Trivia

- Born at 5:40am, Pacific Standard Time.

- Has many Scottish ancestors on her mother’s side and, on her father’s side, is part Lumbee Indian [a community of people whose ancestry is a mix of Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, who only intermarried with one another].

- How her business manager sees her: “She has never gotten hard and jaded. No diva trips with Heather.”

- Shares a birthday with Will Smith, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, the late Christopher Reeve, Michael Madsen and Barbara Walters.

- Reportedly had breast implants, to become a 34C.

- Has two dogs: Kitty, a Yorkie, and Harley, a Maltese.

- Marla Maples (Donald Trump’s ex-wife) is her cousin, on her mother’s side.

- Made ‘Best-Dressed Celebrities’ in 2000.

- Worked with Charlie Sheen on 'Spin City' (1996), the television sitcom, and later guest-starred on Sheen’s new television series 'Two and a Half Men' (2003).

- Daughter Ava Elizabeth shares a name with Reese Witherspoon’s daughter (but is two years older).

- Turned down a role in 'Good Morning Miami' (2002) that was similar to her 'Spin City' one. This role went to Ashley Williams.

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