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Heather Langenkamp at a celebrity autograph collector's convention in Burbank, California, in 2008
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Born |
Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp July 17, 1964 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
Other names | Heather Langenkamp-Anderson |
Occupation | Actress Composer Make-up artist Director Producer |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse(s) |
Alan Pasqua (1984–1987) David LeRoy Anderson (1989–present) |
Children | 2 |
Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American actress, make-up artist and producer. She first became known for portraying Nancy Thompson in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. She served as executive producer and narrator to the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. Her other film roles include Nickel Mountain (1984), The Demolitionist (1995), The Butterfly Room (2012), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Langenkamp is also known for her role as Marie Lubbock on the sitcom Just the Ten of Us and has had numerous television guest appearances.
Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her mother, Mary Alice (née Myers), is an artist, and her father, Robert Dobie Langenkamp, is a petroleum attorney who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy in both the Carter Administration (where he was largely responsible for realizing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) and the Clinton Administration (where he was largely responsible for privatizing Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1), and as Director of the National Energy & Environmental Law & Policy Institute of the University of Tulsa College of Law. She is of German, Scottish, and English ancestry. Langenkamp attended Holland Hall School in Tulsa but later moved to Washington, D.C where she graduated from The National Cathedral School for Girls in 1982.