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{{Short description|American actress (1969–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Anne Heche
| image              = Anne Heche July 14, 2014 (3x4 cropped).jpg
| caption            = Heche in 2014
| birth_name         = Anne Celeste Heche
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1969|5|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Aurora, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2022|8|11|1969|5|25}}{{efn|name = date}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California,<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK--> U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1987–2022
| education          = [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker School]]
| spouse             = {{marriage|Coleman "Coley" Laffoon|2001|2009|end=divorced}}
| partner            = {{ubl|[[Ellen DeGeneres]] (1997–2000)|[[James Tupper]] (2007–2018)}}
| children           = 2
| mother             = [[Nancy Heche]]
| father             = 
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Susan Bergman]] (sister)|[[Elliot Bergman]] (nephew)|[[Natalie Bergman]] (niece)|<ref name="Zhan 2022 c934">{{cite web |last=Zhan |first=Jennifer |title=Anne Heche Wasn't Drunk or High During Car Crash, Coroner Says |website=Vulture |date=December 7, 2022 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/anne-heche-autopsy-car-accident-not-on-alcohol-drugs.html |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>}}
}}
'''Anne Celeste Heche'''<ref name="reuters814">{{Cite web |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |date=August 15, 2022 |title=U.S. actor Anne Heche taken off life support 9 days after car crash |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-actor-anne-heche-is-taken-off-life-support-dies-9-days-after-car-crash-2022-08-14/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161847/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-actor-anne-heche-is-taken-off-life-support-dies-9-days-after-car-crash-2022-08-14/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|h|eɪ|tʃ|audio=En-us-Heche.ogg}} {{respell|HAYTCH}};<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Anne Heche (interview) |series=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |date=April 30, 1997 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5J9Dx3-Sdo&t=28s |network=NBC |season=5 |number=78 |last=Leno |first=Jay (host) |access-date=August 8, 2022 |time=0:28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |publisher=Ora TV |last=King |first = Larry (host) |title=Anne Heche on motherhood, Johnny Depp, and 'catfights' |series = Larry King Now |access-date = August 11, 2022| date = March 8, 2017| url = http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/2017/3/8/anne-heche-on-motherhood-johnny-depp-and-catfights| time = 1:40| archive-date = December 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221201093636/http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/2017/3/8/anne-heche-on-motherhood-johnny-depp-and-catfights |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=btep1>{{Cite podcast |last1=Heche |first1=Anne |last2 = Duffy |first2 = Heather |title=Episode 1: Anne Heche's Better Together – Coming Soon! |series=''Better Together'' |access-date=August 11, 2022 | date=October 5, 2020 |time = 0:04 |url=https://www.strawhutmedia.com/bettertogether/anne-heches-better-together-coming-soon |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220811190352/https://www.strawhutmedia.com/bettertogether/anne-heches-better-together-coming-soon| url-status = dead}}</ref> May 25, 1969{{snd}}August 11, 2022){{efn|name = date|Heche was declared brain dead on August 11, 2022, and thus legally deceased at that time under California law.<ref name=heche-correport>{{Cite web |work=Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner |title = Anne Heche: May 25, 1969 – August 11, 2022 (53 years). Case Number: 2022-08397. |access-date = August 17, 2022 |date=August 2022 |url = https://mec.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2022-08397 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818095329/https://mec.lacounty.gov/case-detail/?caseNumber=2022-08397 |archive-date = August 18, 2022 |url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="CalDeathAct">{{Cite web |title=Uniform Determination of Death Act (California Health and Safety Code §&nbsp;7180) |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=7180.&article=1.&highlight=true&keyword=Determination%20of%20death |website=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov |publisher=legislature.ca.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812215207/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=7180.&article=1.&highlight=true&keyword=Determination%20of%20death |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022}}</ref> However, she was kept on life support until August 14 to keep her heart beating until organ donor recipients could be found. As a result, there were conflicting media reports, with some news outlets reporting her death on August 12, while others waited until August 14.<ref>{{Cite news| last1 = Gelt| first1 = Jessica| last2 = d’Zurilla| first2 = Christie| title = When did Anne Heche die? Divided media reveal a split in the definition of 'dead'| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date = August 15, 2022| date = August 15, 2022| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-15/anne-heche-death-media-coverage-obituary|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220816161841/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-15/anne-heche-death-media-coverage-obituary|archive-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= Farhi |first = Paul |title=Why the media declared Anne Heche dead twice |newspaper = [[Washington Post]] |access-date = August 17, 2022| date = August 16, 2022 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/16/anne-heche-death-confusion/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220816192902/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/16/anne-heche-death-confusion/ |archive-date= August 16, 2022}}</ref>}} was an American actress, known for her roles across a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She was the recipient of [[Daytime Emmy]], [[National Board of Review]], and [[GLAAD Media Award]]s, in addition to nominations for a [[Tony Award]] and a [[Primetime Emmy]].

Heche began her professional acting career on the [[NBC]] soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1987–1991), earning a [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Daytime Emmy Award]] for her portrayal of twins [[Vicky Hudson]] and [[Marley Love]]. She made her film debut in 1993 with a small role in ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]''. Heche's profile rose in 1997 with appearances in ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'', ''[[Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano]]'', ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'', and ''[[Wag the Dog]]''. In 1998, she had starring roles in the romantic adventure ''[[Six Days, Seven Nights]]'', the drama-thriller ''[[Return to Paradise (1998 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' and ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''.

From 1999 to 2001, Heche focused on directing, most notably a segment of the [[HBO]] television film ''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]'' (2000). She was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play |Tony Award]] for her starring role in the 2004 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] revival of ''[[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]]'', as well as a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] that same year for her appearance in the television film ''[[Gracie's Choice]]''. Other film appearances included ''[[Prozac Nation (film)|Prozac Nation]]'' (2001), ''[[John Q.]]'' (2002), ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]'' (2004), ''[[Spread (film)|Spread]]'' (2009), ''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]'' (2011), ''[[Catfight (film)|Catfight]]'' (2016), and ''[[My Friend Dahmer (film)|My Friend Dahmer]]'' (2017). Heche also starred on a number of television series, such as [[The WB]]'s ''[[Everwood]]'' (2004–2005), [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Men in Trees]]'' (2006–2008), and [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Brave (TV series)|The Brave]]'' (2017–2018). In 2020, she appeared as a contestant on the [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 29)|29th season]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', finishing in 13th place.

Events in Heche's personal life often upstaged her acting career. She was in a high-profile relationship with comedian [[Ellen DeGeneres]] between 1997 and 2000, with the pair being described by ''[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]'' as "the first gay supercouple".<ref name="www.advocate.com"/> Immediately following her split from DeGeneres, she suffered a highly publicized [[psychotic break]].{{Sfn|Stockwell|2001|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=G2UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 39]}} In 2001, Heche published a memoir titled ''Call Me Crazy'', in which she alleged extensive sexual abuse by her father.<ref name="abcnews-2004-text"/>

On August 5, 2022, Heche was critically injured in a high-speed car crash. She died from the injuries six days later at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 53.{{efn|name = date}}

== Early life ==
Anne Celeste Heche was born on May 25, 1969, in [[Aurora, Ohio]], the youngest of five children of Donald "Don" Joe Heche and [[Nancy Heche]] ([[given name|née]] Prickett).{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=24–25}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=13}} During her early childhood, the Heche family lived in various towns around Ohio, including suburbs of [[Cleveland]] and [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]].{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=13, 75–91, ''[[passim]]''}} Heche's parents were [[fundamentalist Christian]]s and the family was raised in a deeply religious environment,{{Sfn|Bergman|1994}}{{Sfn|Heche|2001}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006}} a situation that she later likened to being "raised in a [[cult]]".<ref name="trading-secrets">{{Cite podcast| last = Tartick| first = Jason| title = The financial risks of being a working actor & moving the needle on LGBTQ+ rights with Emmy Award-winner Anne Heche & Heather Duffy| series = Trading Secrets| date = November 1, 2021| access-date = September 7, 2022| url = https://tradingsecrets.libsyn.com/draft| time = 3:14| archive-date = September 7, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220907172646/https://tradingsecrets.libsyn.com/draft| url-status = dead}}</ref> At the same time, her father led an unstable lifestyle, often changing professions and prone to frequent [[get-rich-quick scheme]]s,{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=28, ''[[et passim]]''}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=31, ''[[et passim]]''}} though also with a real gift for music that led to jobs as a [[choir director]] in several churches.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=28, ''[[et passim]]''}}{{Sfn|Bergman|1994|page=47, 54, 184, ''[[et passim]]''}} Heche noted in her memoir that her family changed [[Christian denominations|denominations]] several times depending on which church her father found work in.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 44–45, 69}}

Because of Don Heche's often unstable lifestyle and financial situation, the family moved numerous times during her childhood.{{Sfn|Bergman|1994}}{{Sfn|Heche|2001}}<ref name="wallace-2017">{{Cite news| volume = 14| issue = 7| last = Wallace| first = Debra| title = Balancing act| work = South Jersey Magazine| access-date = September 12, 2022| date = October 2017| url = https://www.southjerseymagazine.com/article/2061/Balancing-Act| archive-date = September 12, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220912012512/https://www.southjerseymagazine.com/article/2061/Balancing-Act| url-status = live}}</ref> One of his financial schemes led the family to resettle in the [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], area in 1977, first in [[Ventnor City]] and later [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]].<ref name="wallace-2017"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=42–44, 69}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=91–92}} One of Anne's first jobs was at a [[boardwalk]] hamburger stand, where she would sing songs from ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' to attract customers.<ref name="wallace-2017"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=87}} 

The Heche family's precarious financial situation led to the [[foreclosure]] of a home her father owned and later their [[eviction]] from a rental home. They moved in with a family from their church who offered them a place to live as an act of charity.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=88–93}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=96–97}} Anne's mother [[marital separation|separated]] from her father and demanded he leave the household. Her mother and all of the children then took jobs to support the family and be able to live on their own.{{Sfn|Heche|2001}} Anne found work at a [[dinner theater]] in [[Swainton, New Jersey|Swainton]], her first professional acting job, earning $100 a week (about $300 per week in 2022 dollars).<ref name="wallace-2017"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=94–95}}<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/>

Don Heche moved to [[New York City]], where Anne and her sisters would occasionally visit him, noticing his declining health. He claimed it was cancer, when in fact he had developed late-stage [[AIDS]]. Although he lived as a gay man in New York, Don kept his sexuality and the nature of his illness from his family. They did not know about his diagnosis and had not even heard of AIDS until coming across an article on the disease in ''[[The New York Times]]'' about a month before his death.<ref name="nyt-1983">The article: {{Cite news| last = Henig| first = Robin Marantz| title = A new disease's deadly odyssey| work =[[The New York Times]]| access-date = September 9, 2022| date = February 6, 1983| url = https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/aids/020683sci-aids-mag.html| archive-date = October 6, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221006200349/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/aids/020683sci-aids-mag.html| url-status = live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Bergman|1994|page=14}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|page=103}} Don died from AIDS-related complications on March 3, 1983, aged 45.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=97–98}} In a 1998 interview, Anne reflected that her father being [[closeted]] ultimately "destroyed his happiness and our family. But it did teach me to tell the truth. Nothing else is worth anything."<ref>{{Cite news| last = Synnot| first = Siobhan| title = How superstar Ford saved Anne from Hollywood knives| newspaper = [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]| access-date = September 20, 2022| date = July 3, 1998| url = https://www.thefreelibrary.com/How+superstar+Ford+saved+Anne+from+Hollywood+knives.-a060563147| archive-date = September 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920235659/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/How%2Bsuperstar%2BFord%2Bsaved%2BAnne%2Bfrom%2BHollywood%2Bknives.-a060563147| url-status = live}}</ref>

Three months after her father's death, Anne's 18-year-old brother Nathan was killed in a car crash when his vehicle missed a curve and struck a tree.<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/><ref>{{Cite news| pages = 27| last = Staff| title = Police Notebook: Ocean City man killed in Upper Twp. crash| newspaper = [[Courier-Post]]| location = Cherry Hill, NJ| access-date = September 5, 2022| date = June 6, 1983| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107568474/nathan-heche/| archive-date = September 5, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220905214422/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107568474/nathan-heche/| url-status = live}}</ref> The remainder of her immediate family subsequently moved to Chicago to be closer to other family members.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q69vYlKObDEC&dq=Chicago&pg=PA99 99]}}{{Sfn|Heche|2006|p = 32, 117–118}} Anne, her mother and her older sister Abigail, who had left college, were all living together in a one-bedroom apartment, which lacked privacy and which Anne would compare to living in a [[dorm room]].{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 105, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q69vYlKObDEC&dq=one-bedroom+apartment&pg=PA107 107], 113, 117}}

Heche attended the [[Progressive education|progressive]] [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)|Francis W. Parker School]], where she continued to be active in theater, performing in such plays as [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' and [[Irwin Shaw]]'s ''[[Bury the Dead]]''.<ref name="chitrib-870610">{{Cite news| pages = 18| last1 = O'Malley| first1 = Kathy| last2 = Gratteau| first2 = Hanke| title = INC.lings| work = Chicago Tribune| access-date = September 20, 2022| date = June 10, 1987| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109007909/kathy-omalley-and-hanke-gratteau/| archive-date = September 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173444/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109007909/kathy-omalley-and-hanke-gratteau/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="tunin-870703">{{Cite news| pages = 52| last = Reichardt| first = Nancy| title = Tune in Tomorrow (column)| work = Kennebec Journal/United Features Syndicate| location = Augusta, Maine| access-date = September 20, 2022| date = July 3, 1987| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109856277/nancy-reichardt-tune-in-tomorrow/| archive-date = September 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173923/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109856277/nancy-reichardt-tune-in-tomorrow/| url-status = live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 105}} When she was aged 16, a [[talent scout]] spotted her in a school play and invited her to audition for the daytime soap opera ''[[As the World Turns]]''. Heche flew to New York with her mother, auditioned, and was offered a part. She was not able to accept the offer, as it would have entailed moving with her family to New York in the middle of her school year and having her mother leave a new job at a [[brokerage firm]]. In her memoir, Heche notes that she really wanted to move out on her own and "escape [her] mother's grasp", but this was not an option while she was still a minor.<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family">{{Cite news|first=Gill|last=Pringle| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8465999/Anne-Heche-interview-There-was-no-joy-in-my-family.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220826154843/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8465999/Anne-Heche-interview-There-was-no-joy-in-my-family.html| url-status=live| archive-date = August 26, 2022| title=Anne Heche: 'There was no joy in my family'| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London, England|date=May 1, 2011}}</ref>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 107–108}}

In 1987, at the end of her [[Senior (education)#High school|senior year]], Heche was offered another audition, this time for the soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''. She was offered a role after two auditions and accepted, in spite of her mother's opposition. She moved to New York City and started work on the series, in her debut television role, just days after her high school graduation.<ref name="chitrib-870610"/><ref name="tunin-870703"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 114–118}} In a later interview she stated, "I did my time with my mom in a one-bedroom, skanky apartment and I was done."<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/>

