Why did Heather Graham's career go straight down the shitter?

Minimal talent.

Vintage gossip. “ Graham, Heather. "Will sleep with anyone if it will advance her career." Coke user. About two cans short of a sixpack. Linked to Adam Ant, Drew Barrymore, Ed Burns, Russell Crowe, Benicio del Toro, Heath Ledger, Tobey Maguire, and James Woods.“

That photo cracks me up!

R2 Huh. I thought Tobey Maguire was gay and Drew Barrymore was mostly straight.

She was fantastic as the precocious, perky young love interest Mercedes in LICENSE TO DRIVE with the Two Coreys, Carol Kane, James Avery & Richard Masur.

I don’t understand why we are picking on her. What is OP’s motivation in this?

To most people, there was "Boogie Nights" and nothing else. And she had too much competition from Wahlberg, Reynolds, Seymour Hoffman, Cheadle, Moore etc.

I thought she had semi-retired but I just looked her up on imdb and she works all the time. So she's doing fine (she sends her love.)

She was very funny in Bowfinger.

Her acting was thin - and that's being generous.

Jayma Mays stole her mojo.

[quote]Her acting was thin

Thanks! I watch the carbs and do Pilates every day! Tee hee!

I was surprised to see her as Corinne in the series of [italic]Flowers in the Attic[/italic] Lifetime movies. I thought she was great, though, in that over-the-top role.

She just can't act. I remember that time she appeared in Sex and the City, and it was so cringe-inducing.

She had a brief run on Scrubs where she was pretty fun, but she ended up cutting that short to go be on Emily's Reasons Why Not, a show canceled as its first episode was airing.

Oops.

She’s fun because she’s bad and we’re all in on the joke. If you get it, then you get her. Mischa Barton could have had the same if she’d only gotten over herself.

I love Heather, she seems like a blast.

Mischa Barton is mentally ill.

I get her confused with Denise Richards

Her sister Lauren stole her career.

Poor girl

Every time I think of her I just think of her playing the bimbo in License to Drive. That’s it. She never really had much range other than playing a slut.

Haha, R13, I remember that episode of Sex and the City and thinking, ‘She’s playing HERSELF. Why this so awful?’

She's 50. Sadly, any woman over 40 in Hollywood is going to have a tough time getting cast. Besides, she's been in over 100 films and TV shows Far more than a lot of other actors.

[quote]She's 50. Sadly, any woman over 40 in Hollywood is going to have a tough time getting cast.

Really??

R 23 Oh behave, Meryl.

She's so awful in that Flowers in the Attic remake. You'd have thought they plucked her off the street and gave her all her dialogue 5 minutes before shooting.

She's not very bright, the poor dear. And, any actress who dates James Woods faces a career curse I've noticed.

She was a beautiful blonde, but that's pretty much it. Those age out by mid 30's. Pamela Anderson hasn't done shit in almost 2 decades.

She was a pretty big deal around the time of Boogie Nights and Austin Powers, and then she slowly faded away.

That film she made with Joseph Fiennes, KILLING ME SOFTLY, was wretched beyond words.

r2, don't forget Bono. There was a picture of the two of them exiting some hot club, and she touted tantric sex. Loved her in Boogie Nights, but that's about it.

I always confused her with Marley Shelton. WEHT Marley Shelton by the way?

[quote]She was a pretty big deal around the time of Boogie Nights and Austin Powers, and then she slowly faded away.

That was over 20 years ago...

If she had been smart, she would have married a rich man when she was younger and the roles started drying up. She would have been set.

It's been repeated more than once that she works all the time. Are some of you determined for a "sad last days" narrative?

Blake Lively and Jessica Bill both realized their limitations and stepped away. Did Heather even consider yachting?

[quote]It's been repeated more than once that she works all the time.

But are they roles that pay that much? I doubt it since whatever she’s in I never see or hear anything about it.

she was great in "Six Degrees of Separation"

She's a terrible actress, that's why. Another terrible role was Annie, Norma Jennings' sister in Twin Peaks. Talk about STAH-INK! Maybe she sucked off David Lynch to get the part.

