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Katherine Heigl / Izzie Stevens #19: Because everyone wants a piece of Katie!
Welcome to the 19th Izzie/Katie APPRECIATION THREAD  Credit to Lee   Credit to; Elexi  Credit to fozzy81  Credit to fozzy81  Credit to Duffy  Credit to Lycanthropist  Credit to Tahra   Credit to ukgreysfan  Credit to unknown Biography Katherine Marie Heigl was born in Washington, DC, on November 24, 1978, to Nancy and Paul Heigl. A short time afterwards the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Katherine was to spend the majority of her childhood. The youngest member of her family, Katherine, or "Katie" as she is nicknamed, has two elder siblings, John and Meg. Tragically, her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When doctors determined he was brain-dead, the family made the difficult decision to donate his organs. Not only did this painful chapter give Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it motivated her to use her celebrity to promote the importance of organ donation. Katherine was first thrust into the limelight as a child model. An aunt, visiting the family in New Canaan, took a number of photographs of her niece, then aged nine, in a series of poses to advertise a hair care product she had invented. Upon returning to New York, and with permission from Katherine's parents, she sent the photos to a number of modelling agencies. Within a few weeks Katherine had been signed to Wilhelmina, a renowned international modelling agency. Almost immediately she made her debut in a magazine advertisement, and soon followed this with an inaugural television appearance in a national commercial for Cheerios breakfast cereal. Following a number of commercials and modelling assignments for Sears and Lord & Taylor, she made her big-screen debut in That Night (1992), which starred Juliette Lewis and C. Thomas Howell. It was then that she realized that acting rather than modelling was her passion. In 1993, Katherine appeared in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed Depression-era drama King of the Hill (1993), before landing her first leading role as a rebellious teenager alongside Gérard Depardieu in My Father the Hero (1994). During this time, Katherine continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her academic studies with work on films and modelling, which she undertook during holidays, vacations and weekends. In 1995 she played Sarah Ryback, the niece of Steven Seagal's character, in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), which represented her first "action genre" film. Acting was now becoming a stronger focus for Katherine, although she still modelled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as "Seventeen". Television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) soon followed, before she took the lead role in Disney's Wish Upon a Star (1996) in 1996. It was also during that year that Katherine's parents divorced, and following her graduation from high school in 1997, she moved with her mother into a four-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Malibu Canyon area. This enabled her to focus upon acting with the guidance and support of her mother, who now managed her career. In 1997 Katherine portrayed Taffy Entwhistle, Rita Hayworth's stand-in, in the movie Stand-ins (1997), and was also cast as the beauteous Princess Ilene in the European production Prince Valiant (1997). Katherine then made her debut in made-for-television films, co-starring with Peter Fonda in a re-working of the classic Shakespearean play The Tempest (1998) (TV), updated with an American Civil War theme. This film saw her take on the role of Miranda Prosper, a young woman torn between her love for her father and that for a Union soldier. Bug Buster (1998) and Bride of Chucky (1998) represented a venture into the horror genre for Katherine. While both films could be described as rather tongue-in-cheek despite their gory emphases, Bride of Chucky was the better received, both critically and commercially. In 1999 Katherine decided to branch out into series television when she accepted the role of the haughty yet vulnerable Isabel Evans on Roswell (1999), a show that blended teen angst with sci-fi drama. Though she had never planned to embark on a career in television, the role of Isabel, a teenager with a secret life, was an offer she found impossible to refuse. In the series, Isabel, her brother Max (Jason Behr) and their friend Michael (Brendan Fehr) are aliens passing as humans in Roswell, New Mexico, as they desperately try to hide the truth from government agencies, the people of Roswell, and even their own adopted families. To publicize her role on Roswell, Katherine graced the covers of magazines such as "TV Guide", "Maxim" and "Teen", and was interviewed on Later with Cynthia Garrett (1994) and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999). Along with her mother Nancy, she also appeared in an episode of the Sci-Fi TV talk show Crossing Over with John Edward (1999), during which she spoke with John Edward, a psychic medium, about her late brother, Jason. During the three years Roswell was in production, Katherine found time to work on several movies. 