== Career ==
=== 1987–1996: Early television and film roles ===
Heche performed on ''Another World'' in the [[dual role]] of twins [[Vicky Hudson]] and [[Marley Love]].<ref name="tunin-870703"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=118–121, 128, 142}}<ref name=anotherworld>{{Cite magazine |date = January 12, 2012 |title= Farewell ''One Life to Live'': 13 stars and their soap stints: Anne Heche |author = Time Staff |language=en-US |magazine = Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/13/13-stars-and-their-soap-opera-stints/slide/anne-heche/ |access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> She continued on the series for nearly four years, from 1987 to 1991.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=118–121, 128, 142}}<ref name=anotherworld/> She received several awards for her work on ''Another World'', including a [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series]] in 1991.<ref name=anotherworld/>

Heche was unsure about her future as an actress after leaving ''Another World'', having not performed in any other onscreen roles during her time on the soap opera and not having any acting jobs in place at the time she decided to leave. She knew that she did not want to continue in soap operas, something that was considered fairly insignificant in the larger world of professional acting. As a backup plan, she applied to and received an offer of acceptance from [[Parsons School of Design]] in New York City. However, right after applying to design school, she was offered a small [[supporting role]] in the [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] television film adaptation of the [[Willa Cather]] novel ''[[O Pioneers! (film)|O Pioneers!]]'', featuring [[Jessica Lange]]. Heche decided to take that offer rather than attend design school and to continue with her career as an actress.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p= 142–143}}

Heche received news of her Daytime Emmy Award for ''Another World'' while in [[Nebraska]] filming ''O Pioneers!''. "Does this mean I'm an actress?" was her response in a telephone call with her agent following the news. The agent suggested that she relocate from New York City to Los Angeles, which she did days after shooting was completed on the film.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p= 145–146}} ''O Pioneers!'' would air in February 1992 and was Heche's first TV movie. Her performance garnered some positive critical notice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |date=January 31, 1992 |title=TVWeekend; Jessica Lange as Willa Cather Heroine |pages=Section C, Page 26 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/31/arts/tvweekend-jessica-lange-as-willa-cather-heroine.html |url-status = deviated |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180116001300/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/31/arts/tvweekend-jessica-lange-as-willa-cather-heroine.html |archive-date = January 16, 2018 |access-date = September 12, 2022}}</ref> After completing ''O Pioneers!'', Heche starred in a [[guest appearance]] in an episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]''.<ref name="the one anne only">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/477186133|title=The One Anne Only|first=Patricia|last=O'Haire|page=36|work=New York Daily News|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 22, 1997|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812181432/http://www.newspapers.com/image/477186133/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=153}} Though this episode was shot after ''O Pioneers!'', it aired in November 1991 and hence was her [[primetime television]] debut and her first screen appearance outside of ''Another World''. After her ''Murphy Brown'' appearance, however, she felt that guest spots on television episodes would be detrimental to her long-term career success and mostly avoided TV guest spots{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=153}} until the 2000s.<ref name="nyt-obit">{{Cite news| last = Sandomir| first = Richard| title = Anne Heche, Actress Known for '90s Film Roles, Dies at 53| work = New York Times| accessdate = August 27, 2022| date = August 15, 2022| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/arts/anne-heche-dead.html| archive-date = August 26, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220826233441/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/14/arts/anne-heche-dead.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

Heche also starred in several roles in Los Angeles theater productions in 1991 and 1992, including "Us & Them", a [[Generation X]] [[slice-of-life]] piece,{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=153}}<ref name="latimes-920313">{{Cite news| last = McCulloh| first = T.H.| title = Tone poem to an anguished generation| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = September 23, 2022| date = March 13, 1992| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-13-ca-3756-story.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220923042402/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-13-ca-3756-story.html| archive-date = September 23, 2022}}</ref> and ''Getting Away With Murder'', a stage adaptation of the [[James M. Cain]] stories ''Dead Man'' and ''[[The Baby in the Icebox]]'', which were produced as part of the [[Mark Taper Forum]]–sponsored "Sundays at the Itchey Foot" series.<ref name="latimes-920402">{{Cite news| last = McCulloh| first = T.H.| title = Stage Review : Cain's hard-edged tales still ring true| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = September 23, 2022| date = April 2, 1992| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-02-ca-74-story.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220923042406/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-02-ca-74-story.html| archive-date = September 23, 2022}}</ref><ref name="news-pilot-920403">{{Cite news| pages = 35| last = Kreiswirth| first = Sandra| title = Murder is afoot at the Itchey Foot| work = News-Pilot| location = San Pedro, California| access-date = September 23, 2022| date = April 3, 1992| url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110039972/murder-is-afoot-at-the-itchey-foot/| archive-date = September 23, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220923050642/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110039972/murder-is-afoot-at-the-itchey-foot/| url-status = live}}</ref> In early 1993, Heche made her theatrical film debut in the little-seen [[independent film]] ''An Ambush of Ghosts'', directed by [[Everett Lewis]].<ref name="carlson-ambush">{{Cite web| last = Carlson| first = Nathaniel Drake| title = My Life in an Ambush of Ghosts| work = Pinnland Empire| format = blog| accessdate = September 21, 2022| date = August 30, 2013| url = http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2013/08/my-life-in-ambush-of-ghosts-special.html| archive-date = September 21, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220921071619/http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2013/08/my-life-in-ambush-of-ghosts-special.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Soon afterward, she appeared in the [[Disney]] film ''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]'' with [[Elijah Wood]]. Over the next two years, she performed mainly [[bit part]]s in feature films such as ''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'' (1994) and larger [[supporting role]]s in cable television movies such as ''[[Girls in Prison (1994 film)|Girls in Prison]]'' (1994) and ''[[Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long]]'' (1995).

Heche appeared in her first lead role (albeit receiving third billing) in [[Donald Cammell]]'s straight-to-video [[erotic thriller]] ''[[Wild Side (1995 film)|Wild Side]]'' (1995), alongside [[Christopher Walken]] and [[Joan Chen]]. The film gained some notoriety for its inclusion of a very strong [[lesbian erotica|lesbian]] [[sex scene]] between Heche and Chen.<ref name="wside-var">{{Cite news| last = Archerd| first = Army| title = Heche's 'Wild Side' to be seen on cable| work = Variety| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = April 30, 1997| url = https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/heche-s-wild-side-to-be-seen-on-cable-1117863062/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901001806/https://variety.com/1997/voices/columns/heche-s-wild-side-to-be-seen-on-cable-1117863062/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="wside-ew">{{Cite magazine| last = EW Staff| title = The rise of 'Wild Side'| magazine = Entertainment Weekly| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = May 30, 1997| url = https://ew.com/article/1997/05/30/rise-wild-side/}}</ref> In 1996, Heche had the starring role as a college student contemplating an abortion in a segment of the [[HBO]] [[anthology film]] ''[[If These Walls Could Talk]]'', co-starring [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] and [[Cher]].<ref>{{Citation |title=If These Walls Could Talk |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/if_these_walls_could_talk |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804171452/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/if_these_walls_could_talk |url-status=live }}</ref> Also that year, she appeared opposite [[Catherine Keener]] portraying childhood best friends in the independent film ''[[Walking and Talking]]''. The [[limited release|limited-release]] film garnered favorable reviews from critics and is number 47 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{-'}}s "Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time" list.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew2.html |title=The Top 50 Cult Movies |publisher=Filmsite.org |access-date=November 13, 2012 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212225834/https://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Heche gained positive notice from film critic Alison Macor of ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'', who wrote in her review that she "is destined for larger film roles".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/1996-08-09/138098|title=Walking and Talking|last=Macor|first=Alison|newspaper=[[Austin Chronicle]]|date=August 6, 1996|access-date=September 19, 2011|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018103935/http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/1996-08-09/138098/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 1997–1999: Career breakthrough ===
[[File:AnneHeche.jpg|thumb|Heche at the [[49th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 1997|left|upright]]
In 1997, Heche starred in what has been described as her [[breakthrough role]] in the hit crime drama ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' as the wife of the main character, an [[FBI]] undercover agent played by [[Johnny Depp]]. Critic [[Janet Maslin]] of ''The New York Times'' wrote that Heche "does well with what could have been [a] thankless role".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/28/movies/al-pacino-as-gangster-a-guy-who-s-not-wise.html|title=Al Pacino as Gangster, A Guy Who's Not Wise|last=Maslin|first=Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 28, 1997|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018150107/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/28/movies/al-pacino-as-gangster-a-guy-who-s-not-wise.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

By the late 1990s, Heche continued to find recognition and commercial success as she took on supporting roles in three other 1997 high-profile film releases—''[[Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano]]'', ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' and ''[[Wag the Dog]]''. The disaster film ''Volcano'', about the formation of a volcano in Los Angeles, had her star with [[Tommy Lee Jones]] and [[Gaby Hoffmann]], playing a [[seismology|seismologist]]. While critical response towards the film was mixed, it grossed US$122&nbsp;million at the international box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/558224/dantes-peak-vs-volcano/|title=Seeing Double: 'Dante's Peak' Vs 'Volcano,' 1997's Dueling Disaster Movies|first=Rob|last=Hunter|date=January 21, 2019|website=SlashFilm.com|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812181817/https://www.slashfilm.com/558224/dantes-peak-vs-volcano/|url-status=live}}</ref> Heche portrayed the minor role of a backwoods loner in the slasher thriller [[sleeper hit]] ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', starring [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[Ryan Phillippe]], and [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]] Despite her limited screen time in the film, Heche was considered a "standout" by some reviewers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefilmfile.com/reviews/i/97_iknowwhat.htm|title=Dustin Putman's Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) – [TheMovieBoy]|website=The Film File|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314104824/http://www.thefilmfile.com/reviews/i/97_iknowwhat.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> such as Derek Eller of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-111731125/|title=I Know What You Did Last Summer|first=Derek|last=Elley|date=October 13, 1997|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=September 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905234745/http://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-111731125/|url-status=live}}</ref> She obtained the part of a presidential advisor opposite [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]] in the political satire ''Wag the Dog'', a role that was originally written for a man.<ref name="Yahoo! Movies">{{Cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/anne-heche/biography.html|title=Anne Heche – Biography; Also Credited As: Anne Celeste Heche|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=November 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211123325/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/anne-heche/biography.html|archive-date=February 11, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Budgeted at US$15&nbsp;million, the film made US$64&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2172225025/|title=Wag the Dog (1997)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=June 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610192115/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wagthedog.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> She received the [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress]] in 1997 for her roles in ''Donnie Brasco'' and ''Wag the Dog''.

Heche's first lead role in a major film came in the 1998 romantic adventure ''[[Six Days, Seven Nights]]'', where she appeared opposite [[Harrison Ford]], portraying a New York City journalist who ends up with a pilot (Ford) on a deserted island following a crash landing.<ref name="latimes-0816">{{Cite web |last=Dessem |first=Matthew |date=August 16, 2022 |title=When Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres were suddenly the most famous LGBTQ couple |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-16/how-anne-heche-relationship-with-ellen-degeneres-changed-us |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818030612/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-16/how-anne-heche-relationship-with-ellen-degeneres-changed-us |url-status=live }}</ref> She had been cast in the film one day before her [[same-sex relationship]] with [[Ellen DeGeneres]] went public.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/usanneheche.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050107234757/http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/usanneheche.htm|archive-date=January 7, 2005|title=Anne Heche|last=Weisel|first=Al|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=February 1998}}</ref> Although she was cast in a second starring role shortly thereafter as [[Vince Vaughn]]'s love interest in the drama ''[[Return to Paradise (1998 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' (1998), Heche felt that her relationship with DeGeneres destroyed her prospects as a leading woman.<ref name="Anne Heche Is Playing It Normal Now">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02heche-t.html|title=Anne Heche Is Playing It Normal Now|first=Alex|last=Witchel|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 31, 2009|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331233632/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02heche-t.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Heche, "People said, 'You're not getting a job because you're gay'."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/aug/12/anne-heche-a-life-in-pictures |title=Anne Heche – a life in pictures &#124; Film |work=The Guardian |date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812233723/https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/aug/12/anne-heche-a-life-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref> She commented: "How could that destroy my career? I still can't wrap my head around it."<ref name="Anne Heche Is Playing It Normal Now"/> ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' received mixed reviews, but grossed US$74.3&nbsp;million in North America and US$164.8&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2171700737/weekend/|title=Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 12, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713232950/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sixdayssevennights.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> On her appearance in the dramatic thriller ''Return to Paradise'', a writer for ''The New York Times'' remarked, "as Ms. Heche's formidable Beth Eastern does her best to manipulate the other characters on [costar [[Joaquin Phoenix]]'s character] behalf, ''Return to Paradise'' takes on the abstract weightiness of an ethical debate rather than the visceral urgency of a thriller."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/14/movies/film-review-at-the-mercy-of-foolish-friends.html|title=FILM REVIEW; At the Mercy of Foolish Friends|first=Janet|last=Maslin|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=August 14, 1998|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707045708/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/14/movies/film-review-at-the-mercy-of-foolish-friends.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Heche starred in [[Gus Van Sant]]'s ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]'' (1998), a [[remake]] of the [[Psycho (1960 film)|1960 film]] directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]]. In the updated version, she took on the role originally played by [[Janet Leigh]] as [[Marion Crane]], an embezzler who arrives at an old motel run by serial killer [[Norman Bates]] (played by Vince Vaughn in their second collaboration). ''Psycho'' earned negative reviews, and despite a US$60&nbsp;million budget it made US$37.1&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/gus-van-sant-int.htm| title=Gus Van Sant: Exclusive Interview| last=Morris| first=Clint| website=Web Wombat| access-date=March 30, 2009| archive-date=March 26, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326044448/http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/gus-van-sant-int.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> In an otherwise negative ''Times'' review of the film, Janet Maslin felt that Heche was "refreshingly cast in Marion's role", while noting that her portrayal was "almost as demure as Ms. Leigh's, yet she's also more headstrong and flirty."<ref>{{Cite news|first=Janet|last=Maslin|author-link=Janet Maslin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DE7DD1E3BF936A35751C1A96E958260|title=FILM REVIEW: PSYCHO; The Mama's Boy, His Motel Guest And That Shower|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 5, 1998|access-date=November 18, 2018|archive-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044540/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DE7DD1E3BF936A35751C1A96E958260|url-status=live}}</ref> Heche's 1998 films were the only theatrically released films in which she had a leading role.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-17-ca-anneheche17-story.html|title=There is life after Fresno|last=Fernandez|first=Maria Elena|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 17, 2004|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020829/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-17-ca-anneheche17-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She also starred opposite [[Ed Harris]] in the 1999 film, ''[[The Third Miracle]]'', directed by [[Agnieszka Holland]].<ref name="nyt-thmir">{{Cite news| last = Holden| first = Stephen| title = 'The Third Miracle': Investigating miracles without the kitsch| work = New York Times| access-date = August 25, 2022| date = December 29, 1999| url = https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/122999miracles-film-review.html| archive-date = August 26, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220826103258/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/122999miracles-film-review.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

