facts katie





+ Was with the Elite Modelling Agency.

+ Katherine was born on 24 November 1978 in Washington D.C., USA

+ Her nickname is Katie

+ Has two older brothers, Holt and John; and older sister, Meg. Had another brother Jason pass away from head injuries suffered in a car accident.

+ She is 5'9" (1.75 m)

+ Auditioned for all 3 female leads on "Roswell" (1999) before being cast as Isabel.

+ Her birth name is Katherine Marie Heigl

+ She is half Irish and half German.

+ Former model.

+ Began dating Joseph Lawrence in 1994. They met at Seventeen Magazine's 50th Anniversary party.

+ Graduated from New Canaan High School class of 1996.

+ Beat out Alicia Silverstone for the lead role in My Father the Hero (1994).

+ Her brother Jason died when Katherine was young.

+ Played the cello in High School.

+ Engaged to former "Roswell" (1999) co-star Jason Behr. They broke up in 2001.

+ Ranked #72 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)

+ Has the same birthday as her former "Roswell" (1999) co-star Colin Hanks.

+ Former girlfriend of Joseph Lawrence

+ Her last name is pronounced "HI guhl."

+ Justin Chambers, who plays Alex in Grey's Anatomy, is like a brother to Katherine, the whole crew became her family

+ Her fiancé, Josh Kelley, is not able to watch scenes, where Katherine kisses someone else, what is good, because she would be worried if he could.

+ She watches the movie 40 Year Old Virgin over and over again.

+ In her free time, Katherine likes to relax a lot, sitting on one of her big couches with her dogs, her lap and a book, knitting or go to the movies or a bar with her boyfriend.

+ When Katherine had to do her first underwear scene in Grey's Anatomy she felt very uncomfortable and said jokingly to the director why he doesn't go in his underwear, so he did and helped Katherine a lot with that.

+ Katherine appeared onthe cover of the January 2007 edition of French Cosmopolitan.

+ Katherine was honored by Cosmopolitan magazine and had a intimate dinner with the magazine's editor Kate White to celebrate her appearance on the cover of Cosmopolitan's december issue.

+ Katherine was nominated for a Golden Globe in December of 2006 in the category of Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Television Series, for her role in Grey's Anatomy.

+ Katherine won in 2003 together with the crew of Love Comes Softly the Camie award (Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards). She also won it for the movie Love's Enduring Promise in 2005, again together with the crew.

+ Katherine’s fiancé, singer Josh Kelley, proposed to Katherine in June 2006 with a three-carat pear-shaped diamond engagement ring.

+ Katherine and her fiancé, singer Josh Kelley, are planning a 'winter wonderland' theme for their upcoming wedding.

+ Josh Kelley's Video for the song 'Only You' starred Katherine. They also met at the set the first time.

+ Katherine Heigl is in the cast of comedy Knocked Up. She will replace Anne Hathaway who simply resigned.

+ Katherine starred in the movie The Bride Of Chucky.

+ Katherine was named #19 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

+ Katherine was ranked #55 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list for 2005.

+ She cut and dyed her hair for the third season of Roswell.

+ Katherine's mom, Nancy Heigl, is her manager.

+ She has two miniature schnauzers named Anna and Romeo.

+ Katherine Heigl was chosen to be one of the judges in an Old Navy nationwide search for a new "spokesdog" which will replace its much-loved mutt, Magic, a canine mascot who appeared in its advertisements in the late nineties.

+ When she was 12 she was in her first movie called That Night with Juliette Lewis.

+ In 2002 Stuff magazine named her the 72nd in the "102 Sexiest Women In The World" edition.

+ Her parents names are Paul and Nancy.

+ Katherine was honored by the National Coalition on Donation Awards in July 2005 in Los Angeles. She received the James S. Wolf Courage Award for educating the public about organ donation.

+ One thing that's pretty interesting about Katherine Heigl is that she's actually played three separate characters with the same name (although one time, it had a slightly different spelling). In Roswell, she was Isabel Evans. In Wuthering Heights, she played an Isabel once again. And in Grey's Anatomy, she plays Isobel.




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