100 Girls (2000), an independent film released in 2001, is the story of a college freshman who meets the girl of his dreams in an elevator during a blackout, who spends the rest of the movie trying to find her again. Her cameo role is that of Arlene, the competitive tomboy. The second film, Valentine (2001), a horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards, appeared in U.S. theatres on February 2, 2001. In this movie, which is based upon the 1996 novel by Tom Savage, Katherine plays Shelley, a medical student who meets a sudden demise. In the spring of 2001 Katherine accepted a role in NBC's Critical Assembly (2003) (TV), a two-hour, original television thriller. Katherine and Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek (1998)) co-starred as brilliant and politically concerned college students who build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities, but are betrayed by a fellow student when the bomb ends up in the hands of a terrorist. Unfortunately, the telefilm, directed by Eric Laneuville, written by Tom Vaughan and based on the best-seller The Seventh Power, by James Mills was shelved when its storyline was deemed too close for comfort to the events of September 11, 2001. It was eventually broadcast in 2003. Since the cancellation of "Roswell" in the spring of 2002, Katherine has been busy with various projects, including an appearance on UPN's update of the classic television series, The Twilight Zone (2002). That episode, entitled Cradle of Darkness, aired October 2, 2002, and featured Katherine in the role of a woman who goes back in time to stop one of the most notorious murders in history. In addition, she completed a movie, Descendant (2003), a psychological thriller inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. She also starred as Isabel Linton in MTV's updated version of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Katherine has also starred as Romy in ABC/Touchstone's two-hour telepic Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) (TV), a prequel to the 1997 feature Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). She also made two Hallmark TV movies about frontier life Love Comes Softly (2003) & Love's Enduring Promise (2004). She played the role of Marty in both movies. During the summer of 2002, Katherine made a major decision in the direction of her career when she signed on for representation in all areas with the William Morris Agency, one of the biggest and most prestigious agencies in the entertainment industry. She is now being represented by Norman Aladjem at Paradigm Agency and being managed by Nancy Heigl and Stephanie Simon and Jason Newman at Untitled Entertainment. 2005 proved to be Katie's breakout year when she won a role in the then new critically-acclaimed TV drama Grey's Anatomy. She played the role of Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, a model-turned-surgeon who was trying hard to be taken seriously despite her looks. She won the heart of America by playing Izzie with just the right vulnerability & passion. The show made her a household name and opened new doors for her. She starred in several movies within 2 years after the show's first season. Katherine starred as pharmaceutical rep Karly Hert in Side Effects (2005), Lynn Sheridan in The Ringer (2005), the ingenue Marissa in Zyzzyx Rd (2006), and British gal Laura in the British comedy Caffeine (2006). Katherine got her recognition in 2007 when she was nominated for a Golden Globe for the very first time. She was nominated in the category Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series or TV Movie. She unfortunately didn't win but she was happy that she was able to get noticed by the Foreign Press. Katherine got her star-making role in 2007 when up-and-coming director Judd Apatow was casting the female lead in his new movie Knocked Up (2007). Katie played the role of E! entertainment reporter Allison Scott who finds out that her one-night-stand with a slacker resulted in an accidental pregnancy. Katie captured the role perfectly and she's won rave reviews for her performance. She was immediately dubbed as "America's Sweetheart." Fresh out of the success of Knocked Up, Katherine then shot the film 27 Dresses (2008). In the film, she played Jane Nichols, a woman who has been a bridesmaid 27 times and still struggling to find love. 27 Dresses was the film that cemented her claim as the new Romantic Comedy lead actress. Seventeen years of hard work has finally paid off in (June 2007) when she won the Primetime Emmy for Best Female Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy. Katie thanked her mother in her acceptance speech for being there for her all though those years of struggling in the business. Katherine is currently busy filming The Ugly Truth with Gerard Butler while she's working on the final episodes of Grey's Anatomy. The new movie is scheduled to be shown in early 2009. -Courtesy of Tahra, Lee, Katherine Heigl Fan & jahnnabanana- Quotes About Katie Izzie Quotes _Katie/Izzie fans  _