=== 1998–2001: Directing projects ===
Heche spent much of the 1998 to 2001 working on film directing projects, often writing her own screenplays. She pulled back from acting roles during this period and had relatively few acting appearances from 1999 to 2001.{{Sfn|Heche|2001}} Her first effort at writing and directing was a 1998 short film titled ''Stripping for Jesus'', which was about an evangelical Christian stripper who writes Bible verses on her body so as to reach clients "in a language that they understand".<ref name="mubi-sfj">{{Cite web| title = Stripping for Jesus| work = MUBI| access-date = August 21, 2022| url = https://mubi.com/films/stripping-for-jesus| archive-date = August 21, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821181253/https://mubi.com/films/stripping-for-jesus| url-status = live}}</ref> According to Heche, the film was a [[metaphor]] for "my life as I saw it". The film was fully self-financed.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q69vYlKObDEC&q=stripping&pg=PA207 207]}} Heche starred in the film along with [[Suzanne Krull]] and [[Karen Black]].<ref name="mubi-sfj"/>

Heche's next several films were made for cable television and featured then-partner Ellen DeGeneres in varying degrees of participation. The first of these (and the one with the widest release) came in 2000, when Heche directed a segment of ''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]'' for HBO. An anthology film, it consisted of a series of segments about lesbian life in individual years over several decades. In Heche's segment, "[[If These Walls Could Talk 2#2000|2000]]", DeGeneres and [[Sharon Stone]] starred as a contemporary lesbian couple trying to have a baby together via [[artificial insemination]].<ref name="variety-2000">{{Cite news| last = Oxman| first = Steven| title = If These Walls Could Talk 2| work = Variety| access-date = August 21, 2022| date = February 28, 2000| url = https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/if-these-walls-could-talk-2-2-1200460389/| archive-date = August 21, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821212216/https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/if-these-walls-could-talk-2-2-1200460389/| url-status = live}}</ref> DeGeneres was also one of the executive producers of the film. In 2001, Heche directed another anthology film segment, this time part of ''[[On the Edge (2001 TV film)|On the Edge]]'', a [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] anthology of science fiction stories directed by different actresses.<ref name="variety-2001">{{Cite news| last = Oxman| first = Steven| title = On the Edge| work = Variety| access-date = August 21, 2022| date = June 27, 2001| url = https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/on-the-edge-4-1200468624/| archive-date = April 26, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190426022404/https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/on-the-edge-4-1200468624/| url-status = live}}</ref> Heche's segment, titled ''Reaching Normal'', was her screenplay adaptation of the short story ''Command Performance'' by [[Walter M. Miller Jr.]]<ref name="chron">{{Cite web| last = Hodges| first = Ann| title = Actresses turn directors in muddled, futuristic trilogy| work = Chron| access-date = August 21, 2022| date = June 29, 2001| url = https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/Actresses-turn-directors-in-muddled-futuristic-2025052.php| archive-date = August 21, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821190426/https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/Actresses-turn-directors-in-muddled-futuristic-2025052.php| url-status = live}}</ref> The segment features [[Andie MacDowell]] and [[Paul Rudd]] in the story of a housewife who enters into a [[telepathic]] [[extramarital affair]]; the segment includes a cameo appearance by DeGeneres.<ref name="stan-times">{{Cite news| last = Staff Writer Standard-Times| title = 'On the Edge' showcases women directors' sci-fi films| work = The Standard-Times| location = New Bedford, MA| access-date = August 21, 2022| date = June 29, 2001| url = https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/2001/06/29/on-edge-showcases-women/50297292007/| archive-date = August 21, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220821184825/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/lifestyle/2001/06/29/on-edge-showcases-women/50297292007/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Heche also directed a documentary that was to be released in 2001, ''Ellen DeGeneres: American Summer'', about DeGeneres' 2000 stand-up comedy tour.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=231-237}} The project was never completed.<ref name="Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'">{{Cite web| url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/06/lkl.00.html| title=Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'| work=CNN| date=September 6, 2001| access-date=March 19, 2012| archive-date=October 6, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006185122/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/06/lkl.00.html| url-status=live}}</ref> DeGeneres, who financed the documentary, states that she "burned" the film after attempting to salvage the project following the couple's split, but that the memories that it brought back were too painful.<ref name="wenn">{{Cite web| last = World Entertainment News Network| title = WENN Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com| website = [[IMDb]]| access-date = August 21, 2022| date = August 28, 2003| url = http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2003-08-28#celeb10| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312110803/http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2003-08-28#celeb10| archive-date = March 12, 2007}}</ref>

=== 2000–2009: Independent films, TV series, and Broadway roles ===
Most of Heche's roles in the early 2000s were in independent films and television; she played the role of Dr. Sterling in the [[film adaptation]] of [[Elizabeth Wurtzel]]'s autobiography about depression, ''[[Prozac Nation (film)|Prozac Nation]]'', with [[Christina Ricci]] and Jessica Lange. Premiered at the 2001 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], the film received a DVD release in 2005. She appeared as a hospital administrator in the [[thriller film|thriller]] ''[[John Q.]]'', about a father and husband ([[Denzel Washington]]) whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart. The production made US$102.2 million at the worldwide box office,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1683850753/|title=John Q. (2002)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020831/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1683850753/|url-status=live}}</ref> despite negative reviews by critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-q|title=John Q|website=Metacritic|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003114432/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/john-q|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, Heche obtained a recurring role in the fourth season of the television series ''[[Ally McBeal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/anne-heche-dies-car-crash|title=Anne Heche Dies at 53|last=Liebenson|first=Donald|date=August 12, 2022|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812231148/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/anne-heche-dies-car-crash|archive-date=August 12, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002, Heche made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in a production of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning drama ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]'', in the role of a young woman who has inherited her father's mathematical genius and mental illness. ''The New York Times'' found Heche to be "consequential" in her portrayal and compared her to [[Mary-Louise Parker]] and [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], who had previously played the character: "Though Ms. Heche, whose stage experience is limited and who is making her New York stage debut at 33, plays the part with a more appeasing ear and more conventional timing, her take on the character is equally viable. Her Catherine is a case of arrested development, impatient, aggressively indignant, impulsive".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/19/movies/theater-review-a-light-quick-anne-heche-makes-proof-a-new-play.html|title=THEATER REVIEW; A Light, Quick Anne Heche Makes 'Proof' a New Play|first=Bruce|last=Weber|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 19, 2002|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172608/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/19/movies/theater-review-a-light-quick-anne-heche-makes-proof-a-new-play.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Heche received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] movie ''[[Gracie's Choice]]'', as well as a [[Saturn Award]] nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the [[CBS]] television film ''The Dead Will Tell''. In the same year, she performed on Broadway opposite [[Alec Baldwin]] in revival of the play ''[[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]],'' about a successful and egomaniacal Broadway director (Baldwin), who has transformed a chorus girl (Heche) into a leading lady. For her performance, she was nominated for the 2004 [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/alec-anne-together-again-com-118161|title=From the Archives: Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche Board the Twentieth Century|website=Playbill|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812231300/https://playbill.com/article/alec-anne-together-again-com-118161|url-status=live}}</ref>

Also in 2004, Heche appeared alongside [[Nicole Kidman]] and [[Cameron Bright]] in the well-received independent drama ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]''. She took on the recurring role on [[The WB]] drama ''[[Everwood]]'' during its 2004–05 season, and then a recurring role on ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' as an ex-mob wife and [[United States Federal Witness Protection Program|Witness Protection Program]] subject who requires plastic surgery. Heche continued her television work with Hallmark Hall of Fame [[Christmas film]] ''[[Silver Bells (film)|Silver Bells]]'' (2005)<ref name="sb-variety">{{Cite news| last = Lowry| first = Brian| title = Silver Bells| work = Variety| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = November 23, 2005| url = https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/silver-bells-1200520091/| archive-date = October 16, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150914/https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/silver-bells-1200520091/| url-status = live}}</ref> and in the Lifetime television film ''[[Fatal Desire]]'' (2006), about an ex-cop, played by [[Eric Roberts]], who meets a woman on an online dating site who attempts to get him to kill her husband.<ref name="fataldes">{{Cite web| title = Fatal Desire (2006)| work = Blu-ray .com| access-date = September 1, 2022| url = https://www.blu-ray.com/Fatal-Desire/538211/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901192927/https://www.blu-ray.com/Fatal-Desire/538211/| url-status = live}}</ref>

[[File:AnneHecheJune07.jpg|thumb|upright|Heche in June 2007]]
Heche appeared in the small-scale [[dramedy]] ''[[Sexual Life]]'' (2005), chronicling modern romantic life and co-starring [[Azura Skye]] and [[Elizabeth Banks]]. The film was screened on the film festival circuit and received a television premiere. In 2006 she began work on her own series, ''[[Men in Trees]]'', in which she played a New York author who, after finding out her fiancé is cheating on her, moves to a small town in [[Alaska]] which happens to be abundant with single men and few women. ''Men in Trees'' was canceled in May 2008, after a season shortened by the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|writer's strike]]. During the airing of the show, Heche starred in the romantic comedy ''[[What Love Is]]'' (2007)<ref name="wli-var">{{Cite news| last = Debruge| first = Peter| title = What Love Is| magazine = Variety| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = March 23, 2007| url = https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/what-love-is-1200509453/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901200725/https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/what-love-is-1200509453/| url-status = live}}</ref> and in ''Toxic Skies'' (2008), a science-fiction thriller based on the [[chemtrails]] [[conspiracy theory]].<ref name="toxsk-rr">{{Cite web| last = Tricia| title = The Importance of Knowing You Suck: Toxic Skies Review| work = Rental Rehab| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = June 28, 2010| url = https://wherebadmovieslive.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/the-importance-of-knowing-you-suck-toxic-skies-review/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901202629/https://wherebadmovieslive.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/the-importance-of-knowing-you-suck-toxic-skies-review/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Heche appeared as the girlfriend of a narcissistic [[gigolo]] in the [[sex comedy]] ''[[Spread (film)|Spread]]'' (2009), co-starring [[Ashton Kutcher]].<ref name="var-spread">{{Cite news| last = McCarthy| first = Todd| title = Spread| work = Variety| accessdate = September 1, 2022| date = January 22, 2009| url = https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/spread-1200473132/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901203409/https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/spread-1200473132/| url-status = live}}</ref> The film received a limited release in North American theaters while it made US$12 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl24348161/|title=Spread (2009)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 12, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020832/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl24348161/|url-status=live}}</ref> Matthew Turney of ''View London'' felt that "[t]here's also terrific support" from Heche in what he described as an "enjoyable, sharply written and beautifully shot LA drama".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/spread-film-review-31250.html|title=Spread Film Review|last=Turner|first=Matthew|publisher=View London|date=December 29, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2011|archive-date=March 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320071139/http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/spread-film-review-31250.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2009, she was cast in the HBO dramedy series ''[[Hung (TV series)|Hung]]'', in a supporting role as the ex-wife of a financially struggling high school coach-turned-[[male prostitute]], portrayed by [[Thomas Jane]]. The series received favorable reviews and aired until 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/hung|title=Hung|website=Metacritic|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727122104/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/hung|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2010–2022: Later acting career ===
Heche's cameo appearance as the CEO of an important company in the well-received comedy ''[[The Other Guys]]'' (2010), starring [[Will Ferrell]] and [[Mark Wahlberg]], was followed by a much larger role in the independent comedy ''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]'' (2011), where she portrayed a seductive insurance agent with whom a naive and idealistic man (played by [[Ed Helms]]) becomes smitten. The [[2011 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]]-premiered production garnered critical praise and was an [[arthouse]] success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cedar_rapids_2010|title=Cedar Rapids (2011)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=August 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830120422/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cedar_rapids_2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4115170817/|title=Cedar Rapids (2011)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 12, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020830/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4115170817/|url-status=live}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' remarked in his review for the film, "while Heche shines brightest in more brittle mode, as in HBO's ''Hung'', she strikes a sweet balance between Joan's mischievous and maternal sides".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/sundance-review-cedar-rapids-75028/|title=SUNDANCE REVIEW: Cedar Rapids|last=Rooney|first=David|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020829/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/sundance-review-cedar-rapids-75028/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the drama ''[[Rampart (film)|Rampart]]'' (2011), Heche starred with [[Woody Harrelson]] and [[Cynthia Nixon]], as one of the two former wives of a corrupt police officer (Harrelson), who also happen to be sisters. The film had a selected theatrical run following its premiere at the [[2011 Toronto International Film Festival|36th Toronto International Film Festival]], and garnered an overall positive response;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/rampart|title=Rampart (2012)|website=Time Out London|date=October 14, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020829/https://www.timeout.com/movies/rampart|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/rampart-review/|title=Rampart|date=September 14, 2010|website=Empire|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=October 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150914/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/rampart-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]'', remarked that Heche and her other female co-stars, "allow Harrelson to shine – he has always had a way of preening for women – and he brings out the best in them".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Rampart-review-Woody-Harrelson-great-as-bad-cop-3337558.php|title='Rampart' review: Woody Harrelson great as bad cop|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=February 17, 2012|website=SFGate|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=October 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150912/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Rampart-review-Woody-Harrelson-great-as-bad-cop-3337558.php|url-status=live}}</ref> She also starred in Lifetime film [[Girl Fight (film)|''Girl'' ''Fight'']] (2011), alongside [[Jodelle Ferland]] and [[James Tupper]]. Heche then had the leading role in the comedy ''[[That's What She Said (film)|That's What She Said]]'' (2012), which premiered at the [[2012 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/what-she-said-sundance-film-287138/|title=That's What She Said: Sundance Film Review|first=Justin|last=Lowe|date=February 4, 2012|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=August 14, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814172834/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/what-she-said-sundance-film-287138/|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the role of the girlfriend of a former pro golfer ([[Colin Firth]]) in ''[[Arthur Newman (film)|Arthur Newman]]'' (also 2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arthur_newman|title=Arthur Newman|publisher=[[rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=August 14, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814172834/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arthur_newman|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Heche starred with [[James Tupper]], [[Jennifer Stone]], and [[Rebekah Brandes]] in the supernatural horror film ''[[Nothing Left to Fear (film)|Nothing Left to Fear]]'' (2013), about a family's life in a new town being interrupted by an unstable man of the cloth. The film received a release for [[video-on-demand]] and selected theaters.<ref name="la">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-oct-03-la-et-mn-nothing-left-to-fear-review-story.html|title=Review: Nothing to fear in 'Nothing Left to Fear'|date=October 3, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707045706/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-oct-03-la-et-mn-nothing-left-to-fear-review-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was panned by critics,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nothing-left-to-fear |title=Nothing Left to Fear |website=Metacritic |quote=overwhelming dislike |access-date=July 7, 2019 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720141614/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/nothing-left-to-fear |url-status=live }}</ref> and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' remarked that both Heche and Tupper "should write apology notes to their fans".<ref name="la"/> Also in 2013, Heche headlined the short-lived [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Save Me (American TV series)|Save Me]]'', in which she starred as a [[Midwestern]] housewife who believes that she is channeling God.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/anne-heche-set-to-star-in-nbc-comedy-pilot-save-me-lifting-projects-contingency-217269/|title=Anne Heche Set To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot 'Save Me', Lifting Project's Contingency|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 19, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228093334/http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/anne-heche-set-to-star-in-nbc-comedy-pilot-save-me-lifting-projects-contingency/|url-status=live}}</ref> She played the waitress friend of a recovering gambling addict ([[Jason Statham]]) in the action thriller ''[[Wild Card (2014 film)|Wild Card]]'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=January 19, 2012|title=Anne Heche Set To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot 'Save Me', Lifting Project's Contingency|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/anne-heche-set-to-star-in-nbc-comedy-pilot-save-me-lifting-projects-contingency-217269/|access-date=October 16, 2022|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=October 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150913/https://deadline.com/2012/01/anne-heche-set-to-star-in-nbc-comedy-pilot-save-me-lifting-projects-contingency-217269/|url-status=live}}</ref> Distributed for a VOD and limited release in certain parts of North America only, the film only grossed US$6.7&nbsp;million internationally on a $30&nbsp;million budget.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1213813253/|title=Wild Card (2015) – International Box Office Results|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 12, 2022|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028172106/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1213813253/|url-status=live}}</ref> Heche also had a recurring guest-role on ''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]'' before its cancellation. In 2013, she signed a first look deal with [[Universal Television]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marechal|first=A. J.|date=July 25, 2013|title=Anne Heche Inks First-Look Deal with Universal TV (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/anne-heche-inks-first-look-deal-with-universal-tv-exclusive-1200568041/|access-date=December 27, 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529232557/https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/anne-heche-inks-first-look-deal-with-universal-tv-exclusive-1200568041/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[USA Network]]'s [[action-adventure]] drama series, ''[[Dig (TV series)|Dig]]'', had Heche portray the head of the FBI field office in [[Jerusalem]] whose agents uncover a 2,000-year-old conspiracy while investigating an [[archeology|archaeologist]]'s murder. The six-episode series premiered in late 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/anne-heche-joins-usa-networks-international-thriller-dig/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202218/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/anne-heche-joins-usa-networks-international-thriller-dig/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2017|title=Anne Heche Joins USA Network's International Thriller 'Dig'|date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> The following year, Heche guest-starred in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] thriller series ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'' playing the role of [[criminal profiler]], Dr. Susan Langdon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/10/21/quantico-anne-heche-cast-season-1-abc/|title=Quantico Enlists Anne Heche|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|publisher=TVLine|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530232313/http://tvline.com/2015/10/21/quantico-anne-heche-cast-season-1-abc/|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 27, 2016, she starred in the post-apocalyptic action drama ''[[Aftermath (2016 TV series)|Aftermath]]'', which debuted on Canada's [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]] network and on United States' [[Syfy]]. Heche played Karen Copeland, a [[United States Air Force]] pilot who must navigate [[Armageddon]], with her university-professor husband Josh (James Tupper) and their three nearly adult children. Neither ''Dig'' nor ''Aftermath'' was renewed for a second season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cramer |first=Philissa |url=https://www.jta.org/2015/06/09/united-states/jerusalem-based-series-dig-cancelled-after-one-season-2 |title=Jerusalem-based series 'Dig' cancelled after one season – Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=June 9, 2015 |publisher=Jta.org |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812175926/https://www.jta.org/2015/06/09/united-states/jerusalem-based-series-dig-cancelled-after-one-season-2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/aftermath-cancelled-no-season-two-syfy-space/ |title=Aftermath: Cancelled; No Season Two on Syfy and Space – canceled + renewed TV shows |date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=TV Series Finale |access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>

