10 Things You Didn’t Know About Katherine Heigl

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9. Tragedy Strikes

In 1986, when Katherine was only 8 years old, her 15-year-old brother Jason was declared brain-dead after he was thrown from the back of a pickup truck while out with some friends. After his death, her family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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8. Failed Auditions

She auditioned for the role of Felicity Porter on Felicity – which went to Keri Russell – and she auditioned for the roles of Sydney Bristow and Lauren Reed on Alias, which went to Jennifer Garner and Melissa George, respectively.

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7. Model

The former television star used to model for her aunt’s skin care product lines and, without her mother’s consent, her aunt began sending these pictures to talent agencies. The following year, Katherine signed with Wilhemina and began appearing in catalogs for Macy’s and Sears.

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6. Auditioning for Roswell

For the show Roswell, the pretty blonde actress auditioned for all three of the show’s female leads, before she was cast as Isabel, an alien human hybrid.

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5. Girl Problems

She booked her first movie when she was 11 and by the time she was in sixth grade she was landing one movie a year. While her career may have been on the rise, her social life wasn’t. “As soon as I started coming into my own and getting a little self-confidence, my closest girlfriends turned on me,” she said. “I didn’t know what I was doing wrong. So I became a people pleaser, always trying to get people to like me.”

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4. Big Family

In addition to having two older brothers, Katherine also has an older sister who was adopted from South Korea.

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3. Adopting

The film star has two adopted daughters – one is from South Korea, Naleigh, and the other, Adalaide, is from Louisiana. Naleigh was born with a congenital heart problem that was fixed via open-heart surgery before she left South Korea.

 

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2. Ranch Life

Katherine doesn’t live in Hollywood. Instead she lives on a 25-acre ranch in Utah, about an hour’s drive from Salt Lake City. Also living on the ranch are their eight dogs, three cats, two donkeys, two pygmy goats, 10 chickens and nine horses, plus two miniature horses.

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1. Movie Bomb

The movie Zyzzyx Road, which she starred in alongside Tom Sizemore, is the lowest-earning movie in recorded history. It only grossed $30 at the box office.

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Cate has a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature and has been the Managing Editor of Fame10 for more than 6 years. Despite having a love for the works of Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy and Lord Byron, she also has an intense fascination with pop culture. When she isn’t writing for Fame10, she’s planning her next big adventure in Southeast Asia.