Wednesday
Jan292020
Happy 50th to Heather Graham
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 8:00AM Happy half century to the one & only Rollergirl!
We were so obsessed with Boogie Nights when it came out that the characters were as real to us as the stars playing them. We haven't seen much of Graham lately -- she was sadly missing from the Twin Peaks reunion series despite her character (Annie Blackburn) still being officially alive and in a mysteriously non-aging catatonic state when last we heard news of her -- but she has three movies in post-production currently including the thriller Wander (2020) with Tommy Lee Jones and Aaron Eckhart.
What's your favourite Graham role from the 90s... and were you a fan of Annie Blackburn on Twin Peaks?
Reader Comments (13)
I loved her in Drugstore Cowboy!
I must answer Rollergirl cause I also had a tendency in the 90s to get on my knees very fast.
GAME. SET. MATCH.
I've always been a huge fan! Also, I think Heather Graham is more talented than people realize - the downside of being too sexy.
I guess this just exposes my obsession with this specific movie but I always picture her first in her tiny role in Six Degrees of Separation, where Will Smith steals her hot boyfriend and drives him to suicide
Well, Peggy Sue certainly wins this one, and I was the same too, but I do also have a soft spot for her....mmmmMojo opposite Austin Powers in "The Spy Who Shagged Me".
I ❤️ Graham in Twin Peaks, even if I dreamed Audrey as Cooper’s love interest (too young maybe...), but Roller Girl was the pivotal moment of her film journey, at least for me. I agree that she’s very talented and quite underappreciated
It's not her best (or in the 90s) but I have to recommend her reoccurring role on "Scrubs" since its a perfect fit for her almost superhuman level of likability.
I do think she's a better actress than people give her credit for as she hasn't really been given the chance to show that. I loved her in Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
I thought there was a brief flash forward in TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME of Annie Blackburn being killed by Evil Agent Cooper, which would explain her absence in Season 3. (Did I hallucinate that?) The real mystery was the absence of Donna Hayward.
She completely sparkles in Boogie Nights.
I am going to be pointed out but I must say that my fave role by her is...
... Bowfinger (such an underaprecciated film)
Wish PTA would utilize her again.