Heche filmed the supporting part as the lead singer for a Broadway musical in ''[[Opening Night (2016 film)|Opening Night]]'' (2016) with [[Topher Grace]]. The [[musical comedy]] was screened at the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/topher-grace-opening-night-release-1201806507/|title=Topher Grace's 'Opening Night' Set for Fall Release (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Dave|last=McNary|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 30, 2016|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=February 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208051523/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/topher-grace-opening-night-release-1201806507/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/opening_night_2016|title=Opening Night (2016)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126210315/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/opening_night_2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In another independent film, the comedy ''[[Catfight (film)|Catfight]]'' (2016), Heche starred opposite [[Sandra Oh]], portraying one of two bitter rivals who pursue a grudge match that spans a lifetime. Like Heche's previous projects, the film premiered on the film-festival circuit and received a VOD and limited release,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/catfight-nabbed-by-dark-sky-films-sets-march-release-968977/|title='Catfight' Nabbed by Dark Sky Films, Sets March Release|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020830/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/catfight-nabbed-by-dark-sky-films-sets-march-release-968977/|url-status=live}}</ref> to largely favorable reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/catfight_2017|title=Catfight (2017)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407203453/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/catfight_2017/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote: "Oh and Heche are great here, giving performances entirely lacking in vanity and self-consciousness. They aren't afraid to get ugly, both in their treatment of everyone around them as well as in their post-brawl bruises, which makes them that much funnier."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-catfight-review-20170302-story.html|title=In the dark satire 'Catfight,' Sandra Oh and Anne Heche go for the jugular|first=Kimber|last=Myers|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 2, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707045706/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-capsule-catfight-review-20170302-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Heche played a supporting role in ''[[My Friend Dahmer (film)|My Friend Dahmer]]'' as Joyce, the mentally ill mother of the teenaged [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] ([[Ross Lynch]]).<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Clark|last=Collis|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/11/03/my-friend-dahmer-anne-heche/|title=Why ''My Friend Dahmer'' star Anne Heche wanted to play a serial killer's mother|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|location=New York City|date=November 3, 2017|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> She received positive reviews for her performance, with ''The Hollywood Reporter'' calling her "nerve-jangling perfection"<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Sheri|last=Linden|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/my-friend-dahmer-1051901/|title='My Friend Dahmer': Film Review|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' calling her "entertainingly off-kilter".<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Alex|last=Godfrey|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/friend-dahmer/review/|title=My Friend Dahmer Review|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|location=London, England|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>

On September 25, 2017, Heche debuted as the series lead playing [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] Deputy Director Patricia Campbell in the military/espionage thriller ''[[The Brave (TV series)|The Brave]]'', which lasted for one season on [[NBC]].<ref name="TheBrave">{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Brave' Canceled By NBC After One Season |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-brave-canceled-nbc-anne-heche-mike-vogel-1202379975/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline.com]] |access-date=August 13, 2022 |date=May 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209171043/https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-brave-canceled-nbc-anne-heche-mike-vogel-1202379975/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, she joined the television series ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' in a supporting role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2018/07/16/chicago-pd-cast-anne-heche-season-6-nbc/|title=Chicago P.D. Enlists Anne Heche to Play Key Recurring Role in Season 6|first=Vlada|last=Gelman|date=July 16, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717035255/https://tvline.com/2018/07/16/chicago-pd-cast-anne-heche-season-6-nbc/|url-status=live}}</ref> In late 2020, Heche competed as one of the celebrities in the [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 29)|29th season]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', but was eliminated from the contest after the fourth week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/news/updates/dancing-with-the-stars-2020-celebrity-cast-announced?linkId=98669467|title="Dancing with the Stars" 2020 Celebrity Cast Announced!|work=ABC|date=September 2, 2020|access-date=September 2, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513003028/https://abc.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/news/updates/dancing-with-the-stars-2020-celebrity-cast-announced?linkId=98669467|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DWTS29">{{Cite journal |last=Stone |first=Natalie |title=DWTS: Find Out Who Was Eliminated After Host Tyra Banks Mistakenly Declares 1 Couple as Safe: 'There's Been an Error' |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 5, 2020 |url=https://people.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-anne-heche-eliminated-dwts/ |access-date=August 13, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813234525/https://people.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-anne-heche-eliminated-dwts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, she co-starred in an [[ensemble cast]] in Lindsay Gossling's ''[[13 Minutes (2021 film)|13 Minutes]]'' about four families struggling with multiple dilemmas in a fictional [[Oklahoma]] town just before a devastating [[tornado]] hits.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Frank Scheck |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/13-minutes-review-1235037170/ |title='13 Minutes' Review – The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com |date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813144151/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/13-minutes-review-1235037170/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the time of her death in August 2022, Heche had completed filming several films that were still in post-production and where she would appear posthumously.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albers |first=Caitlin |date=August 12, 2022 |title=The Many Now-Posthumous Projects Anne Heche Filmed Before She Died |url=https://www.looper.com/963297/the-last-movie-anne-heche-was-in-before-she-died/ |access-date=August 17, 2022 |website=Looper.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813074438/https://www.looper.com/963297/the-last-movie-anne-heche-was-in-before-she-died/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One of these films was ''[[Girl in Room 13 (2022 film)|Girl in Room 13]]'' that aired as part of Lifetime's "Ripped from the Headlines" film series. The movie is about [[human trafficking]] and was dedicated in memory of Heche.<ref name="Girl in Room 13">{{Cite web|date=August 11, 2022|first=Emily|last=Longeretta|title=Lifetime Will Still Debut Anne Heche Movie After Her Car Crash: This Project Is 'Important' to Her|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/anne-heche-lifetime-car-crash-1235338663/|access-date=August 14, 2022|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813150704/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/anne-heche-lifetime-car-crash-1235338663/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse'' is slated to be the final screen performance for Heche, which is a family-appeal film based on the song "[[Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphey song)|Wildfire]]" by [[Michael Martin Murphey]]. She also appeared with [[Alec Baldwin]] in the disaster action film ''[[Supercell (film)|Supercell]]'', released on March 17, 2023.

== Other media ==
In 2001, Heche published a memoir titled ''Call Me Crazy'',<ref name="cmc-pubpage">{{Cite web| title = Call Me Crazy eBook by Anne Heche (official publisher page)| website = Simon & Schuster| access-date = September 5, 2022| url = https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Call-Me-Crazy/Anne-Heche/9780743229135| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201201062839/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Call-Me-Crazy/Anne-Heche/9780743229135| archive-date = December 1, 2020| url-status = dead}}</ref> which discussed her family and career background, as well as disclosed her history of mental illness and alleged [[child sexual abuse|childhood sexual abuse]] by her father.<ref name="Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'"/> In 2021, on her ''Better Together'' podcast, she said that she was working on a second memoir tentatively titled ''Call Me Sane''.<ref name=bettog-26/> In September 2022, the second memoir, now titled ''Call Me Anne'', was submitted in manuscript form shortly before her death and was announced for a January 2023 publication.<ref name="guardian-220916"/><ref name="pub-weekly">{{Cite news| last = Milliot| first = Jim| title = Viva Editions to publish Anne Heche memoir| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = September 17, 2022| date = September 14, 2022| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/90329-viva-editions-to-publish-anne-heche-memoir.html| archive-date = September 17, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220917004138/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/90329-viva-editions-to-publish-anne-heche-memoir.html| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="pubs-bookpage">{{Cite web| title = Call Me Anne| website = Viva Editions| format = | access-date = September 17, 2022| url = https://vivaeditions.com/book/2877/call-me-anne/| archive-date = September 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170931/https://vivaeditions.com/book/2877/call-me-anne/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Heche also narrated several [[audiobook]]s, notably, a self-narrated audiobook of ''Call Me Crazy'',<ref name="audiofile">{{Cite web| last = AudioFile| title = Audiobook Review: Call Me Crazy by Anne Heche, Read by Anne Heche| work = AudioFile Magazine| access-date = August 31, 2022| date = April 2002| url = http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/9687/call-me-crazy-by-anne-heche-read-by-anne-heche/}}</ref> as well as narrating audiobook versions of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon]]'' (1999) and [[Tess Gerritsen]]'s ''Vanish'' (2005; co-narrated by Ilyana Kadushin).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anne Heche|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/340493-Anne-Heche|access-date=October 16, 2022|website=Discogs|language=en|archive-date=October 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150914/https://www.discogs.com/artist/340493-Anne-Heche|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Heche hosted a weekly radio show on [[SiriusXM]] with [[Jason Ellis (radio host)|Jason Ellis]] entitled ''Love and Heche''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2017 |title=Actress Anne Heche to Launch New SiriusXM Show |url=http://investor.siriusxm.com/investor-overview/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Actress-Anne-Heche-to-Launch-New-SiriusXM-Show/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908020448/http://investor.siriusxm.com/investor-overview/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Actress-Anne-Heche-to-Launch-New-SiriusXM-Show/default.aspx |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |publisher=SiriusXM}}</ref> In late 2020, Heche and Heather Duffy Boylston launched a [[podcast]] titled ''Better Together''.<ref name=btep1/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGt539hai7/|title=Anne Heche on Instagram: "It's your favorite dysfunctional duo. 👯‍♀️ It's #BetterTogetherWithAnneandHeather, available via @applepodcasts and @spotifypodcasts. Can't wait to have you on this journey with us. 💖✌️ @heatherduffyboylston @bettertogetheranneandheather"|website=Instagram|access-date=August 13, 2022|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813020106/https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGt539hai7/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.strawhutmedia.com/bettertogether/|title=Better Together w/ Anne Heche and Heather Duffy — Straw Hut Media|website=Straw Hut Media|access-date=August 11, 2022|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813020106/https://www.strawhutmedia.com/bettertogether/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
=== Family ===
Heche's mother, Nancy Heche, has been a Christian therapist since 1997, and since 2005 has focused on "overcoming homosexuality", frequently speaking at events sponsored by evangelical Christian and [[Christian right]] groups, notably the [[ex-gay]] ministry [[Love Won Out]].{{Sfn|Heche|2006}}<ref name="Anne Heche Is Playing It Normal Now"/>

Heche had four older siblings, three of whom predeceased her. The eldest, [[Susan Bergman]] (1957–2006), died of a [[brain tumor]]. Bergman was a university lecturer in [[literary scholarship|literature]] and a [[Christian literature|Christian writer]], whose 1994 memoir titled ''Anonymity'' described their closeted gay father and the effects that his legacy had on the rest of the family.<ref name="ctrib-berg-94">{{Cite news| last = Kelly| first = Joyce| title = Revealing Truths| work = Chicago Tribune| access-date = August 22, 2022| date = February 5, 1994|url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-06-9402060526-story.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818202626/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-06-9402060526-story.html |archive-date = August 18, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tal-berg">{{Cite episode| number = 10| credits = Glass, Ira (host)| title = Double Lives| series = This American Life| access-date = August 22, 2022| date = January 17, 1996| url = https://www.thisamericanlife.org/10/double-lives}}</ref><ref name="ctrib-berg-obit">{{Cite news|last = Sherlock | first = Barbara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813083142/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-01-02-0601020093-story.html |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-01-02-0601020093-story.html |title=Chicago Tribune: Susan Bergman 1957–2006 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|via = |date=January 2, 2006 |access-date = August 22, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-date = August 13, 2022 }}</ref><ref name="latimes-berg-obit">{{Cite news| last = Times Staff and Wire Reports| title = Susan Bergman, 48; Wrote of Her Father's Secret Life as a Gay Man| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = August 22, 2022| date = January 4, 2006| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-me-passings4.1-story.html| archive-date = August 22, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220822074354/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-me-passings4.1-story.html| url-status = live}}</ref> Another sister, Cynthia, died of a heart defect at two months.<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/> Heche's only brother, Nathan (1965–1983), died in a car crash at age 18, three months after the death of their father. Heche said his death was a suicide, though her mother and surviving siblings dispute this.<ref name="Noble County Indiana Library">{{Cite news|title=Noble County Indiana Library – Whan Collection|publisher=Noble County Public Library| url=http://gen.nobleco.lib.in.us/Obituaries/Hay.htm|access-date=September 14, 2010|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180517171824/http://gen.nobleco.lib.in.us/Obituaries/Hay.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Charlie Rose">[http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4882 A conversation with Anne Heche] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525214910/http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4882 |date=May 25, 2013}}. ''[[Charlie Rose (TV show)|Charlie Rose]]''. June 11, 1998</ref><ref name="Nancy Heche">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV3B5oD-nBs&t=724s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301135318/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDHri9RibGk| archive-date=March 1, 2014 | url-status=live|title=Nancy Heche: Homosexuality in the Family (video)|publisher=YouTube|date=December 11, 2010|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> Abigail is the fourth sibling, followed by Anne.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Julie|last=Kessler|url=http://www.thebeachcoast.com/issues/2011/november-2011/folk-art-and-fascinators.html |title=Folk Art and Fascinators |website=The Beach Coast|publisher=Scribes Ink Publishing|location=Lakeside, Michigan|date=November 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203172146/http://www.thebeachcoast.com/issues/2011/november-2011/folk-art-and-fascinators.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>

