Katherine Heigl (full name Katherine Marie Heigl) was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a famous actress who was nominated at the Golden Globe.
Biography and Career :
She grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut and attended New Canaan High School. She graduated in 1996. At the age of nine, she signed a contract with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency and started her modeling career. She also worked for the Elite Modeling Agency.
In 1992 she received a role in "That Night", which was her first role in a movie.
Since then she has appeared in films like "My Father the Hero", "Wish Upon A Star", "Roswell", "Grey's Anatomy", "Side Effects" and many others.
One of her ex-boyfriends is Jason Behr and from June 2006 she has been engaged to Josh Kelley, who is a singer.
Trivia :
- Height: 175 cm
- She had three brothers and one sister: Holt, John, Meg and Jason, the last one had died in a car accident.
- She has German and Irish origins.
- While being in high school she used to play the cello.
- She occupied the 72nd position in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" in 2002.
- In 2005 she was ranked on the 55th place in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement and in 2006 on the 19th place.
- In June 2006 she got engaged to Josh Kelley.
Quotes :
- "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'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or think I'm sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size."
- "I love changing my look. I would love, love, love to cut all my hair off into a really short, punky haircut."
