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Heather Locklear Profile |
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Birth Date: September 25, 1961
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Birth Place: Westwood, California, USA
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Birth Name: Heather Deen Locklear
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Heather Locklear was born September 25, 1961, in Los
Angeles, California. The youngest of 4 sisters, Heather is
the daughter of Bill, the Dean of the School of Engineering
at UCLU (Heather's former school), and Diane, an
administrative assistant at Disney.
The blue-eyed blonde originally attended UCLA as a
psychology major, when a casting director caught eye of the
all-American beauty and encouraged her to take a commercial
acting class. By the end of her freshman year, she began to
do guest TV spots, and decided to pursue acting full-time.
Heather started out with guest-appearances on a slew of
early '80s television programs, such as Chips, Eight Is
Enough and The Fall Guy, as well as with a role in Twirl.
But it was her work for uber-television producer Aaron
Spelling that launched the actress' career. In 1982,
Spelling cast Heather as Samantha Josephine Dean Carrington
Fallmont, or "Sammi Jo," in the long-running primetime soap,
Dynasty.
In the 1980s, she also landed the role of Officer Stacy
Sheridan on T.J. Hooker, but her 7-year role as Sammi Jo was
considered her claim to fame. As for the big-screen, Heather
landed a role in Firestarter, the horror film starring Drew
Barrymore, as well as 1989's The Return of the Swamp Thing.
Her role as Abby Arcane garnered Heather a 1990 Razzie
Award, for Worst Actress in a Film.
Heather may have appeared in the made-for-TV movie, Rock 'n'
Roll Mom in 1989, but she became a Rock 'n' Roll wife in
1985. Heather wed Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (pre-Pam),
which rebelled against her wholesome image.
The rock star wife was still appearing in television, with
roles on made-for-TV movies Rich Men, Single Women, Lethal
Charm, Dynasty: The Reunion, Highway Heartbreaker, and
Illusions.
Aaron Spelling saw Heather's television star potential in
the 1980s, and wanted her to improve the ratings of the
primetime soap, Melrose Place. Heather thought she was too
old to join the twentysomething cast of town house
residents, but as blonde vixen Amanda Woodward, Heather was
just what the show needed to boost its low ratings and add
some spice to the plot.
Amanda was the character audiences loved to hate, while
Heather was the woman every woman wanted to hate, but
couldn't. It was clear that critics loved her, as Heather
was nominated for Best Actress in a TV Drama for 4
consecutive years, for her work on Melrose Place.
While working as Amanda Woodward from 1993-1999, Heather
guest-starred in the film Wayne's World, as Wayne and
Garth's most schwingable babe; appeared in an uncredited
role in The First Wives Club; and starred in Money Talks and
Double Tap.
Once Melrose Place's successful run came to a close, Heather
was invited to join the cast of the ABC sitcom, Spin City.
The chemistry between Michael J. Fox and Heather made the
show a hit, and as Caitlin Moore, Heather proved that once
again, she was TV star material. Heather is now co-starring
with her Money Talks co-star Charlie Sheen, after Fox's
departure from the show.
As for her married life, Heather and Tommy Lee got divorced
in 1992, and in the tradition of falling for rock 'n'
rollers, Heather married Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora
(post-Cher) in Paris, in 1994. The couple welcomed their
first daughter, Ava Elizabeth, into the world in 1997. |
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Other
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Born at 5:40pm-PST
Her husband, Richie Sambora, is a member of the rock band
Bon Jovi.
Daughter, Ava Elizabeth, with husband Richie Sambora, was
born. [4 October 1997]
Attended UCLA for a short period of time. She chose to
pursue an acting career in lieu of the completion of her
studies towards a bachelors degree. Her father, William
Locklear, has served in various UCLA high-level
administrative positions (Registrar, Director of the Office
of Residential Life, etc.).
On her mother's side, Heather is cousins with Marla Maples.
Of mostly Scottish extraction.
Measurements: 37-24-35 (reported early in career), 34C-23-33
(after her reported implants), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth
magazine)
She is part Lumbee Indian, a community of individuals whose
ancestry is a mixture of Native Americans, Africans and
Europeans who intermarried only with each other.
Refused a regular part on the TV series "Good Morning,
Miami" (2002). It was a role similar to the one she played
on "Spin City" (1996). That role later went to Ashley
Williams.
Shares a birthday with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael
Douglas, Will Smith, Barbara Walters, Michael Madsen and the
late Christopher Reeve.
Her daughter Ava Elizabeth has the same name as the daughter
of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. Heather's daughter
is nearly 2 years older than Reese's.
After she was rejected from her high school cheerleading
squad, Heather joined the drama club and discovered that
acting was her true passion.
Graduated from Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park,
California.
Guest-starred in episode "No Sniffing, No Wowing" of former
"Spin City" (1996) co-star Charlie Sheen's new TV-series
"Two and a Half Men" (2003)
One of a handful of actors to work on two series at the same
time ("Dynasty" (1981) and "T.J. Hooker" (1982)). |
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