Heather Langenkamp

At 59 years old, Heather Langenkamp has this physical status:

Heather Elizabeth Anderson (née Langenkamp; born July 17, 1964) is an American actor, director, and prosthetic makeup coordinator.

She began her career as an extra in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), before becoming well-known as Nancy Thompson in two of Craven's cult films: a perpetrator of Shocker (1989) and a fictionalized version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). Langenkamp's other appearances include figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the ABC television film Growing Pains (1988-1990) and the figure skater Just the Ten of Us (1990-1990), Rebecca Lubbock and Amy Boutilier in Jonathan Zarantonello's The Butterfly Room (2012), Moto in J. J. Abrams' Truth or Dare (2017), and actress Donna Boone in Nick Simon's Truth or Dare (2017).

She appeared on the film "Tonight Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy" in 2010. Langenkamp is the co-owner of AFX Studios, which has created and produced award-winning make-up effects for film and television.

Dawn of the Dead (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Evan Almighty (2007), and The Cabin in the Woods (2012).

Early life

Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mary Alice (née Myers), her mother, is an artist. Robert Dobie Langenkamp, her father, is a petroleum advocate. Her father, who was partially responsible for realizing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the Carter Administration, was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy, where he was partly responsible for the establishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He served in the Clinton administration, where he was instrumental in privatizing Naval Reserve No. 1. He was the founding of the University of Tulsa College of Law's National Energy & Environmental Law & Policy Institute later. She and her classmate and prospective Stanford University roommate Susan Rice then travelled to Washington, D.C., after her father's appointment to the Carter administration, where she attended the National Cathedral School for Girls.

Personal life

Jill Simpson, the assistant to The Outsiders (1984) casting director, became a close friend of Langenkamp. Simpson was the assistant on Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) and recommended that Langenkamp attend a wrap party to speak with one of the crew members. There, she met make-up artist David LeRoy Anderson, and the two started a friendship right away. Anderson suggested to her on the set of Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary (1989), and the pair wept that year. They had two children together, son Daniel "Atticus" Anderson, who died in 2018 as a result of a brain tumor, and daughter Isabelle Anderson. She was previously married to Alan Pasqua, a singer, from 1984 to 1987.

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Career

Langenkamp served with the Tulsa Tribune at the age of nineteen. In the summer of 1983, she noticed an advertisement looking for extras for Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders. Auditions were held at a nearby elementary school, where Langenkamp gave the casting director her Polaroid. She received a call back to work in a high school environment. She had to wear 1950s-based clothing amid what seemed to be "hundreds" of other teenagers. Coppola was shooting another film, Rumble Fish, in the same summer. Her friend was notified by phone call to appear on a street scene. With Langenkamp accompanying her to the show at night, her friend's mother became more at ease. The assistant director told her that they had had a chat and wanted to give it to her. She did several versions of her saying advance on Matt Dillon's character. The scenes didn't make it into either film's final product. Despite this, these extra parts helped her join the Screen Actors Guild. Langenkamp stayed in close contact with the casting designer, her assistant, and the producer.

She will go to Los Angeles to pursue acting opportunities while studying at Stanford University. Drew Denbaum's Nickel Mountain (1984), an extension of John Gardner's 1973 book, was her first public Hollywood audition. On Cahuenga Boulevard, she was struck by a fugitive vehicle during the audition. During the ordeal, Denbaum and the casting crew assisted Langenkamp. Callie Wells, the lead role, developed a bond with them and was cast in the lead role. She has expressed regret for filming the nude scene because she felt she was afraid of revealing her annoyance at the time. In the CBS television film Passions (1984), she was later cast as Beth alongside Joanne Woodward and Richard Crenna. Her character was lauded for the way she was going.

In 1983, Langenkamp discovered auditions for a horror film titled A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Annette Benson, the casting director, was familiar with Langenkamp as she had brought her in to read for the lead role in Night of the Comet (1984), but the role was ultimately lost to Catherine Mary Stewart. She auditioned for the role of fifteen-year-old heroine Nancy, a long-awaited after-parties role. There were not enough seats to hold the number of actresses auditioning. Amanda Wyss, a young actor auditioning, impressed both Benson and director Wes Craven enough that she was called back to read with another actress auditioning. Craven said he wanted someone "non-Hollywood" and someone who embodied the "all-American, girl-next-door" role, and that Langenkamp had these characteristics. Craven told her that she was able to play during the winter, but that wasn't until June 1984. She beat out more than 200 actresses auditioning for the role. "Heather Langenkamp [is] an appealing high school lead," she said at the Avoriaz Film Festival for her role as Nancy.