Heche was [[family estrangement|estranged]] from the surviving members of her family for many years. A rift with her mother began when she first disclosed her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. The rift deepened when she alleged sexual abuse by her father in ''Call Me Crazy'', creating a rift with her two sisters as well. Heche said she had been estranged from her mother since she confronted her about the sexual abuse.<ref name="abcnews-2004-text"/> Heche's mother said it was Anne who cut off communication.<ref name="previewport">{{Cite web| title = Readers' Forum: Talk with Phillip Lopate and Terese Svoboda| work = PreviewPort| format = | accessdate = August 22, 2022| date = September 5–11, 2001| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020228085800/http://discussions.previewport.com:8001/article.pl?sid=01/09/05/1553214 |url = http://discussions.previewport.com:8001/article.pl?sid=01/09/05/1553214 |archive-date = February 28, 2002 |url-status = dead}} The forum was hosted at PreviewPort.com, a site run by Anne and Abigail Heche's sister Susan Bergman.</ref>

In her 2001 memoir, Heche wrote that her mother was in denial about the alleged sexual abuse. For example, when she contracted [[genital herpes]] as an infant, her mother insisted that it was a [[diaper rash]] and refused to take her to a doctor.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=55}} Heche also wrote that her father repeatedly raped her from the time she was an infant until she was 12.{{Sfn|Heche|2001}} When she was asked, "But why would a gay man rape a girl?" in a 2001 interview with ''[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]'', Heche replied, "I don't think he was just a gay man. I think he was [[Paraphilia|sexually deviant]]. My belief was that my father was gay and he had to cover that up. I think he was sexually abusive. The more he couldn't be who he was, the more that came out of him in [the] ways that it did."{{Sfn|Stockwell|2001|p= [https://books.google.com/books?id=G2UEAAAAMBAJ&q=But+why+would+a+gay+man+rape+a+girl%3F&pg=PA38 38–39]}}

Heche's mother has denied her daughter's allegations and responded in a discussion of the book on an [[internet forum]]: "I am trying to find a place for myself in this writing, a place where I as Anne's mother do not feel violated or scandalized. I find no place among the lies and blasphemies in the pages of this book."<ref name="abcnews-2004-text">{{Cite news| last = Raphael| first = Rebecca| title = Exclusive: Anne Heche Interview| work = ABC News| access-date = August 30, 2022| date = September 4, 2001| url = https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124031| archive-date = August 30, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220830014034/https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=124031| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="previewport"/> Anne's sister Abigail added,<blockquote>It is my opinion that my sister Anne truly believes, at this moment, what she has asserted about our father's past behavior; however, at the same time, I would like to point out that Anne, in the past, has expressed doubts herself about the accuracy of such memories. Based on my experience and her own expressed doubts, I believe that her memories regarding our father are untrue. And I can state emphatically, regardless of Anne's beliefs, that the assertion that our mother knew about such behavior is absolutely false.<ref name="abcnews-2004-text"/><ref name="previewport"/></blockquote>

In 2009, Heche told ''The New York Times'':
{{Quote|My mother had a very tragic life. Three of her five children are dead, and her husband is dead. That she is attempting to change gay people into straight people is, in my opinion, a way to keep the pain of the truth out. People wonder why I am so forthcoming with the truths that have happened in my life, and it's because the lies that I have been surrounded with and the denial that I was raised in, for better or worse, bore a child of truth and love. My mother preaches to this day the opposite of that core of my life. It is no mistake that she still stands up against love. And one wonders why I'm not rushing to have her meet my children.<ref name="Anne Heche Is Playing It Normal Now"/>}}

In 2011, Heche told ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' that she had reconciled with her remaining sister Abigail, but doubted she would be able to repair her relationship with her mother.<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/>

Elliot and [[Natalie Bergman]], of the band [[Wild Belle]], are Heche's nephew and niece. In 2017, she said that their album ''[[Dreamland (Wild Belle album)|Dreamland]]'' was her favorite album and described herself as a "proud aunt".<ref name="25things">{{Cite news| last = Us Weekly Staff| title = Anne Heche: 25 things you don't know about me| work = Us Weekly| accessdate = August 25, 2022| date = October 15, 2017| url = https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heche-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w508905/| archive-date = August 25, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220825104821/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heche-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w508905/| url-status = live}}</ref>

=== Relationships ===
[[File:EllenDeGeneresAndAnneHeche.jpg|thumb|Heche with [[Ellen DeGeneres]] in September 1997]]
[[File:James Tupper & Anne Heche - DSC 0091.jpg|thumb|Heche with [[James Tupper]] in November 2014|alt=]]
Heche was in a relationship with [[Lindsey Buckingham]] of [[Fleetwood Mac]] for about one year in the early 1990s{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=155-158}} and also in a relationship with [[Steve Martin]], whom she had met on the set of ''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]'', for about two years during the mid-1990s.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=166,175–178}}

Heche's relationship with DeGeneres and the events following their breakup became subjects of widespread media interest.<ref name="latimes-0816"/><ref name="People1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/girls-night-out-vol-47-no-18/|title=Girls' Night Out|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=May 12, 1997|access-date=March 11, 2022|first=Patrick|last=Rogers}}</ref><ref name="People2">{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/anne-speaks-of-ellen/|title=Anne Speaks of Ellen|magazine=People|date=July 28, 1998|access-date=March 11, 2022|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman}}</ref> They were described as "the world's first gay [[supercouple]]".<ref name="www.advocate.com">{{Cite news|title=Anne Heche: Love and Heche|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=August 29, 2006|access-date=August 8, 2009|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Love+and+Heche.-a0150864888|archive-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013090432/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Love+and+Heche.-a0150864888|url-status=live}}</ref> Heche and DeGeneres started dating in 1997, and at one point said they would get a [[Same-sex marriage in Vermont#Civil unions|civil union]] if such became legal in [[Vermont]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pCQgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1855,2264830|title=Ellen Plans Vermont Nuptials|newspaper=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)|Sun Journal]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 11, 1999|access-date=October 14, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806025842/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pCQgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1855,2264830|url-status=live}}</ref> They broke up in August 2000.<ref name="nydn-2000-breakup">{{Cite news |last=Rush |first=George |date=August 19, 2000 |title=Ellen, Anne are history |pages=76 |work=New York Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109460130/ellen-anne-are-history/ |url-status=live |accessdate=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913034559/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109460130/ellen-anne-are-history/ |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |quote="Unfortunately, we have decided to end our relationship," the pair confirmed to the Daily News in a joint statement yesterday. "It is an amicable parting, and we greatly value the 3½ years we have spent together. We hope everyone will respect our privacy through this difficult time."}}</ref><ref name="ABC">{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116193|title=The End of Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche|work=ABC News|date=August 22, 2000|access-date=March 11, 2022|author=Wolf, Buck|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128184431/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116193|url-status=live}}</ref> Heche stated that all of her other romantic relationships were with men.<ref name="Anne Heche: There was no joy in my family"/><ref name="lamag-98">{{Cite magazine| pages = 72–77| last = Ginsberg| first = Merle| title = Addicted to love| magazine = Los Angeles|date = January 1998 | quote-pages=75,77| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73}} (quote p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oV0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 75], 77)</ref> In the memoir ''Call Me Anne'', submitted shortly before her death, she wrote that she never identified as a lesbian and did not regard the terms "gay" or "straight" as relevant to her.<ref name="guardian-220916">{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/16/anne-heche-memoir-call-me-anne-release-date-january-2023 |date= September 15, 2022 |access-date= September 16, 2022 |language= en-GB |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |title= 'I did not identify as a lesbian': Anne Heche reflects on Ellen DeGeneres in upcoming memoir |author= Guardian Staff |archive-date= September 16, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220916022356/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/16/anne-heche-memoir-call-me-anne-release-date-january-2023 |url-status= live }}</ref>

Heche claims that there was professional fallout due to her relationship with DeGeneres. She recounts that she was warned not to attend the 1997 premiere of ''Volcano'' with DeGeneres, and when the couple did so anyway, they were escorted out before the film had ended.<ref name=tgross-2000>{{Cite episode| publisher = WHYY| credits = Gross, Terry (host)| title = Actress Anne Heche.| series = Fresh Air| access-date = August 19, 2022| date = March 1, 2000| url = https://freshairarchive.org/segments/actress-anne-heche}}</ref><ref name=bralex-2020>{{Cite news| last = Alexander| first = Bryan| title = Anne Heche says romance with Ellen DeGeneres got her fired from 'multimillion-dollar movie deal'| work = USA Today| access-date = August 19, 2022| date = October 5, 2020| url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/10/05/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-relationship-got-her-fired-movie-deal/3632844001/| archive-date = August 18, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818153350/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/10/05/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-relationship-got-her-fired-movie-deal/3632844001/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name=mcartw-2022>{{Cite news| last = Cartwright| first = Megan| title = Anne Heche describes attending premiere with Ellen amid "canceled" fears| work = Newsweek| access-date = August 19, 2022| date = August 17, 2022| url = https://www.newsweek.com/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-volcano-premiere-podcast-interview-1734415| archive-date = August 19, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819071020/https://www.newsweek.com/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-volcano-premiere-podcast-interview-1734415| url-status = live}}</ref> Heche said that she was told that she would be denied the part in ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' for going public with her romance with DeGeneres, but landed the role nevertheless.<ref name=tgross-2000/> However, Heche did not work in a studio picture for 10 years afterward.<ref name=bralex-2020/><ref name=mcartw-2022/> In a later podcast, Heche claimed that DeGeneres tried to put her in an institution<ref name=bettog-26>{{Cite podcast| number = 26| last1 = Duffy| first1 = Heather| last2 = Heche| first2 = Anne| title = Just the Two of Us: Anne Talks Ellen| series = ''Better Together''| access-date = August 19, 2022|date = June 28, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqnkj14bNrU}}</ref> and that she was effectively blacklisted from [[The Ellen DeGeneres Show|DeGeneres' talk show]], which negatively affected her career as studios were reluctant to hire her for films they would be unable to publicize on the widely viewed program.<ref name=rysm-2022>{{Cite news| last = Smith| first = Ryan| title = Anne Heche said Ellen helped "cancel" her in final interview about ex| work = Newsweek| access-date = August 19, 2022| date = August 16, 2022| url = https://www.newsweek.com/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-helped-cancel-her-final-interview-ex-1733674| archive-date = August 19, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819071208/https://www.newsweek.com/anne-heche-ellen-degeneres-helped-cancel-her-final-interview-ex-1733674| url-status = live}}</ref>

In 2000, Heche left DeGeneres for Coleman "Coley" Laffoon, a cameraman whom she met when she hired him as part of the camera crew for the television documentary ''Ellen DeGeneres: American Summer'', which she was directing. On September 1, 2001, she and Laffoon married.<ref name="Yahoo! Movies"/> They had a son, Homer Heche Laffoon, in March 2002.<ref name="Yahoo! Movies"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 7, 2002 |author=Gary Susman |title=Anne Heche gives birth to a son |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/03/07/anne-heche-gives-birth-son/ |access-date=August 12, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> Laffoon filed for divorce in February 2007, after five and a half years of marriage.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 2, 2007 |title=Anne Heche's Husband Files for Divorce |url=https://people.com/celebrity/anne-heches-husband-files-for-divorce/ |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> In a separate court filing, he said that Heche "exhibited bizarre and delusional behavior for which she refuses to seek professional help."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/anne-heche-and-her-ex-husband-trade-insults|title=Anne Heche and Her Ex-Husband Trade Insults|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|author=Mike Fleeman|date=May 17, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2022|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922074810/https://people.com/celebrity/anne-heche-and-her-ex-husband-trade-insults/|url-status=live}}</ref> The divorce was finalized in March 2009.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-03-11-0903100664-story.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220312020830/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-03-11-0903100664-story.html| archive-date = March 12, 2022| title=Heche's divorce finalized|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/312220/anne-heche-s-divorce-finalised|title=Anne Heche's divorce finalised|magazine=[[Now (1996–2019 magazine)|Now]]|date=March 10, 2009|access-date=December 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131024052034/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/312220/anne-heche-s-divorce-finalised|archive-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lee|first=Ken|url=https://people.com/celebrity/anne-heches-ex-gets-515000-cash-in-settlement/|title=Anne Heche's Ex Gets $515,000 Cash in Settlement|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref>

Heche left Laffoon for ''Men in Trees'' co-star James Tupper.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=October 12, 2007|url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/spotlight/2007/01/38525|website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|title=Anne Heche's New Romance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624111038/http://www.etonline.com/tv/spotlight/2007/01/38525|archive-date=June 24, 2008}}</ref> During their relationship, Heche described herself and Tupper as being "eternally engaged".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8465999/Anne-Heche-interview-There-was-no-joy-in-my-family.html| title=Anne Heche interview: "There was no joy in my family"| last=Pringle| first=Gill| work=The Telegraph| date=May 1, 2011| access-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531063317/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8465999/Anne-Heche-interview-There-was-no-joy-in-my-family.html|archive-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref> She and Tupper had a son, Atlas Heche Tupper, in March 2009.<ref name="people-atlas">{{Cite news| last = Chiu| first = Alexis| title = It's a Baby Boy for Anne Heche!| magazine = People| access-date = September 1, 2022| date = March 11, 2009| url = https://people.com/parents/its-a-baby-boy-for-anne-heche/| archive-date = September 1, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220901044428/https://people.com/parents/its-a-baby-boy-for-anne-heche/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| last=Gostine| first=Nicki| url=http://www.parentdish.com/2011/02/11/anne-heche| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110212062258/http://www.parentdish.com/2011/02/11/anne-heche/| archive-date = February 12, 2011| title=Anne Heche talks motherhood, 'Cedar Rapids' and working since she was a tween| website=ParentDish.com|date=May 17, 2011}}</ref> Tupper and Heche separated in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dupre|first=Elyse|title=Anne Heche and James Tupper Break Up After More Than 10 Years Together|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/905916/anne-heche-and-james-tupper-break-up-after-more-than-10-years-together|access-date=February 13, 2018|website=[[E!#E! Online|E! Online]]|date=January 12, 2018|archive-date=February 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014720/http://www.eonline.com/news/905916/anne-heche-and-james-tupper-break-up-after-more-than-10-years-together|url-status=live}}</ref>

