Katherine Heigl Biography
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Katherine Marie Heigl was born in Washington, D.C., on November
24, 1978. She has German and Irish ancestry and was raised very strict
as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her
older brother Jason died after a car accident in 1986, and the family
decided to donate his organs. Katherine is a strong proponent of
organ donation.
Her career started already at age nine, after an aunt took photos
of her and shoed them to modeling agencies. Katherine's acting debut
was in 1992, and in 1994 she had her first leading role in My Father
the Hero. In the following years, Katherine both modeled and acted.
She appeared in magazines such as Life, TV Guide, Teen, FHM and Maxim,
and she was a regular in "Sexiest Women" and "Hot
100"-lists. Katherine
ranked number one in the AskMen.com Top
99 Women 2008 Edition.
Katherine Heigl is best known for her role as Dr. Isobel "Izzie"
Stevens on Grey's Anatomy since 2005, and had a huge box office success
with movie Knocked
Up.
Katherine is married to singer Josh Kelley since December 23, 2007.
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