Anne Heche: Emmy-Winning Actress of Donnie Brasco and Six Days, Seven Ni

Anne Heche was an American actress, writer and director. Born on May 25, 1969, in Aurora, Ohio, she began her career on the NBC soap opera Another World, where she won a Daytime Emmy for playing twins Vicky and Marley.

Heche broke through in film with Donnie Brasco and Wag the Dog in 1997, winning a National Board of Review award. She then starred in Six Days, Seven Nights and Return to Paradise (1998) and in Gus Van Sant's Psycho (1998). She was nominated for a Tony Award for Twentieth Century (2004) and for an Emmy for Gracie's Choice (2004).

Heche was in a high-profile relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000. She published the memoir Call Me Crazy in 2001, and she competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2020. She had two sons. She died in Los Angeles on August 11, 2022, at age 53, six days after a car crash. The coroner ruled the death an accident.

Achievements: Daytime Emmy for Another World (1987-1991), Donnie Brasco and Wag the Dog (1997), Tony nomination for Twentieth Century (2004), wrote Call Me Crazy (2001).

Birth: May 25, 1969 - Aurora, Ohio.

Profession: Actress, writer and director.

Interesting Facts: She appeared on Dancing with the Stars in 2020. A second memoir, Call Me Anne, was published in 2023.