In Memoriam: Anne Heche
by Emily Nagle
Emmy-winning actress Anne Heche has died at the age of 53 a week after the fiery car crash that left her intubated and in a coma. Heche’s family made the difficult decision to take her off life support after doctors declared her brain dead. The news was confirmed earlier today in an Instagram post from her friend Nancy Davis.
“Heaven has a new Angel. My loving, kind, fun, endearing and beautiful friend @anneheche went to heaven,” Davis captioned the post that featured multiple photos of the actress. “Anne was always the kindest, most thoughtful person who always brought out the best in me…My heart is broken 💔💔💔”
Born in Aurora, Ohio on May 25, 1969, Heche’s acting career began just after her high school graduation in 1987, when she got casted as twins Marley Love and Vicky Hudson in soap opera “Another World”. This role won her a Daytime Emmy and two Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Heche’s success would only increase in the late 1990s as she went on to star in even more successful films, including crime drama “Donnie Brasco,” disaster film “Volcano”, and slasher film “I Know What You Did Last Summer”. Her big break, however, came in 1998, when she earned a Saturn Award nomination for her role as Marion Crane in Gus Van Sant’s remake of “Psycho.” From here, she was casted in many successful independent films, including “Birth”, “Spread,” and “Cedar Rapids”.
More recent roles include being series lead in “The Brave” as Deputy Director Patricia Campbell, in addition to a supporting role in “Chicago P.D.” as Dep. Superintendent Katherine Brennan. She was also a contestant on season 29 of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2020.
Heche is survived by her two sons Homer and Atlas.