Heche and former ''Hung'' co-star [[Thomas Jane]] announced that they were in a relationship in 2019; they were together into 2020, but had separated by the time of her death.<ref name="bunte">{{Cite news| last = BUNTE.de Staff| title = Hollywood-Star Anne Heche: Es ist offiziell! Endlich zeigt sie ihre neue Liebe| trans-title = It's official! Finally she reveals her new love| work = BUNTE.de| access-date = August 30, 2022| date = June 30, 2019| url = https://www.bunte.de/stars/stars-die-liebe/stars-frisch-verliebt/hollywood-star-anne-heche-es-ist-offiziell-endlich-zeigt-sie-ihre-neue-liebe.html| archive-date = August 30, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220830085003/https://www.bunte.de/stars/stars-die-liebe/stars-frisch-verliebt/hollywood-star-anne-heche-es-ist-offiziell-endlich-zeigt-sie-ihre-neue-liebe.html| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="pasquini">{{Cite news| last = Pasquini| first = Maria| title = Anne Heche says she 'never had feelings' for current boyfriend Thomas Jane while making 'Hung'| work = People| access-date = August 30, 2022| date = July 22, 2019| url = https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-never-had-feelings-for-thomas-jane-on-hung/| archive-date = August 30, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220830085001/https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-never-had-feelings-for-thomas-jane-on-hung/| url-status = live}}</ref>

=== Mental health issues ===
In her memoir ''Call Me Crazy'', Heche discusses her struggles with mental health issues and the long-term effect of her childhood abuse. She wrote that she had blocked out much of her childhood{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 122}} and had first gone into therapy during her time on ''Another World'', undergoing various types of therapy through the mid-1990s.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 122–184, ''[[passim]]''}} Heche soon began [[Reichian]] [[body psychotherapy]], and wrote that the release of [[body memory|body memories]] through this technique helped her [[repressed memory|recover memories]] of her alleged sexual abuse and confront the emotional aftermath of childhood trauma.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 136–139}} This process was later continued through guided [[LSD therapy]], which she claimed had led to a full recovery of childhood memories.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 146–152, 159–162}}

Heche underwent another crisis that began about the time she had finished filming ''Donnie Brasco'', in which she said that she began hearing [[Voice of God|God speaking directly]] to her.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 187–204}} In this state, she said that she was told that she had an inner being called "Celestia" who was an [[incarnation]] of God and the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus. She believed that it was her mission to enlighten humanity and that she had achieved fame in order to fulfill this role.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 191}} Heche's initial experience of hearing and being directed by what she claimed was God lasted for twelve days,{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 187–204}} and her spiritual experiences and [[alter ego]] as Celestia continued for another four years.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 133–246, ''[[passim]]''}} During this time, Heche claimed to have had experiences with [[glossolalia]], [[automatic writing]] and [[Spiritualist art#Automatic drawing|drawing]], [[clairvoyance]], the ability to [[faith healing|psychically heal]] others and having [[stigmata]] appear on her feet.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 194–201, 206–207}}

On August 19, 2000, immediately following her separation from DeGeneres,<ref name="nydn-2000-breakup"/> Heche drove on [[Interstate 5]] from Los Angeles to the [[San Joaquin Valley]]. Exiting where she later said she "had been told" to go, she ended up in [[Cantua Creek, California|Cantua Creek]], a rural area in western [[Fresno County, California]].<ref name="Yep, It's Over">{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/yep-its-over-vol-54-no-10/|title=Yep, It's Over|author=Jill Smolowe|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=September 4, 2000}}</ref>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p = 133}} Heche left her vehicle at the side of a rural road and, wearing only a bra and shorts, walked {{convert|1.5|mi}} in extremely hot weather without water, before feeling [[dehydrated]] and knocking on the door of a ranch house.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=178–179}} The homeowner recognized Heche from ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' and was astonished that a celebrity would show up at her "in the middle of nowhere" location.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/>{{efn|name = cantua| Key sources give varied details of this incident. The [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]] story includes an interview with a Fresno technical college student who was alone at her family home when she encountered Heche.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/> In Heche's own account in ''Call Me Crazy'', she says that she encountered a rural farm family who spoke little English.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=180–181}} The accounts differ in several other key details as well.}} 

After the homeowner let Heche in and gave her a glass of water, Heche took off her shoes and requested to take a shower, with which the homeowner obliged.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=180–181}} She assumed that Heche was not [[substance intoxication|under the influence]] of alcohol or drugs, but Heche later revealed to officers that she had taken [[MDMA|ecstasy]].<ref name="Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=227}} After taking a shower, Heche entered the living room, asked for a pair of slippers, and suggested that they should watch a movie.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/> Unsure of what to do after Heche had been at the house for a half an hour without contacting anyone, the resident contacted the [[Fresno County Sheriff's Department]].<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/> Heche later told the deputies that she was "God, and was going to take everyone back to heaven…in a spaceship."{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=227}} She was then taken to [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]'s University Medical Center by ambulance and was admitted to its [[psychiatric unit]], but she was released within a few hours.<ref name="Yep, It's Over"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=232–234, 237–239}} The unit's personnel described the incident as a [[psychotic break]].{{Sfn|Stockwell|2001|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=G2UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 39]}}

Heche stated that she was [[Insanity|insane]] for the first 31 years of her life, and that her insanity was triggered by the sexual abuse that her father subjected her to during her childhood.{{Sfn|Heche|2001|p=224}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/anne-heche-marries-uncovers-past/|title=Anne Heche Marries, Uncovers Past|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=September 4, 2001|access-date=March 11, 2022}}</ref> In a series of nationally televised interviews to promote ''Call Me Crazy'' in September 2001, she stated that she created a fantasy world called the "Fourth Dimension" and the alter ego "Celestia" to make herself feel safe.<ref name="abcnews-2004-text"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=238–239}} Heche said she recovered from her mental health concerns following the incident in Cantua Creek and had put her alter ego behind her.<ref name="Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'"/>{{Sfn|Heche|2001|page=238–239}}

=== Allegations against Harvey Weinstein ===
In a January 2018 interview on the podcast ''Allegedly with Theo Von and Matthew Cole Weiss'', Heche alleged that [[Harvey Weinstein]] had [[exhibitionism|exposed himself]] to her and demanded [[oral sex]], and claimed to have been fired from an unspecified [[Miramax]] film in retaliation after she refused Weinstein's advances. She said that there were many other incidents of [[sexual harassment]] that took place during her career and stated that her survival of childhood sexual abuse had given her the strength to stand up to unwanted advances such as those made by Weinstein. A spokesman for Weinstein said that he had been "friendly" with Heche, but denied all of her allegations.<ref>{{Cite podcast| last = Matthew Cole Weiss| title = Anne Heche| series = ''Allegedly''| access-date = August 14, 2022| date = January 23, 2018| url = http://archive.org/details/podcast_allegedly-with-matthew-cole-we_anne-heche_1000400489433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Miller| first = Mike| title = Anne Heche says she was fired for refusing Harvey Weinstein's sexual advances| work = People| access-date = August 14, 2022| date = January 24, 2018| url = https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-fired-refusing-harvey-weinstein-sexual-advances/| archive-date = August 26, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180826124254/https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-fired-refusing-harvey-weinstein-sexual-advances/| url-status = live}}</ref>

== Death ==
=== Car crash ===
On August 5, 2022, Heche was involved in a sequence of three motor vehicle collisions in the [[Mar Vista, Los Angeles|Mar Vista]] neighborhood of Los Angeles, the final collision being the most serious, inflicting critical injuries on Heche and destroying a house.<ref name="tmz1">{{Cite news |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Anne Heche Severely Burned After Crashing Car into Home, Igniting Fire |language=en |work=[[TMZ]] |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/05/anne-heche-crashes-car-home-burned-fire/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812193737/https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/05/anne-heche-crashes-car-home-burned-fire/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name="LATimes">{{Cite news |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Anne Heche in stable condition after crashing car, setting Mar Vista home on fire, rep says |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-05/anne-heche-reportedly-crashes-car-in-mar-vista-sets-home-on-fire |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812112906/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-05/anne-heche-reportedly-crashes-car-in-mar-vista-sets-home-on-fire |archive-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref><ref name="cabrera">{{Cite web |last=Cabrera |first=Tony |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Anne Heche slipped into coma, is in critical condition after fiery Mar Vista car crash, rep says |url=https://abc7.com/anne-heche-car-crash-mar-vista-actress-la-accident-hospitalized/12109372/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814113301/https://abc7.com/anne-heche-car-crash-mar-vista-actress-la-accident-hospitalized/12109372/ |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |website=ABC7.com}}</ref> 

The first collision took place when Heche's vehicle struck an apartment garage and caused minor damage. A video released by [[TMZ]] shows her vehicle, a [[Mini Clubman (2007)|Mini Clubman]],<ref name="guardiantmz">{{Cite news |last=Staff |title=Actor Anne Heche reportedly in critical condition after car crash in Los Angeles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/06/actor-anne-heche-critical-condition-car-crash-ellen-degeneres-los-angeles |access-date=August 15, 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=August 6, 2022 |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820214809/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/06/actor-anne-heche-critical-condition-car-crash-ellen-degeneres-los-angeles |url-status=live }}</ref> at the scene of the collision and an unidentified man repeatedly shouting, "Out of the car!" at the driver. The vehicle then reversed and left the scene of the collision. The driver in the photo released by TMZ was identified as Heche.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="guardiantmz"/><ref name="cbsla"/><ref name="tmz2">{{Cite news| last = TMZ| title = Anne Heche Investigated for DUI, Cops Get Warrant for Blood Sample| work = TMZ| access-date = August 20, 2022| date = August 8, 2022| url = https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-case-possible-dui-investigators-get-warrant-blood-sample/| archive-date = August 12, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220812193854/https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-case-possible-dui-investigators-get-warrant-blood-sample/| url-status = live}}</ref>}}

TMZ also reported a second [[hit-and-run]] in which Heche's Mini struck a [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] without stopping, though without injury to the other driver. An accompanying video shows the Mini speeding down an alleyway and nearly hitting a pedestrian.<ref name="tmz3">{{Cite news| last = TMZ| title = Anne Heche Almost Hit Pedestrian Before Crashing into House| work = TMZ| access-date = August 20, 2022| date = August 8, 2022| url = https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-new-video-fly-down-alley-before-hit-run/| archive-date = August 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220820153016/https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-new-video-fly-down-alley-before-hit-run/| url-status = live}}</ref> A [[smart doorbell|doorbell]] video recorded in the moments before the final crash shows Heche's vehicle driving along a neighborhood street at a very high speed, followed a few seconds later by the sound of a crash.<ref name="tmz1"/><ref name="cbsla">{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2022 |title=LAPD confirms actress Anne Heche was driver of car that crashed into Mar Vista home |author = CBSLA Staff |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/vehicle-crashes-into-residence-sparks-fire-in-mar-vista-area/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812113758/https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/vehicle-crashes-into-residence-sparks-fire-in-mar-vista-area/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |work=CBS Los Angeles}}</ref><ref name="fox11staff">{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Anne Heche in a coma after fiery Mar Vista crash | author = FOX 11 Digital Team |url=https://www.foxla.com/news/anne-heche-in-coma-after-fiery-mar-vista-crash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812111105/https://www.foxla.com/news/anne-heche-in-coma-after-fiery-mar-vista-crash |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2022 |work=[[KTTV|FOX 11 Los Angeles]] |format=}}</ref>

In the final crash, Heche's vehicle struck a house, broke through a wall and embedded itself {{convert|30|ft}} into the building, trapping Heche inside. The vehicle caught fire, which rapidly spread through the entire building. The resulting house fire took 65 minutes to be fully extinguished and required 59 firefighters.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="cabrera"/><ref name="lafd=text">{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Knockdown – Structure Fire 08/05/2022 INC#0707 | author = Los Angeles Fire Department |url=https://www.lafd.org/alert/knockdown-structure-fire-08052022-inc0707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807032142/https://www.lafd.org/alert/knockdown-structure-fire-08052022-inc0707 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |publisher=Los Angeles Fire Department |access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="lafd-video">{{Cite web| last = Los Angeles Fire Department, Public Information Office| title = An #LAFD #PIO quick video overview of a #StructureFire and #rescue sparked by a #TrafficCollision in #MarVista on August 5, 2022| work = Facebook| access-date = August 20, 2022| date = August 6, 2022| url = https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesFireDepartment/videos/an-lafd-pio-quick-video-overview-of-a-structurefire-and-rescue-sparked-by-a-traf/496143718874140/| archive-date = August 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220820062340/https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesFireDepartment/videos/an-lafd-pio-quick-video-overview-of-a-structurefire-and-rescue-sparked-by-a-traf/496143718874140/| url-status = live}}</ref>}} Firefighters were unable to access and fully [[vehicle extrication|extricate]] Heche from the vehicle for 45 minutes after their arrival on the scene, and initially were not aware that a person was trapped in the vehicle.<ref name="nbcla-0901">{{Cite news| last = Leonard| first = Eric| title = Anne Heche was trapped in burning home for 45 minutes| work = NBC Los Angeles| access-date = September 2, 2022| date = September 1, 2022| url = https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/| archive-date = September 2, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220902002303/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/| url-status = live}}</ref> Heche had sustained severe burns and [[smoke inhalation]] injuries by the time she was rescued.<ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="cabrera"/> The house was left [[structural failure|structurally compromised]] and uninhabitable.<ref name="guardiantmz"/><ref name="cbsla"/><ref name="lafd=text"/> The tenant living in the house was in the rear of the structure at the time of the collision and sustained only minor injuries, but her attorney said that she and her pets "almost lost their lives" and that she had lost all of her personal property in the fire.<ref name="cabrera"/><ref name="lafd-video"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Anne Heche Under Investigation for Felony DUI, Police Say |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-car-crash-felony-dui-investigation-1395974/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812121524/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-car-crash-felony-dui-investigation-1395974/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en}}</ref>

