“SO, YOU AREN’T THAT GIRL IN ‘MY FATHER THE HERO?’”
July 30, 2008
The weeks seem to be flying by faster and faster, and the next thing I know it is blog-posting time again! Now, they do say time flies when you are having fun and as you get older. I think I can second that notion…at least for the moment.
As mentioned last week, I am gearing up to start working on the musical “WICKED” again, where the fun will surely continue. I am also looking forward to going back to my temporary “home” where I will be house-sitting at the end of each day of fun interacting with all the Broadway-hopeful actors, singers and dancers!
It is while interacting with large groups of people, especially when they are in the entertainment industry in some form, when I am often told I look like someone. The most common are Meredith Monroe (from “Dawson’s Creek”), Leslie Bibb (from “Popular”) and the front-runner being Katherine Heigl (from “Grey’s Annatomy”), which does in fact happen more often than even I can believe.
It all started back in 1994 when I was 15 and she was starring in “My Father the Hero.” There was a new substitute teacher at my high school who stopped me in the hallway simply to ask if I acted in movies during my summers. I had no idea what he was talking about and questioningly said, “No?” He proceeded to say, “So you aren’t that girl in ‘My Father The Hero?’” Which I was not, of course, but you can bet I went home that day with a mission to figure out who “that girl” was.
Mind you, it took slightly longer with the dial up, cross your fingers in hopes of making solid contact, Internet connection we had in those days. However, it was very worth it in order to discover, via the wonder that is IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base), the answer to the question I had been pondering, out of curiously, the entire day! “That girl” was none other than 15 year old, at the time, Katherine Heigl.
So, a little unknown fact about me is that I have known of her since that day. From that point, I’ve followed her career, which has taken off in recent years, due in part to the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.” She has been persistently plugging away for some time, something I have always said I believe is key in this industry. However, saying it is one thing, but sometimes it is nice to see some actual proof of it paying off as well!
Seems you never know what you might learn from these little buoyant blogs of mine, even through a quick update. I hope you’ve gained the answer to this blog’s title question, or else, I suppose, it will have been rather disappointing. I, at least, hope to have kept you entertained in some way, shape or form!
“I was fortunate to discover so young something I’m so passionate about and something I want to spend the rest of my life doing.” – Katherine Heigl
Side Note: I’ve survived my first big earthquake and am happy to report that my heart did start beating again once I got off of the unexpected roller coaster ride! Lesson here is that, just as with acting, one must always be prepared!
Dude! I still totally remember watching “My Father, The Hero” when I was in high school!! I’ve seen some of her other earlier works too. What about “Roswell,” which we watched in “the good ole days?” Who would have ever thought? She totally plugged away at this! Oh…and I still think you look more like Leslie (and Meredith, of course).