Anne Heche

Birth Name: Anne Celeste Heche
Birth Place: Aurora, OH
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: May 25, 1969, Gemini
Profession: Actor
A lithe blonde whose acting career was long overshadowed by her tabloid-ready personal life, Heche was just 18 when she embarked on a four-year stint on the soap Another World. During her tenure, she snagged a Daytime Emmy and her significantly older costar Richard Burgi as her boyfriend. In 1991, Heche left the show and turned in fine supporting performances in a string of TV-movies and indie features, notably as a neurotic bride in Walking and Talking and a hooker with an eye for the ladies in the underrated 1996 thriller Wild Side. Her role in the latter turned out to be prophetic, because the next year, the budding starlet suddenly found herself in the spotlight when she and her lesbian lover, Ellen DeGeneres, went public as a couple. Although Hollywood homophobia probably had a part in stifling her career, her poor choices didn't help, either. Except for the 1997 political satire Wag the Dog, which showed off her comedic side, her subsequent projects were duds (the ridiculous remake of Psycho, the tepid romantic comedy Six Days, Seven Nights), and a nasty break up with DeGeneres in 2000 which prompted a public freak-out (she was found wandering around ranting about aliens), didn't improve her image. In 2001, the addled Heche tried to get her life in order. She married cameraman Coleman Lafferty (ironically, the couple met when he was working on a documentary about DeGeneres), published the autobiography Call Me Crazy (which chronicled her allegedly abusive childhood), and returned to the small screen with a recurring romantic role on Ally McBeal. TV and theater allowed Heche to make a true comeback, and in 2004 she was nominated for a Tony and an Emmy, for her sparkling performance in a revival of On the Twentieth Century and for her harrowing turn as an abusive mom in the TV-movie Gracie's Choice. After a few more recurring series roles, Heche landed her own quirky show, Men in Trees, in 2006, about a romantically challenged relationship coach stuck in self-imposed exile in Alaska. The show not only revved up her career, it allegedly perked up her love life, too: Midway through the first season, she separated from her husband amidst rumors she was having an affair with her small-screen flame, James Tupper.
Anne Heche Fast Facts:
Began acting at age 12, appearing in musicals at a Trenton, NJ dinner theater.
Was offered the role of good/evil twins Marley McKinnon/Vicky Frame on the NBC soap Another World when she was still in high school, but turned it down so she could finish her education. Later accepted the role, winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991 for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
Won a Creative Integrity Award at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Women's Night in 1999 for her volunteer work at the Teen Center.
Was allegedly the inspiration for Heather Graham's self-involved character in Bowfinger, a comedy penned by Heche's ex-boyfriend Steve Martin.
Wrote and directed the "2000" segment of the HBO movie If These Walls Could Talk 2, which starred her then girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres and Sharon Stone as a lesbian couple attempting to have a baby.
Penned a 2001 autobiography, Call Me Crazy, in just six weeks.
Anne Heche Relationships:
James Tupper - Significant Other
Abigail Heche - Sister
Coleman `Coley' Laffoon - Husband (separated)
Donald Heche - Father
Ellen DeGeneres - Ex-significant Other
Homer Heche Laffoon - Son
Nancy Heche - Mother
Nathan Heche - Brother
Richard Burgi - Ex-significant Other
Steve Martin - Ex-significant Other
Susan Bergman - Sister
Anne Heche Awards:
2004 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
2004 Tony: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Nominee

Anne Hathaway

Birth Name: Anne Whitney Hathaway
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: November 12, 1982, Scorpio
Profession: Actor
From her oversize smile to her breakthrough role in a Garry Marshall fairy-tale film, this rising starlet recalls a young Julia Roberts. After performing on stage as an adolescent, Hathaway landed a part on the short-lived sitcom Get Real. But it was her royal role as a quick but klutzy teen in Marshall's The Princess Diaries that turned the young beauty into box-office gold. Shuttling between college, the stage and the big screen, she showed off her effervescent charm in a succession of movies (including a Princess sequel) but abandoned her squeaky-clean image with her critically acclaimed topless turn in 2005's Brokeback Mountain as the wife of a gay cowboy.
Anne Hathaway Fast Facts:
Mother performed in a touring production of Les Miserables.
As a child, she appeared in productions at New Jersey's prestigious Paper Mill Playhouse, including a revival of Gigi.
Is a trained soprano; sang at Carnegie Hall in 1999 with the All-Eastern United States High School Honors Chorus.
Attended the Barrow Group theater company in New York for six months; was the first teenager admitted into its acting program.
Fell out of her chair while auditioning for The Princess Diaries. Director Garry Marshall hired her on the spot.
Won the 2002 Clarence Derwent Award honoring "the most promising female performer on the New York metropolitan scene" for her performance in a concert revival of the musical Carnival.
Considered for the role of Christine in the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, but was unavailable because of her commitment to The Princess Diaries 2.
Anne Hathaway Relationships:
Gerald Hathaway - Father
Kate McCauley - Mother
Raffaello Follieri - Significant Other
College:
Attended Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; attending New York University, New York, NY