[Quote] But are they roles that pay that much? I doubt it since whatever she’s in I never see or hear anything about it.

I have never seen a Lori Loughlin movie but I doubt she's earned peanuts throughout the years.

I loved her (and Johnny) in FROM HELL. She looked good with the red hair.

Talentless Twat.

[quote]I have never seen a Lori Loughlin movie but I doubt she's earned peanuts throughout the years.

First off, Lori married a rich man so any acting she has done is basically a hobby. Second, she’s worked steadily in TV doing Hallmark shit and that Full House reboot...although those days are now over.

R41 Lori will star in the Springfield Women's Correctional Facility's adaptation of Little Women.

Loved her in DRUGSTORE COWBOY as Nadine. "Two farm boys and a hooker".

I’m with R6, R15, R36. I loved her in those listed (BN, 6DoS, Drugstore).

And she has a long list of credits. So, she is certainly not lazy.

She seems like a sweet person, steers away from the tabloids, etc. Takes life as it goes.

And like Lori, Heather Graham has worked steadily in TV shit. I didn't even know there was a TV version of "Get Shorty" but she's done three episodes of that. She's done seven episodes of something called "Law & Order: True Crime." There's a five episode stint of "Angie Tribeca" and six episodes of "Bliss" on her IMDB page. I guess she's a 21st century Carol Lynley.

I preferred her to Uma Thurman (yuck) -- also her same age.

She was good in 6 degrees.

R45 Law & Order: True Crime was a miniseries NBC did based on the Menendez murders, that they released under the Law & Order banner. It's pretty good, except it focused too much on the lawyers and not the murders. Graham is great in it.

A lot of people don't remember her in Swingers. Probably because she had red hair.

She should have been in the Charlie's Angels reboot: MILF edition with Megan Fox and Rihanna.

No love for Felicity Shagwell?

R37, she may have sucked someone off for the part but I doubt it was Lynch. By the time she came on the show he was no longer involved in the writing or production and he’s pretty open about hating all the storylines they came up with for the show in his absence. He only worked with her for the season two finale where her character was killed off. She made a brief appearance in Fire Walk With Me but wasn’t asked back for The Return series.

As someone who loved the Austin Powers series growing up, it always frustrated the hell out of me that they never even mentioned Felicity in the third film.

Heather's probably financially set unless she's been really stupid with her money. She's been a working actress since she was a teen, and she enjoyed A-list or near A-list status for a while in the late 90s, so she must have gotten some nice paychecks.

Heather's problem is that Hollywood has no use for fifty-year-old bombshells of minimal talent. Her appeal was all in her blonde hair, big eyes, and big tits. That type always reaches a last fuckable day, and once they're not fuckable anymore, nobody really cares.

Can't blame Heather for getting that Adam Ant, Steve Martin dick.

I thought she was adorable in “The Hangover”. And she looks good for her age.

I get her confused with Claire Danes

she's no Cheryl Smith.

[quote]Jayma Mays stole her mojo.

Ooh, I think you're on to something. Although on the other hand, I don't think Mays has ever been on the brink of being a big star. Whereas Graham had a moment after Boogie Nights.

She did age great. Hard to believe that she was pushing 40 in The Hangover.

I remember there was a poster here some five or several years ago on a ‘celebrities with natural beauty’ thread, and they shared that they were stunned by how gorgeous Graham is in-person. The poster said they weren’t straight or even a fan of Heather, but that the glow & smoothness of her skin and how shiny and alive her hair & eyes look at her age is insane enough to stop people in their tracks. She must have hit the genetic jackpot, and/or have amazing cosmetic work & care.

My favorite story about her is that after LICENSE TO DRIVE wrapped she turned down a date with Corey Haim (he had “mono” at the time..), and then turned right around and dumped Corey Feldman after just one night out with him (to some teen awards show in the late ‘80s). Icon.

[quote]"Will sleep with anyone if it will advance her career."

That means she didn't have to act in [italic]Bowfinger[/italic] since that's pretty much all her character did while not on the set.

Is she still dating Yaniv Raz?