Law enforcement officials initially stated that Heche was "deemed to be under the influence and acting erratically" at the time of the crashes.<ref name="LATimes"/> The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] said that a preliminary blood analysis showed the presence of both [[cocaine]] and [[narcotic]]s, including [[fentanyl]], in her system; however, the coroner's report concluded that she was not impaired at the time of the crash.<ref name="cnn-0811">{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Gabrielle |date=December 7, 2022 |title=New Details Revealed on Anne Heche's Cause of Death and Drugs in Her System |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1357276/new-details-revealed-on-anne-heches-cause-of-death-and-drugs-in-her-system |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241231192041/https://www.eonline.com/news/1357276/new-details-revealed-on-anne-heches-cause-of-death-and-drugs-in-her-system |archive-date=December 31, 2024 |access-date=January 4, 2025 |work=E News}}</ref><ref name="latimes-0812">{{Cite web |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2= Del Rosario|first2= Alexandra|last3= Lin|first3= Summer|last4= Yee|first4= Gregory |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Anne Heche is 'brain dead' but remains on life support for organ donation, rep says |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-11/anne-heche-cocaine-narcotics-mar-vista-car-crash |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162130/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-11/anne-heche-cocaine-narcotics-mar-vista-car-crash |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Elber |first1=Lynn |last2=Dalton |first2=Andrew |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Anne Heche on life support, survival of crash 'not expected' |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/police-investigate-anne-heche-for-dui-in-crash-into-house/2022/08/11/4078b320-19de-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html |url-status=deviated |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812113133/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/police-investigate-anne-heche-for-dui-in-crash-into-house/2022/08/11/4078b320-19de-11ed-b998-b2ab68f58468_story.html |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

=== Hospitalization and death ===
As Heche was being removed from the crash scene, she was filmed sitting up on the stretcher and struggling with firefighters while she was being wheeled into the ambulance but lost consciousness soon afterward.<ref name="fox11staff"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samra |first=Christine |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Anne Heche in coma after fiery Los Angeles crash |url=https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/anne-heche-in-coma-after-fiery-los-angeles-crash/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162401/https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/anne-heche-in-coma-after-fiery-los-angeles-crash/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |work=KTLA |format=news site}}</ref> Heche was taken to [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] for emergency care, and then to Grossman Burn Center at [[West Hills, Los Angeles#Hospitals|West Hills Hospital]] for specialized [[burn center]] care.<ref name="nbcla-0901"/> On August 8, a representative for Heche said that she was in a coma in [[critical condition]], requiring [[medical ventilation]] for [[pulmonary injury]] sustained in the accident.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Anne Heche In "Extremely Critical Condition", Remains In A Coma Following Fiery Car Crash |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-in-extremely-critical-condition-remains-in-a-coma-following-fiery-car-crash-1235087666/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812113601/https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-in-extremely-critical-condition-remains-in-a-coma-following-fiery-car-crash-1235087666/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 8, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name="cnn-melas">{{Cite news| last1 = Melas| first1 = Chloe| last2 = Mossburg| first2 = Cheri| title = Anne Heche remains in critical condition as police continue to investigate her car crash| work = CNN| access-date = September 3, 2022| date = August 10, 2022| url = https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/entertainment/anne-heche-woman-car-house/index.html| archive-date = September 3, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220903074318/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/entertainment/anne-heche-woman-car-house/index.html| url-status = live}}</ref> The representative also said that prior reports that Heche was in "[[stable condition]]" were "inaccurate".<ref name="cnn-melas"/>

On August 11, the representative said that Heche was not expected to survive an [[Cerebral hypoxia|anoxic brain injury]] she had sustained, but that she was being kept on [[life support]] to determine if her organs were viable for donation, in accordance with her expressed wish to be an [[organ donor]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Anne Heche "Not Expected To Survive" After Severe Brain Injury, Will Be Taken Off Life Support |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-brain-dead-injury-taken-off-life-support-1235090375/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812113510/https://deadline.com/2022/08/anne-heche-brain-dead-injury-taken-off-life-support-1235090375/ |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Anne Heche is 'not expected to survive,' family says in statement |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/entertainment/anne-heche-family-statement/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812113532/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/entertainment/anne-heche-family-statement/index.html |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Heche was declared [[Brain death|brain dead]] a few hours later, but remained on life support to assess organ donor viability and locate recipients.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="latimes-0812"/><ref>{{Cite news| last1 = Carras| first1 = Christi| last2 = Del Rosario| first2 = Alexandra| title = Anne Heche, TV, film and stage actor, dies at 53 from injuries in L.A. car crash|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-12/anne-heche-dies-car-crash-fire-mar-vista |url-status=live |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162335/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-12/anne-heche-dies-car-crash-fire-mar-vista |archive-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Elizabeth |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Anne Heche, Star of 'Another World' and 'Men in Trees', Dies at 53 |url=https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-dead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162227/https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-dead/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |last2=Gajewski |first2=Ryan |last3=White |first3=Abbey |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Anne Heche Declared Brain Dead, Still on Life Support Following Car Crash, Rep Says |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-car-crash-1235197733/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162158/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-car-crash-1235197733/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>}} Heche was considered [[legally dead]] at that time under California law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |title=Anne Heche's son mourns mother: 'We have lost a bright light' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/entertainment/anne-heche-family-statement/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161943/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/12/entertainment/anne-heche-family-statement/index.html |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |website=[[CNN]]|date=August 12, 2022 }}</ref>

Police had investigated the crash as a felony DUI collision but said there would be no more investigative efforts after Heche was declared brain-dead.<ref name="nbc2024">{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/anne-heches-son-says-estate-cannot-pay-debt-6-million-rcna149320 | title=Anne Heche's son says her estate can't pay its debt of over $6 million | website=[[NBC News]] | date=April 25, 2024 }}</ref>

[[File:Anne_Heche_Grave.jpg|thumb|right|Crypt of Anne Heche at Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]

On August 14, it was announced that organ recipients had been found and that her body would undergo the organ donation procedure that day.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Dasrath |first1=Diana |last2=Alsharif |first2=Mirna |title=Anne Heche to be taken off life support |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-taken-life-support-rcna43032 |website=[[NBC News]] |access-date=August 14, 2022 |date=August 14, 2022 |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814223036/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-taken-life-support-rcna43032 |url-status=live }}</ref> To honor her organ donation, hospital staff held an [[honor walk]] for Heche.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massabrook |first=Nicole |date=August 14, 2022 |title=Anne Heche will be honored as life support ends and organs are donated |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-life-support-will-stop-after-organ-donation-sunday/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161541/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-life-support-will-stop-after-organ-donation-sunday/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=[[Us Weekly]] |language=en-US}}</ref> That evening, her publicist announced that she had been "peacefully taken off life support." The office of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner recorded the cause of death as "[[smoke inhalation|inhalation]] and [[thermal injuries]]", with "[[sternal fracture]] due to [[blunt trauma]]" listed as an "other significant condition", and ruled her [[accidental death|death an accident]].{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref name="reuters814"/><ref name=heche-correport/><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 14, 2022 |title=Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-los-angeles-obituaries-harrison-ford-40a676b97a1b0c9d792d791a1900135a |url-status=live |access-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161817/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-los-angeles-obituaries-harrison-ford-40a676b97a1b0c9d792d791a1900135a |archive-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last = Del Rosario| first = Alexandra| title = L.A. County coroner reveals Anne Heche's cause of death| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = August 18, 2022| date = August 17, 2022| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-17/anne-heche-cause-of-death-coroner| archive-date = August 18, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220818200011/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-17/anne-heche-cause-of-death-coroner| url-status = live}}</ref>}}

On December 6, 2022, the [[Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner]] announced the results of Heche's [[autopsy]], stating that she was not impaired by illicit substances at the time of the incident and that no active drugs were found in her system. An inactive [[metabolite]] of cocaine was found through a blood test taken when Heche arrived at the hospital, which the coroner's office said indicates the drug was used in the past, but not at the time of the crash. [[Cannabinoid|Cannabinoids]] were detected in Heche's urine but not in the blood test, which was consistent with prior use, but not during the time of the incident. Fentanyl was also detected in Heche's system, but it was determined that it was from treatment she received at the hospital.<ref name="coroner-LAT">{{cite news |last=D'Zuirlla |first=Christie |title=Coroner says Anne Heche wasn't under influence of drugs or alcohol when she crashed |url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-12-06/anne-heche-cocaine-marijuana-toxicology |url-status = deviated |access-date= December 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221207013634/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-12-06/anne-heche-cocaine-marijuana-toxicology |archive-date= December 7, 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="CNN10">{{Cite news|last=Romine|first=Taylor|date=December 7, 2022|title=Anne Heche not impaired by drugs at time of crash, coroner's report show|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/entertainment/anne-heche-coroner-report/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 7, 2022|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=December 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207202543/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/entertainment/anne-heche-coroner-report/index.html}}</ref><ref name="Yahoo1">{{Cite news|last=Ryder|first=Taryn|date=December 6, 2022|title=Anne Heche final autopsy report shows no evidence of illegal drugs in system at time of crash: Medical examiner|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anne-heche-final-autopsy-report-no-evidence-illegal-drugs-in-system-at-time-of-crash-235623391.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 7, 2022|website=Yahoo!|language=en|archive-date=December 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207002033/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anne-heche-final-autopsy-report-no-evidence-illegal-drugs-in-system-at-time-of-crash-235623391.html}}</ref>

Heche's [[cremated]] remains were [[Burial|interred]] in a [[mausoleum]] at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]<ref name="latimes-0823">{{Cite news| last = Saad| first = Nardine| title = Anne Heche's cremated remains will be buried at this legendary L.A. cemetery| work = Los Angeles Times| access-date = August 23, 2022| date = August 23, 2022| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-23/anne-heche-body-cremated-hollywood-forever-cemetery| archive-date = August 24, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220824231015/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-23/anne-heche-body-cremated-hollywood-forever-cemetery| url-status = live}}</ref> on May 14, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |title=Anne Heche Laid to Rest by Family on Mother's Day: "She Loved Everyone So Passionately" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/anne-heche-laid-to-rest-mothers-day-hollywood-forever-cemetery-1235491661/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=May 15, 2023 |date=May 15, 2023 |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515183014/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/anne-heche-laid-to-rest-mothers-day-hollywood-forever-cemetery-1235491661/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Estate ===
On August 31, 2022, Heche's older son Homer Heche Laffoon filed a [[Petition#Legal|petition]] in the [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] [[probate court]] claiming that Heche had died [[intestate]], asking that he be named her estate's [[administrator of an estate|administrator]]. Laffoon's lawyer also stated that they wished to have a third party appointed [[Legal guardian|guardian ''ad litem'']] for Heche's younger son (and Laffoon's half-brother), Atlas Heche Tupper.<ref name="rs-dillon-0901">{{Cite news| last = Dillon| first = Nancy| title = Anne Heche's son asks to helm her estate after actress purportedly died without a will| magazine = Rolling Stone| access-date = September 18, 2022| date = September 1, 2022| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-son-asks-to-helm-her-estate-actress-died-no-will-1234585648/| archive-date = September 20, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170412/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-son-asks-to-helm-her-estate-actress-died-no-will-1234585648/| url-status = live}}</ref>

On September 15, Heche's former boyfriend, [[James Tupper]], filed a petition raising objections to Laffoon's. He argued that an email sent by Heche in 2011 describing her wishes in the event of her death should be treated as her will.<ref name="rs-dillon-0916">{{Cite news| last = Dillon| first = Nancy| title = Anne Heche estate war looms as ex claims she left him in charge, not 'estranged' son| magazine = Rolling Stone| access-date = September 18, 2022| date = September 16, 2022| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-estate-war-1234594195/| archive-date = September 16, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220916042950/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/anne-heche-estate-war-1234594195/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="lat-deloera-0916">{{Cite news| last = De Loera| first = Carlos| title = Anne Heche's ex James Tupper disputes her son's claim to her estate| newspaper = Los Angeles Times| access-date = September 18, 2022| date = September 16, 2022| url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-16/anne-heches-estate-james-tupper-homer-laffoon| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220918052832/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-09-16/anne-heches-estate-james-tupper-homer-laffoon| archive-date = September 18, 2022| url-status = deviated}}</ref> Tupper's petition challenged Laffoon's qualifications to administer the estate, claiming that at 20 years of age he lacked the maturity required of an administrator, and that Laffoon's lack of personal assets and income would render him unable to post the required [[bond (finance)|bond]]. Tupper concluded that he wished to act as [[executor]] and hire a professional [[fiduciary]] to manage the estate.<ref name="rs-dillon-0916"/><ref name="lat-deloera-0916"/>

