American actress Heather Langenkamp was remembered by the audience for her early roles in the horror films Nightmare on Elm Street, where she played the role of Nancy, who dared to challenge the bloody maniac with a burned face Freddy Krueger. She also played in the series, was a producer, director and makeup artist. We offer to get acquainted with her biography.
Childhood
Heather Langenkamp was born in 1964 in the small town of Tulsa in a fairly wealthy family:
- Mother, Mary Alice, was engaged in art. She had Germanic roots.
- My father was an oil tycoon and served under the administration of Presidents Carter and Clinton.
The girl graduated from high school, after which she entered Stanford University. During the training years, her fateful meeting with Wes Craven took place, giving Heather Langenkamp a role in the horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
Success on screen
Heather's first success was a picture by Wes Craven about the serial killer Freddy Krueger, who killed teenagers in their dreams. Partner Langenkamp became Johnny Depp, at that time also a novice actor. The reason why the actress managed to get around more than 200 applicants for the role is quite simple - the director wanted his character to be as different as possible from recognized Hollywood standards. The role turned out to be so successful that the actress Heather Langenkamp received her first prize for her and entered the list of “Scream Queens,” which is what American horror actresses are called.
Subsequent career
In the biography of Heather Langenkamp, ​​the moment of coveted fame came, she received several roles in the late 80s:
- The most significant is the role of Nancy Thompson in the continuation of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Nancy appears before the viewer already matured, having survived the difficulties that comprehended her and is ready to help teenagers who, like her before, are struggling with the terrible killer from her own dreams. In addition to Heather, Robert Inglund, Patricia Arquette, John Saxon played in the film. The film earned positive reviews from critics who noted the originality and unpredictability of the plot.
- Wes Craven liked the work with Heather so much that he invited her to his new 1989 film, Electroshock, where the actress got a minor role.
- Next, we should mention the movie with Heather Langenkamp “A Nightmare on Elm Street 7”, where she is no longer playing Nancy, but herself, the performer of the role of Nancy, into whose life the bloody killer burst.
- The picture "Destroyer" was released in 1995, but Langenkamp played a small role in it.
Despite the constant search for new roles, Heather went down in the history of cinema as the “Queen of Scream” and the fearless Nancy Thompson, other roles of the late 80-90s. the viewer did not remember.
TV series participation
The actress tried her hand and in various series, among which we will name:
- "Military legal service."
- "18 wheels of justice."
- "American horror story."
However, Heather did not enter the main cast, starring only in separate episodes.
Creativity 2000-2017
The main genres in which Langenkamp played in 2000-2017 are as follows:
- comedy ("Betting");
- horrors ("Hellraiser 10");
- thriller ("Butterfly Room").
However, the actress appears on the big screen very rarely.
Heather now
The life of the 53-year-old actress is still vibrant and dynamic. She, together with her husband, owns and runs a make-up company, whose services were resorted to when creating such successful paintings as “Bruce Almighty”, “Angels and Demons”, “Evan Almighty”.
The actress successfully coped with the work of the executive producer. So, she managed to work with the documentary films “I am Nancy” and “Never Sleep Again: Legacy of Elm Street”.
Heather Langenkamp maintains his own Twitter page, which publishes news from his life.
Interesting facts and personal life
We offer you to familiarize yourself with a selection of interesting facts from the life of the actress:
- As Heather herself likes to say, a movie career is not her main value, and she sincerely does not understand those actresses who sacrifice everything for fame.
- In the film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, the heroine Langenkamp, ​​15-year-old Nancy, looking in the mirror at her reflection, exhausted from insomnia, said: “I look for all 20 years.” At the same time, the actress herself was 20 years old.
- Heather Langenkamp was married twice, the first husband of the actress - Alan Pasqua, a famous pianist, they lived together for only two years.
- With a second husband, David Leroy Anderson, Heather has been married since 1990. In addition to two children, they have many common interests and even their own company.
- The plot of the seventh part of the tape about Freddy Krueger has an autobiographical subtext - in the wake of fame, Heather was faced with the obsessive pursuit of an inadequate fan.
- Langenkamp tried to open a chewing gum company, but the business quickly went out of business.
Heather Langenkamp failed to achieve truly Hollywood fame, many remembered her only role, Nancy Thompson, therefore, gradually leaving the acting field, the actress focused on entrepreneurial activity.