneres: American Summer Documentary_|||
|2001|_On the Edge_|Segment _Reaching Normal_||

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Anne Heche July 14, 2014 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Heche in 2014
- **birth name**: Anne Celeste Heche
- **birth place**: Aurora, Ohio, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **death cause**: Injuries caused by a car crash
- **occupation**: Actress, director, screenwriter
- **years active**: 1987–2022
- **partner**: Ellen DeGeneres (1997–2000)
James Tupper (2008–2018)
- **children**: 2