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'''Anne Celeste Heche''' (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress and director and screenwriter.
Biography
Early life
Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio to Donald Heche, a Baptist minister and choir director, and Nancy. In her book, "Call Me Crazy", Anne claimed that her father molested her during her childhood, giving her herpes; he later disclosed his homosexuality to his family, before dying of AIDS in 1983 http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800018958&cf=biog&intl=us. Heche was a noted actress even at Francis W. Parker School, and the soap opera ''As the World Turns'' offered her a contract in 1985, when she was only 16. However, both she and her mother felt it best that she finish high school first.
Career
Immediately after her high school graduation, she accepted another soap offer and left for New York City. Heche first became famous by playing the dual roles of ''Vicky Hudson'' and ''Marley Love Hudson'' on the American soap opera ''Another World'' from 1987 to 1991, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award; her acclaimed work as Vicky and Marley can currently be seen on Soapnet. Heche has starred in a number of high-profile films, including ''
Donnie Brasco'', ''
Volcano'', ''
Wag the Dog'', ''
Six Days Seven Nights'', and ''
Psycho''.
Personal life
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Most know of Heche because of her relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres and the events following their breakup. The couple started dating in 1997 shortly after the infamous "Puppy Episode" of DeGeneres' first sitcom. At one point, the two said they would get a civil union if they became legal in Vermont. They also worked on film and TV projects together. However, the couple split up in August 2000 and Heche soon began dating cameraman Coley Laffoon, whom she met while he was filming a comedy special for DeGeneres. They married in September 2001 and have a son, Homer Heche Laffoon, born March 2, 2002.
A year after her split with DeGeneres, Heche made claims in television interviews and in her autobiography, ''Call Me Crazy'', that she was mentally ill for the first 31 years of her life after being sexually abused by her father (who died of AIDS in 1983). She also claimed to have an alter ego that was the daughter of God and half-sibling of Jesus named "Celestia," who had contacts with extraterrestrial life forms. In her book, she explained that before her split with DeGeneres, she was contacted by "God" and told He would walk with her for seven days.
Her mother, Nancy, is a Christian and psychotherapist, and does not believe that her late husband sexually abused Anne. Nancy tours
