Heather Locklear

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Heather Locklear

Heather Locklear at the 45th Emmy Awards, 1993
Born Heather Deen Locklear
September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25) (age 46)
Westwood, California
Spouse(s) Richie Sambora (1994-2007) (divorced) 1 child
Tommy Lee (1986-1993)

Heather Locklear (born September 25, 1961) is a six time-Golden Globe-nominated American actress. She is primarily known for her television work, her most notable roles being Sammy Jo Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty, Officer Stacy Sheridan in the 1980s cop drama T.J. Hooker, Amanda Woodward on the 1990s soap opera Melrose Place, and as Caitlin Moore on the sitcom Spin City.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Locklear was born in Westwood, California, the daughter of Diane (née Tinsley), a production executive for Disney, and William Robert Locklear, an administrator at UCLA. She went to Newbury Park High school.[1][2] She is the youngest of four children and a cousin of Donald Trump's second wife, Marla Maples. She is of Scottish and distant paternal Lumbee ancestry.[3][4]

[edit] Career

While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Locklear began modeling and working in commercials for the school store. In 1979, Locklear landed her first roles appearing in Tales of the Unexpected, and an episode of CHiPs a year later. She landed a few more bit parts in shows, including Eight Is Enough, before Aaron Spelling cast her in the role of Sammy Jo Dean during the second season of his TV series Dynasty. It would be the beginning of a highly successful long-term collaboration with Spelling who, the following year, cast her in the cop show T.J. Hooker with William Shatner. Until the mid 1980s, Locklear would appear as a series regular on T.J. Hooker whilst making semi-regular appearances on Dynasty. She later became a full-time cast member on Dynasty until its cancellation in 1989.

In the 1990s, after the failed sitcom Going Places and the 3 hour mini-series Dynasty: The Reunion, Locklear went on to play another of her best known roles, that of scheming vixen Amanda Woodward on the primetime soap opera Melrose Place. She was originally brought in as a guest star in an attempt to boost the ratings, and her billing in the credits reflected this. Despite eventually becoming a regular cast member in 1993, she continued to be listed as a "Special Guest Star" throughout the entire run of the series until its cancellation in 1999. Locklear also won First Americans in the Arts: Best Actress in a TV series for her role on Melrose Place. After the show ended, she was immediately cast on the TV sitcom, Spin City, opposite Michael J. Fox. She was also one of the candidates for the lead role as single mother Susan Mayer on the popular dramedy series, Desperate Housewives[citation needed], but had lost the role to Teri Hatcher. Locklear starred in the short-lived drama LAX in 2004.

Throughout her career, Locklear has starred or guest-starred in no less than seven different television series produced by Aaron Spelling, these being Dynasty, T.J. Hooker, Matt Houston, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, and Melrose Place.

[edit] Personal life

Locklear has dated Tom Cruise and Scott Baio (the latter claiming on the July 24th 2007 edition of The Howard Stern Show that she "was hands down the greatest lover I ever had"). Heather was married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee from May 1986 to August 1993. After their divorce, she married Richie Sambora on December 17, 1994 in Paris. On October 4, 1997 she gave birth to their daughter, Ava Elizabeth. Locklear's representative announced on February 2, 2006 that divorce papers had been filed to dissolve the couple's marriage. In further papers filed by Sambora, it has been revealed that the couple has been separated since December 26, 2005, and that Sambora will be seeking joint custody of Ava. After filing for divorce, Sambora became romantically involved with Denise Richards, ending what Locklear had considered a close friendship. In May 2007, Locklear and fellow Melrose Place alum Jack Wagner confirmed their new romance at a charity golf event.

[edit] 2008 controversy

In March 2008, Locklear was involved in a controversy when a 911 call was made by a caller claiming to be her doctor who said that she was trying to commit suicide [5], [6]. The authorities arrived at Locklear's home shortly afterwards. Locklear's publicist has since downplayed the incident stating that Locklear had never requested any medical assistance and the Ventura County Sheriff's Department later stated that no further action was taken once they arrived at Locklear's Thousand Oaks home as she appeared to be fine. They did, however, state that they still believed the call to be genuine.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ filmreference.com
  2. ^ movies.yahoo.com
  3. ^ nl.newsbank.com
  4. ^ nl.newsbank.com
  5. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20183713,00.html
  6. ^ http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/03/10/cops-probe-heather-locklear-suicide-attempt/

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