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Heather Elizabeth Anderson is an American actress, producer, and prosthetic makeup coordinator. She began her career as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983) before becoming known for her role as Nancy Thompson in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Chuck Russell's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), followed by roles in two of Craven's cult films: a victim in Shocker (1989) and a fictionalized version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).
Born
Friday, 17 July 1964
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2023 |
| FredHeads: The Documentary | Herself | 2023 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| The Midnight Club | Dr. Georgina Stanton / Detective Black / The Devil / Detective Fisher | 2022 |
| Behind the Monsters | Self | 2021 |
| My Little Pony: A New Generation | Dazzle Feather / Mayflower / Confused Mom (voice) / Confused Mom | 2021 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2020 |
| JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | Charla | 2020 |
| Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | Self | 2019 |
| Portal | Fiona | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2023 |
| FredHeads: The Documentary | Herself | 2023 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
| The Midnight Club | Dr. Georgina Stanton / Detective Black / The Devil / Detective Fisher | 2022 |
| Behind the Monsters | Self | 2021 |
| My Little Pony: A New Generation | Dazzle Feather / Mayflower / Confused Mom (voice) / Confused Mom | 2021 |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self - Interviewee / Self | 2020 |
| JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | Charla | 2020 |
| Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | Self | 2019 |
| Portal | Fiona | 2019 |
| In Search of Darkness | Self - A Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise | 2019 |
| Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self / Nancy Thompson | 2018 |
| Wolfman's Got Nards | 2018 | |
| Hellraiser: Judgment | Landlady | 2018 |
| Truth or Dare | Donna Boone - Adult / Boone (Adult) | 2017 |
| Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary | Self | 2017 |
| Don't Fall Asleep | Narrator | 2016 |
| Home | Heather | 2016 |
| Where It Was Made | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| The Nightmare | Nancy Thompson | 2015 |
| Quickies | Self | 2015 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self | 2014 |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | Moto | 2013 |
| Fantasm | Herself / Self | 2013 |
| The Butterfly Room | Dorothy | 2012 |
| American Horror Story | Female Toulouse / Tupperware Housewife | 2011 |
| I Am Nancy | Herself / Self | 2011 |
| The Bay | Warden Sharon Monroe | 2010 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Narrator / Self - 'Nancy Thompson' / Self | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Nancy Thompson / Heather Langenkamp | 2007 |
| The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery | Self | 2007 |
| Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Horror's Hallowed Grounds | Self | 2006 |
| The Perfect Scary Movie | Herself / Self | 2005 |
| The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | Self | 2004 |
| Partners | Suzanne | 2004 |
| Super Secret Movie Rules | Self ("Nancy" - Nightmare on Elm Street) | 2004 |
| Masters of Horror | Nancy Thompson | 2002 |
| 18 Wheels of Justice | Waitress | 2000 |
| Welcome to Primetime | Herself / Self | 1999 |
| Fugitive Mind | Suzanne Hicks | 1999 |
| Perversions of Science | Lou Ann Solomon | 1997 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself / Nancy Thompson | 1996 |
| JAG | Janet Thompson | 1995 |
| The Demolitionist | Christy Carruthers | 1995 |
| Svengoolie | Self - Guest (2017 airing) | 1995 |
| New Nightmare | Heather Langenkamp / Nancy Thompson | 1994 |
| Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story | Nancy Kerrigan | 1994 |
| Shocker | Victim | 1989 |
| ABC TGIF | Marie Lubbock | 1989 |
| Just the Ten of Us | Marie Lubbock | 1988 |
| The New Adventures of Beans Baxter | Tracy | 1987 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Nancy Thompson | 1987 |
| Heart of the City | Audrey | 1986 |
| Growing Pains | Amy Boutilier / Marie | 1985 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Nancy Thompson | 1984 |
| Passions | Beth | 1984 |
| Nickel Mountain | Callie Wells | 1984 |
| The Outsiders | (scenes deleted) | 1983 |
| Hotel | Monica | 1982 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Erica | 1980 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Paula Finkle | 1972 |
Producer Filmography
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