In 1984, she appeared in the ZZ Top's "Sleeping Bag" music video. She appeared in CBS Schoolbreak Specials and ABC Afterschool Specials in 1986. Langenkamp appeared in Suburban Beat (1985), a television pilot who was not considered for a complete series, in which she portrayed Hope Sherman, the youngest housewife. Craven consulted Langenkamp to reprise her role as Nancy in the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street (1987), about Freddy Krueger's previous efforts; the effort opened to box office success in 1987, grossing over $44 million, garnering positive reviews. Tracy was a guest on the soap opera Hotel later this year as Tracy in the television series The New Adventures of Beans Baxter and Monica. Langenkamp gained more attention when she played lead character Marie Lubbock on ABC's Just the Ten of Us, a spin-off of the famous ABC situation comedy Growing Pains (on which she appeared), from 1988 to 1990. Both shows received Emmy Awards. She and her coworkers were nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series, or Special this year.

In Wes Craven's horror film Shocker (1989), Langenkamp appeared in a cameo role as the first victim of Horace Pinker. She is on a news report when she is pulled away on a stretcher in the film. Following this, she portrayed figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the NBC television film Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story (also released in 1994), which centered on Tonya Harding's husband's murder.

Langenkamp starred in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, a standalone film that follows Freddy Krueger's journey to the real world. She instead starred as a fictionalized version of herself, which was based on a stalking case involving a fan furious over the cancellation of her show Just the Ten of Us. Langenkamp wrote: "It's a really interesting idea, and it's one of the few horror films in which the monster's really in the background, at least until the end." However, it's all about our mentality in relation to fear." Wes Craven's New Nightmare was released in 1994 and attracted critical acclaim for being regarded as a "metahorror" film. Langenkamp's performance received acclaim, with several commentators referring to it as her magnum opus. "The shows are pitch perfect, led by an incredible Langenkamp tour-de-force appearance," Slasher Studios' review website said. Langenkamp "is in top form and gives her best performance of the franchise here," James A. Janisse, the host of YouTube's Dead Meat, said in a video ranked Langenkamp "is in top form and gives her best appearance of the franchise here, likely due to her age and greater life experience." She received the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress for her appearance.

Langenkamp appeared in Robert Kurtzman's low-budget superhero film The Demolitionist (1995). Lou Ann Solomon was the protagonist of the short-lived science fiction/horror television series Perversions of Science, which was released in 1997. She appeared in the direct-to-video film Fugitive Mind (1999). She appeared in 18 Wheels of Justice as a waitress in 2000. She and her husband, David LeRoy Anderson, founded the Malibu Gum Factory, a locally produced chewing gum that featured trading cards of local surfers inside each box. In an episode of JAG (2002), Langenkamp played Janet Thompson. After this, she took a break from acting to concentrate on her family. She appeared in the Wes Craven horror film Cursed in 2005. The film had to be reshot and rewritten, causing her to leave due to scheduling conflicts.

In the independent mockumentary film The Bet (2006), Langenkamp portrayed a fictionalized version of herself. In April 2020, it was announced as a web series with the same name. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, she appeared in, executive produced, and narrated the 2010 film Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. I Am Nancy, she produced a documentary that centered on her encounter with Nancy in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films the following year. Dorothy was portrayed by Langenkamp in the horror film The Butterfly Room (2012). She appeared on The Cabin in the Woods, her husband's Special FX Make-up business, as a co-worker. Langenkamp made her debut in the documentary Fantasm in 2013 and played a small role as an alien in the film Star Trek Into Darkness, in which her husband David LeRoy Anderson created all of the Special FX make-up. In 2014, she made a cameo appearance in the fourth season of American Horror Story, dubbed Freak Show, as a Tupperware party girl.

Langenkamp appeared in Intruder's short film in 2015 and narrated the Macabre II's short horror film Vault. She appeared in the horror drama Home in 2016. Langenkamp appeared in the short horror comedy film The Subscription (2017) and appeared as herself in the film Unearthed & Untold: The Way to Pet Sematary (2017). In the horror sequel film Hellraiser: Judgment, she makes a cameo appearance. Donna Boone, the adult version of the "final girl" in the Syfy television horror film Truth or Dare, was also in the year, assisting a group of teenagers in their fight against a deadly spirit that had left her physically injured many years before. She has been confirmed to play the anchor role in Mike Flanagan's written, produced, and executive produced Netflix series The Midnight Club (2022). In My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021), Langenkamp portrays Dazzle Feather and Mayflower.

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