 ~ Quotes ~ ~ "I have always found it fascinating how much of a voice the public gives celebrities. It's just interesting to me because its not like we did that much to deserve having so many people hanging on our every word." - on the power of celebrity ~ “I don’t condone obesity, but I don’t think we all need to be a ****ing size two. It’s a ridiculous goal. You know what’s important? Living well and not being consumed with eating boring salads that you hate. Eat Brie, and have a glass of red wine.” - on dieting ~ "It's so disconcerting---there are so many women now with fake breasts that that's the standard; that's what you're supposed to look like. But real boobs don't look like that, and a lot of working out won't make them look like that." - on plastic surgery ~ "I'm a saver...until I see something I like." - on her shopping problem ~ "I don't know if people tend to understand that about me or if it's just a coincidence, but I'm huge about the holidays. I usually bake six or seven types of cookies---at least two dozen of each. I put up a huge tree the day after Thanksgiving, do little show villages all around my house. I'm a huge Christmas person. I think it's probably because I was raised that way." - on her similarity with the characters she plays  ~ "There are some amazingly intelligent, beautiful women out there. The two are not mutually exclusive. You can have a brain and a body. But if you're only looking at my body, then you're looking at the wrong thing." - on beauty and brains ~ "I'm not perfect. But clothes help. A good bra with some underwire definitely helps a lot!" - on her body ~ "My plan was to be a brown-haired Izzie, but they said no. I'd love to be a brunette. Having brown hair makes me feel more exotic." - on Izzie ~ “I play it very cool with Patrick. . . . You don’t admit crushes to crushes. That’s embarrassing. I did ask to feel his hair. Maybe that gave me away.” - on her childhood crush on Patrick Dempsey ~ Trivia ~ ~ She has played a character named Isabel/Isobel three times. She played Isabel Linton in MTV's Wuthering Heights, Isabel Evans in Roswell and Isobel Stevens in Grey's Anatomy ( Isabel Evans/Isobel Stevens? They even rhyme! ). Her character's nickname in both Roswell and Grey's was Izzy/Izzie/Iz. She also played a character named Aizy in Critical Assembly. In My Father The Hero, her dad's girlfiend (played by Emma Thompson in an uncredited role) was also named Isabelle. ~ She was called "The Christmas Nazi" in Roswell. Grey's also has "The Nazi", played to perfection by Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey.   ~ Played a medical student who got killed in the opening sequence of Valentine. Plays a surgical resident in Grey's. ~ She played the cello in high school. ~ Like some of the characters she played, she also knits obsessively. She knits on set when she's not reading. She makes her own scarves. It once got so out of hand that she has knitted little outfits for her dogs. Aside from knitting, she also enjoys crochet. ~ She bakes, cooks and likes arts & crafts. Quite a few of her characters also have this in common with her. ~ She is engaged to singer Josh Kelley. He gave her a 3.2 carat pear-shaped diamond engagement ring, which has half of her mother Nancy's platinum wedding band. The other half is in her sister Meg's engagement ring.  ~ She has done several movies where she played older sister to someone who was actually older than herself in real life. In Wish Upon a Star, Danielle Harris, who played younger sister Hayley, is actually older by a year and a half. In Roswell, younger brother Max (played by her ex Jason Behr) is 5 years older than Katie. In her newest film 27 Dresses, she plays older sister to Malin Akerman, who is 6.5 months older than her. Believe it or not, she has also played mother to someone older than herself. January Jones played her stepdaughter Missie Davis in Love's Enduring Promise but is about 11 months older that Katie.  Want some more trivia? Visit the Katie Trivia thread.  http://www.fanforum.com/f66/katie-he...life-62796830/ -Quotes and Trivia courtesy of jahnnabanana- ~ Videos ~ YouTube - Grey's Anatomy & Roswell vid of "Izzy" YouTube - The Life Of Izzie Stevens YouTube - "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Izzie's POV Interviews, Features and Candids: YouTube - Katherine Heigl Interview (1994) YouTube - Katherine Heigl with Fans at the 2007 Golden Globes YouTube - KATHERINE HEIGL Movie Trailers/Clips: YouTube - Wish Upon a Star - Opening Sequence YouTube - Wish Upon a Star - Katherine Heigl & Danielle Harris YouTube - 27 Dresses Trailer - Widescreen Version Previous thread: #14: Because she's now an Emmy award winner. -If you want to add something or you want to be added to the list, tell me!!  Credit to Nililah __________________
my home isn't some place, it's someone. Last edited by hannahbanana; 11-20-2008 at 09:42 PM |
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TFTNT Emma
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yeah .. Nil's art is beautiful
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and I love that photoshoot
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it issss ! and her eyes are amazing
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lol , I have brown eyes
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I want brown eyes!  I have green grey something __________________
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green grey something
that sounds .. interesting yep we did __________________
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Katie out and about in Los Angeles-August 15
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