Heather Matarazzo Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored for Best Debut Performance at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards, and when she went up the stairs to the stage, she tripped on her skirt
• When she was 6 years old, a talent manager gave her a card after she took over the microphone at an AIDS benefit for children
• Quote: "[on "Exes & Ohs"] "It's like we were all meant to work together, and this is the beginning of something amazing and special and fabulous․""
• Quote: "At the end of the day it's just about compassion, justice, honor and humility--all those really great things we take for granted․"
• Stated that she is most proud of her performance in "Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge․"
• Often plays characters who are ostracized, portraying an awkward middle schooler in "Welcome to the Doll House," the blind and deaf Helen Keller in a regional stage production and an abused mentally retarded girl in "Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge․"
• Voiced Hannah in the 1997 audiobook version of R․ L․ Stine's "Ghosts of Fear Street: Three Evil Wishes․"