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.Nancy Heche: When the Truth Comes Out CBN.com 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.

Personal life
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.McClurg, Jocelyn (September 4, 2001). "'Elated' Anne Heche weds, closes the door on her past", USA Today , P. 2d. 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
+ Movie Year Title Role Notes1993An Ambush of GhostsDeniseUnreleasedThe Adventures of Huck FinnMary Jane Wilks1994I'll Do AnythingClaireMilk MoneyBetty1995Wild SideAlex Lee/JohannaStraight to video1996The JurorJulietPie in the SkyAmyStraight to videoWalking and TalkingLauraLimited release1997Donnie BrascoMaggie PistoneNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActressVolcanoDr. Amy BarnesI Know What You Did Last SummerMissy EganWag the DogWinifred AmesNominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical1998Six Days Seven NightsRobin Monroe Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy or RomanceReturn to ParadiseBeth McBride Csapnivalo Awards – Golden Slate for Best Actress in a Leading RolePsychoMarion Crane1999The Third MiracleRoxaneLimited release2000Auggie RoseLucy BrownAlso known as Beyond SuspicionLimited release2001Prozac NationDr. SterlingStraight to video2002John Q.Rebecca Payne2004BirthClaraLimited release2005Sexual LifeGwenStraight to video2007Suffering Man's CharityHelenStraight to videoWhat Love IsLauraLimited releaseSuperman: DoomsdayLois LaneVoice onlyStraight to video2008Toxic Skies Dr. Tess MartinStraight to video2009SpreadSamanthaLimited release2010The Other GuysPamela BoardmanUncreditedDimako, Peter. "Anne Heche joins Cedar Rapids and The Other Guys", MovieJungle.com, October 29, 2009, sourced from subscription-only Variety article "Anne Heche picks up gigs",  October 28, 20092011Cedar RapidsJoan Ostrowski-FoxLimited releaseRampartCatherineLimited release2012That's What She SaidDee DeePremiered at 2012 Sundance Film FestivalArthur Newman, Golf ProN/Apost-productionBlack NovemberBarbrapost-productionLife at These SpeedsCoach Rowanin production2013Nothing to FearN/Apre-production2013WheelerN/AFilming begins in June 2012http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/2012/04/27/action-film-shoot-in-orlando-to-create.html

+ Television Year Title Role Notes1987–1991Another WorldVictoria 'Vicky' HudsonMarley Love HudsonDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama SeriesSoap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer – DaytimeSoap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Daytime1991Murphy BrownNica1 episode1992O Pioneers!MarieTV movie1993The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesKate1 episode1994Against the WallSharonMade-for-cable film1994Girls in PrisonJenniferMade-for-cable film1994The InvestigatorLucindaShort1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey LongAileen DumontTV movie1996If These Walls Could TalkChristine CullenMade-for-cable filmSegment: "1996"1997Subway StoriesPregnant GirlMade-for-cable filmSegment: "Manhattan Miracle"1998EllenKaren1 episode2000One KillCaptain Mary Jane O'MalleyTV movie2001Ally McBealMelanie West7 episodes2004Gracie's ChoiceRowena LawsonTV movieNominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie2004The Dead Will TellEmily ParkerTV movieNominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television2004–2005EverwoodAmanda Hayes10 episodes2005TrueRosie TrueUnaired pilot2005Nip/TuckNicole Morretti3 episodes2005Silver BellsCatherine O'MaraTV movie2005–2006Higglytown HeroesGloria the WaitressVoice only3 episodes2006Fatal DesireTanya SullivanTV movie2007Masters of Science FictionMartha Van Vogel1 episode2006–2008Men in TreesMarin Frist36 episodes2009–2011HungJessica Haxon30 episodes2011Girl FightMelissaTV movie2011Silent WitnessKate RobbTV movie2012BlackoutDr. Debra WestenMiniseries2012Save MeBeth HarperUpcoming NBC pilot

+ Director Year Title Notes2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Segment "2000"2001Ellen DeGeneres: American Summer Documentary2001On the EdgeSegment Reaching Normal

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