Heather Langenkamp - American actress, director, producer, make-up artist, entrepreneur, owner of her own studio for the production of special makeup. She gained her fame by starring in one of the scariest horror films of all time, which was directed by Wes Craven, directed by Nightmare on Elm Street. There, Heather played a heroine named Nancy Thompson.
Heather's creative biography began as a student. Fame came to her at the age of twenty: immediately after the release of the first part of the painting “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. After that, she starred in two parts of the cult film and appeared in documentary projects dedicated to the characters of the picture: "I am Nancy" and "Never Sleep Again: Legacy of Elm Street."
Heather's acting career is not very rich, although she starred in more than thirty films and series. Now she only occasionally appears on the screens, but her fans continue to closely monitor Heather's creative career. In recent years, Langenkamp could be seen in the films: HellRaisers: The Sentence and Truth or Action.
The actress tried herself as a producer and director, but after the second marriage she began to devote most of her time to her family and went into business. Together with her husband, they founded the company "AFX Studio", in which Langenkamp continues to work successfully.
early years
Heather was born in the USA in the summer of 1964. Her mother was an artist, and her father was a well-known specialist in the field of energy and the oil industry. For many years he worked in the presidential administration of Carter and Clinton.
The girl did not dream of an acting career, but she was keenly interested in creativity from childhood. Like her mother, she was engaged in drawing, was fond of music, and at school participated in theatrical productions.
Start a movie career
After graduation, Heather continued her education at Stanford University. It was there that she met with director W. Craven, who invited the girl to take part in the filming of "A Nightmare on Elm Street." But before this meeting, Heather already tried herself in the cinema, playing a cameo role in the film "Outcasts".
Star role
Craven was looking for a girl who would be completely different from the standards of Hollywood cinema for the role of the main character in his film "A Nightmare on Elm Street". And it was Heather who possessed those qualities.
Beating all the applicants, and there were several hundred, Heather got a role in the film, which brought her great popularity. Together with her in this horror was then shot by an unknown to anyone, and now the famous actor - Johnny Depp, who also received one of the main roles in the first part of the picture.
After filming in the movie, the career of the actress quickly took off, but she could not stay at the peak of fame. For her stellar role, Heather received not only recognition from the audience, but also became one of the "scream queens" - actresses specializing in horror films.
In the further biography of the actress, there were many more roles in films and TV shows, but no work brought her such success anymore.
