Anne Celeste Heche (May 25, 1969 – August 12, 2022) was an American actress, director, and writer.
She was best known for her roles in Another World, Donnie Brasco, Six Days, Seven Nights and Psycho (the 1998 remake).
Heche was bisexual, having been in relationships with Ellen DeGeneres and James Tupper and a marriage to Coley Laffon, with two sons, one in 2002 by Tupper and another in 2009 by Laffon. She was also open in detailing her longtime issues with mental illness.
On August 5, 2022, Heche was involved in a car crash in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles that left her in a coma with no chance of survival. She was declared legally dead under California law on August 12 and taken off life support two days later.
Partial filmography:
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Film roles
- The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) as Mary Jane Wilks
- Against the Wall (1994) as Sharon Smith
- Milk Money (1994) as Betty
- The Juror (1996) as Juliet
- Birth (2004) as Clara
- Donnie Brasco (1997) as Maggie Pistone
- Volcano (1997) as Dr. Amy Barnes
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) as Melissa 'Missy' Egan
- Wag the Dog (1997) as Winifred Ames
- Six Days, Seven Nights (1998) as Robin Monroe
- Psycho (1998) as Marion Crane
- John Q. (2002) as Rebecca Payne
- Gracie's Choice (2004) as Rowena Lawson
- Superman: Doomsday (2007) as Lois Lane
- The Other Guys (2010) as Pamela Boardman
- Cedar Rapids (2011) as Joan Ostrowski-Fox
- Catfight (2016) as Ashley
- My Friend Dahmer (2017) as Joyce Dahmer
Television roles
- Another World (1987–91) as Vicky Hudson/Marley Love
- Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1991) as Nica
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1 episode, 1993) as Kate
- Ellen (1 episode, 1998) as Karen
- Ally McBeal (7 episodes, 2001) as Melanie West
- Everwood (10 episodes, 2004–05) as Amanda Hayes
- Nip/Tuck (3 episodes, 2005) as Nicole Morretti
- Higglytown Heroes (3 episodes, 2005–06) as Gloria the Waitress
- Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode, 2007) as Martha Van Vogel
- Men in Trees (2006–08) as Marin Frist
- Hung (2009–11) as Jessica Haxon
- The Michael J. Fox Show (4 episodes, 2013–14) as Susan Rodriguez-Jones
- Adventure Time (2 episodes, 2013–15) as Cherry Cream Soda
- The Legend of Korra (2014) as Suyin Beifong
- Quantico (1 episode, 2015) as Dr. Susan Langdon
- Aftermath (2016) as Karen Copeland
- The Brave (2017–18) as DIA Director Patricia Campbell
- Chicago P.D. (2018–19) as Dep. Superintendent Katherine Brennan
- Dancing with the Stars (2020) as Herself – contestant
- All Rise (2021, 2 episodes) as Connie Cuthbert
Trivia
- Deleted Role: She had a main cast role in The Idol, which would have been her last completed television production before her death, but like most of the original cast, she was replaced when almost the entire series was re-shot under new management.
