Heather Matarazzo

Birthday: 10 November 1982, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name: Heather Cristina Matarazzo

Height: 163 cm

Heather Matarazzo was born November 10, 1982, in Oyster Bay, New York. She was adopted by Camille and Ray Matarazzo, an Italian-American couple (she is of Irish descent birth). Heather attended Oyster Bay High School, as well as the Long Island High School for the Arts. In 1997, she made her film debut in Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), she played the lead role of Dawn Wiener a shy, unattractive, unpopular 7th grader who falls for a charismatic and handsome aspiring rock musician, and decides to pursue him romantically. Her performance in the film won an Independent Spirit Award. Show less «

On living in Los Angeles: "I can't ever see myself living there - I'm a true New Yorker."

"We were sitting in my pink room with pink carpeting. It was summer and we were sitting Indian-style...Show more »

"We were sitting in my pink room with pink carpeting. It was summer and we were sitting Indian-style across from each other and I was so incredibly nervous. And I thought, `Yeah, I am definitely gay.'" - On her first kiss with a girl. Show less «

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