Lynne Mishele, the tenant of the house into which Heche crashed, filed lawsuits against Heche's estate seeking damages of $2 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/anne-heches-estate-sued-for-2m-by-tenant-of-home-destroyed-in-crash-194475 |title=Anne Heche's Estate Sued for $2M by Tenant of Home Destroyed in Crash &#124; Entertainment Tonight |date=November 15, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516115220/https://www.etonline.com/anne-heches-estate-sued-for-2m-by-tenant-of-home-destroyed-in-crash-194475 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2022, the court appointed Homer Heche Laffoon as general administrator of his mother's estate.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-son-homer-laffoon-named-general-administrator-of-her-estate/ | title=Anne Heche's Son Homer Laffoon, 20, Named General Administrator of Her Estate | access-date=January 10, 2023 | archive-date=January 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107234845/https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-son-homer-laffoon-named-general-administrator-of-her-estate/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2024, Laffoon stated the estate cannot pay its debt of over $6 million, including the $2 million in damages sought by Mishele.<ref name="nbc2024"/>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director(s)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
|''An Ambush of Ghosts''
|Denise
|{{sortname|Everett|Lewis}}
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=RT>{{Cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/anne_heche|title = Anne Heche|website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher = [[Fandango Media]]|access-date = August 11, 2022|archive-date = August 15, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220815010243/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/anne_heche|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)|The Adventures of Huck Finn]]''
|Mary Jane Wilks
| {{sortname|Stephen|Sommers}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1994
|''[[I'll Do Anything]]''
|Claire
| {{sortname|James L.|Brooks}}
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=AM>{{Cite web |title=Anne Heche {{!}} Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-heche-p31463 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=AllMovie |language=en |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809012056/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/anne-heche-p31463 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''[[A Simple Twist of Fate]]''
|Tanny's Playmate
|{{sortname|Gillies|MacKinnon}}
|
|-
|''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]''
|Betty
|{{sortname|Richard|Benjamin}}
|
|<ref name=BFI>{{Cite web |title=Anne Heche |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac06d739 |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=[[British Film Institute]] |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812170548/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bac06d739 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''[[Wild Side (1995 film)|Wild Side]]''
|Alex Lee
|{{sortname|Donald|Cammell}}
|
| rowspan="3" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1996
|''[[The Juror]]''
|Juliet
| {{sortname|Brian|Gibson|Brian Gibson (director)}}
|
|-
|''[[Pie in the Sky (1996 film)|Pie in the Sky]]''
|Amy
|{{sortname|Bryan|Gordon}}
|
|-
|''[[Walking and Talking]]''
|Laura
|{{sortname|Nicole|Holofcener}}
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sloan |first=Jane |title=Reel women : an international directory of contemporary feature films about women |url=https://archive.org/details/reelwomeninterna0000sloa1995/page/258/mode/2up?q=%22Anne+Heche%22 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham MD |page=253 |date=2007}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1997
|''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]''
|Maggie Pistone
|{{sortname|Mike|Newell|Mike Newell (director)}}
|
| rowspan="18" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|''[[Volcano (1997 film)|Volcano]]''
|Dr. Amy Barnes
|{{sortname|Mick|Jackson|Mick Jackson (director)}}
|
|-
|''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]''
|Melissa "Missy" Egan
|{{sortname|Jim|Gillespie|Jim Gillespie (director)}}
|
|-
|''[[Wag the Dog]]''
|Winifred Ames
|{{sortname|Barry|Levinson}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
|''[[Six Days, Seven Nights]]''
|Robin Monroe
|{{sortname|Ivan|Reitman}}
|
|-
|''[[Return to Paradise (1998 film)|Return to Paradise]]''
|Beth McBride
|{{sortname|Joseph|Ruben}}
|
|-
|''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''
|[[Marion Crane]]
|{{sortname|Gus|Van Sant}}
|
|-
|1999
|''[[The Third Miracle]]''
|Roxane
|{{sortname|Agnieszka|Holland}}
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Auggie Rose]]''
|Lucy Brown
| {{sortname|Matthew|Tabak|nolink=yes}}
|Also known as ''Beyond Suspicion''
|-
|2001
|''[[Prozac Nation (film)|Prozac Nation]]''
|Dr. Sterling
|{{sortname|Erik|Skjoldbjærg}}
|
|-
|2002
|''[[John Q.]]''
|Rebecca Payne
|{{sortname|Nick|Cassavetes}}
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]''
|Clara
|{{sortname|Jonathan|Glazer}}
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Sexual Life]]''
|Gwen
|{{sortname|Ken|Kwapis}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2007
|''[[Suffering Man's Charity]]''
|Helen Jacobsen
| {{sortname|Alan|Cumming}}
|Also known as ''Ghost Writer''
|-
|''[[What Love Is]]''
|Laura
|{{sortname|Mars|Callahan}}
|
|-
|''[[Superman: Doomsday]]''
|[[Lois Lane]]
|{{Plainlist|
 {{sortname|Bruce|Timm}}, {{sortname|Lauren|Montgomery}} & {{sortname|Brandon|Vietti}}
}}
|Voice role
|-
|2008
|''Toxic Skies''
| Dr. Tess Martin
|{{sortname|Andrew C.|Erin}}
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Spread (film)|Spread]]''
|Samantha
|{{sortname|David|Mackenzie|David Mackenzie (director)}}
|
|-
|2010
|''[[The Other Guys]]''
|Pamela Boardman
|{{sortname|Adam|McKay}}
|Uncredited
|<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Wendy|last=Mitchell|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/10/29/anne-heche-joins-cedar-rapids-the-other-guys/|title=Anne Heche joins Cedar Rapids and The Other Guys|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
|''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]''
|Joan Ostrowski-Fox
| {{sortname|Miguel|Arteta}}
|
| rowspan="12" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|''[[Rampart (film)|Rampart]]''
|Catherine
|{{sortname|Oren|Moverman}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012
|''[[That's What She Said (film)|That's What She Said]]''
|Dee Dee
|{{sortname|Carrie|Preston}}
|
|-
|''[[Black November]]''
|Barbra
|{{sortname|Jeta|Amata}}
|
|-
|''[[Arthur Newman (film)|Arthur Newman]]''
| Mina Crawley
| {{sortname|Dante|Ariola|nolink=yes}}
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Nothing Left to Fear (film)|Nothing Left to Fear]]''
| Wendy
| {{sortname|Anthony|Leonardi III|nolink=yes}}
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Wild Card (2015 film)|Wild Card]]''
| Roxy
| {{sortname|Simon|West}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| ''[[Opening Night (2016 film)|Opening Night]]''
| Brooke
| {{sortname|Isaac|Rentz}}
|
|-
| ''[[Catfight (film)|Catfight]]''
| Ashley
| {{sortname|Onur|Tukel}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[My Friend Dahmer (film)|My Friend Dahmer]]''
| Joyce Dahmer
| {{sortname|Marc|Meyers}}
|
|-
| ''[[Armed Response (2017 film)|Armed Response]]''
| Riley
| {{sortname|John|Stockwell|John Stockwell (actor)}}
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Word (2017 film)|The Last Word]]''
| Elizabeth
| {{sortname|Mark|Pellington}}
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Best of Enemies (2019 film)|The Best of Enemies]]''
| Mary Ellis
| {{sortname|Robin|Bissell|nolink=yes}}
|
| <ref name=AM/>
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Vanished (2020 film)|The Vanished]]''
| Wendy Michaelson
| {{sortname|Peter|Facinelli}}
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[13 Minutes (2021 film)|13 Minutes]]''
| Tammy
| {{sortname|Lindsay|Gossling|nolink=yes}}
|
|-
|2022
| ''[[What Remains (film)|What Remains]]''
| Maureen Silverton
| Nathan Scoggins
| rowspan="5" | Posthumous release
| <ref name="msn.com">{{Cite web |title=Every Upcoming Anne Heche Project That Can Still Be Released |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/every-upcoming-anne-heche-project-that-can-still-be-released/ar-AA10DlRM |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=MSN |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814220836/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/every-upcoming-anne-heche-project-that-can-still-be-released/ar-AA10DlRM |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
| ''[[Frankie Meets Jack]]''
| Katrina
| [[Andrew Lawrence (actor)|Andrew Lawrence]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=One of Anne Heche's Last Directors Pays Tribute: She 'Held Nothing Back — in Life or in Performance' |url=https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-what-remains-director-nathan-scoggins-writes-tribute-she-held-nothing-back/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=Peoplemag |language=en |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819174242/https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-what-remains-director-nathan-scoggins-writes-tribute-she-held-nothing-back/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Supercell (film)|Supercell]]''
| Quinn Brody
| {{sortname|Herbert James|Winterstern|nolink=yes}}
|<ref name="scott">{{Cite magazine|author=Scott Roxborough|title=ILY Films Takes U.K. Rights to Alec Baldwin Disaster Movie 'Supercell' (Exclusive)|date=August 2, 2021|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ily-films-take-alec-baldwin-disaster-movie-supercell-uk-exclusive-1234991653/|access-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[You're Killing Me (2023 film)|You're Killing Me]]''
|Astrid Schroder
| Beth Hanna & Jerren Lauder
| rowspan="3" | <ref name="msn.com"/>
|-
|2024
| ''Wildfire''
| Diana Jones
| Eric Parkinson
|-
|TBA
| ''Chasing Nightmares''
| Claire
| Chris McGowan
| Post-production; posthumous release; final film role
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role(s)
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1987–1991
|''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
|[[Vicky Hudson]] / [[Marley Love]]
|Regular role
|<ref name=anotherworld/>
|-
|1991
|''[[Murphy Brown]]''
|Nica
|1 episode
|<ref name="the one anne only"/>
|-
|1992
|''[[O Pioneers! (film)|O Pioneers!]]''
|Marie
|Television film
| rowspan="3" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|1993
|''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]''
|Kate
|Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|''[[Against the Wall (1994 film)|Against the Wall]]''
|Sharon
| rowspan="3" |Television film
|-
|''[[Girls in Prison (1994 film)|Girls in Prison]]''
|Jennifer
| rowspan="3" |<ref name="1996-almanac">{{Cite book |author1=Barry Monush |author2=William Pay |author3=Patricia Thompson |title=International television & video almanac, 1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Quigley Pub. Co. |location=New York |isbn=0-900610-56-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/internationaltel1996quig/page/n41/mode/2up?q=%22Anne+Heche%22}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''[[Kingfish: A Story of Huey Long|Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long]]''
|Aileen Dumont
|-
|1996
|''[[If These Walls Could Talk]]''
|Christine Cullen
|Television film; segment: "1996"
|-
|1997
|''[[Subway Stories]]''
|Pregnant Girl
|Television film; segment: "Manhattan Miracle"
|<ref name=BFI/>
|-
|1998
|''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''
|Karen
|1 episode
|<ref name=RT/>
|-
|1999
|''One Kill''
|Capt. Mary Jane O'Malley
|Television film
|<ref name=AM/>
|-
|2001
|''[[Ally McBeal]]''
|Melanie West
|Recurring role, 7 episodes
| rowspan="5" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|2004
|''[[Gracie's Choice]]''
|Rowena Lawson
|Television film
|-
|2004–2005
|''[[Everwood]]''
|Amanda Hayes
|Main role (season 3)
|-
|rowspan="2" |2005
|''[[Nip/Tuck]]''
|Nicole Morretti
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[Silver Bells (film)|Silver Bells]]''
|Catherine O'Mara
|Television film
|-
|2005–2006
|''[[Higglytown Heroes]]''
|Gloria the Waitress
|Voice role; 3 episodes
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heche, Anne |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/heche-anne/ |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=D23 (The Official Disney Fan Club) |language=en-US |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812212222/https://d23.com/a-to-z/heche-anne/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2006
|''[[Fatal Desire]]''
|Tanya Sullivan
|Television film
| rowspan="5" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|2007
|''[[Masters of Science Fiction]]''
|Martha Van Vogel
|1 episode
|-
|2006–2008
|''[[Men in Trees]]''
|Marin Frist
| rowspan="2" |Main role
|-
|2009–2011
|''[[Hung (TV series)|Hung]]''
|Jessica Haxon
|-
|2011
|''[[Girl Fight (film)|Girl Fight]]''
|Melissa
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|2011
|''Silent Witness''
|Kate Robb
|<ref>
|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942972/characters/nm0000162</ref>
|-
|2013
|''[[Save Me (American TV series)|Save Me]]''
|Beth Harper
|Main role
| rowspan="4" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|2013–2014
|''[[The Michael J. Fox Show]]''
|Susan Rodriguez-Jones
|4 episodes
|-
|2013, 2015
|''[[Adventure Time]]''
|Cherry Cream Soda
|Voice role; 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2" |2014
|''One Christmas Eve''
|Nell Blackemore
|Television film
|-
|''[[The Legend of Korra]]''
|Suyin Beifong
|Recurring voice role (seasons 3–4)
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=July 10, 2014 |title='Legend of Korra': First Look at Anne Heche's Character (Exclusive Photo) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/photo-legend-korra-anne-heches-717594/ |access-date=August 12, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812175015/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/photo-legend-korra-anne-heches-717594/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[Dig (TV series)|Dig]]''
|Lynn Monahan
|Miniseries
| rowspan="4" |<ref name=RT/>
|-
|''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]''
|Dr. Susan Langdon
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
|''[[Aftermath (2016 TV series)|Aftermath]]''
|Karen Copeland
|Main role
|-
|''Looks Like Christmas''
|Carol Montgomery
|Television film
|-
|2017–2018
|''[[The Brave (TV series)|The Brave]]''
|DIA Dep. Director Patricia Campbell
|Main role
|<ref name="TheBrave"/><ref name=RT/>
|-
|2018–2019
|''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]''

|Dep. Superintendent Katherine Brennan
|Recurring role (season 6); guest role (season 7)
|<ref name=RT/>
|-
|2020
|''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''
|Herself
|Contestant ([[Dancing with the Stars (American season 29)|season 29]])
|<ref name="DWTS29"/><ref name=RT/>
|-
|2021–2023
|''[[All Rise (TV series)|All Rise]]''
|Corrine Cuthbert
|Recurring role (season 2), 5 episodes
|<ref name=RT/>
|-
|2022
|''[[Girl in Room 13 (2022 film)|Girl in Room 13]]''
|Janie
|Television film, posthumous release
|<ref name="Girl in Room 13"/>
|-
|2023
|''[[The Idol (TV series)|The Idol]]'' 
|Jocelyn's mother
|Television series, scenes deleted
|
|}

=== Directing ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1998
|''Stripping for Jesus''
|Short film
|<ref name="mubi-sfj"/>
|-
|2000
|''[[If These Walls Could Talk 2]]''
|Segment: "2000"
|<ref name=RT/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[On the Edge (2001 TV film)|On the Edge]]''
|Segment: ''Reaching Normal''
|<ref name=RT/>
|-
|''Ellen DeGeneres: American Summer Documentary''
|Never released
|<ref name="Anne Heche Discusses Her New Book, 'Call Me Crazy'"/><ref name="wenn"/>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Recipient
! Award
! Category
! Result
! class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
| rowspan="4" |''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
| [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |last=Hanauer |first=Joan |title=CBS leads daytime Emmy nominations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107492473/joan-hanauer-upi-cbs-leads-daytime/ |work=The Dispatch |agency=United Press International |date=May 13, 1989 |location=Moline IL |page=16 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813030453/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107492473/joan-hanauer-upi-cbs-leads-daytime/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Soap Opera Digest Awards]]
| [[List of Soap Opera Digest Awards|Outstanding Female Newcomer – Daytime]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref name="SOD 1989">{{Cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1989|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1989/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|date=April 11, 2003 |publisher=soapoperadigest.com|access-date=March 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303080752/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1989/|archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |title=Lucci still not an Emmy winner after 12 years |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107492585/lucci-still-not-an-emmy-winner-after/ |work=The Times-News |agency=Associated Press |date=June 30, 1991 |location=Twin Falls ID |page=D-10 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813030454/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107492585/lucci-still-not-an-emmy-winner-after/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1992
| [[Soap Opera Digest Awards]]
| [[Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref name="SOD 1992">{{Cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1992|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1992/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|date=April 11, 2003 |publisher=soapoperadigest.com|access-date=March 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303073829/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1992/|archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Another World – Soap Opera Digest Awards 1991 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkBqSXr5HQA&t=463s |website=YouTube |date=1991 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813030453/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkBqSXr5HQA&t=463s |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
| ''[[Wag the Dog]]''
| [[Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wag the Dog |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/project/wag-the-dog/ |website=International Press Academy |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813024324/https://www.pressacademy.com/project/wag-the-dog/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''Wag the Dog'' and ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]''
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |title=1997 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528071255/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''
| [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |title=People and Places: Golden Raspberries turn harsh lights on the Spice Girls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107493502/people-and-places/ |work=The Sun |date=February 9, 1999 |location=Baltimore MD |page=2E |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813032509/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107493502/people-and-places/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
| rowspan="2" | ''Psycho''
| [[Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Anne Heche's most memorable TV and movie roles |url=https://ew.com/movies/anne-heche-most-memorable-roles/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]]
| [[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001163/1999/1 |title=Fangoria Chainsaw Awards – 1999 Awards |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818123156/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001163/1999/1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Six Days, Seven Nights]]''
| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| Favorite Actress – Comedy/Romance
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000104/1999/1 |title=Blockbuster Entertainment Awards – 1999 Awards |website=IMDb |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818123155/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000104/1999/1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
| rowspan="2" |Herself
| [[GLAAD Media Award]]s
| [[The Stephen F. Kolzak Award|Stephen F. Kolzak Award]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref name="glaad-awards-2000">{{Cite web| title = Winners of the 11TH Annual GLAAD Media Awards| website = GLAAD| access-date = August 31, 2022| url = http://www.glaad.org/org/projects/media_awards/index.html?record=1097|url-status=dead|  archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010711031223/http://www.glaad.org/org/projects/media_awards/index.html?record=1097| archive-date = July 11, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title = Taylor recognized for her AIDS work |author = Associated Press |agency = Associated Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108695308/ |newspaper = San Francsico Examiner |date=April 20, 2000}}</ref>
|-
| [[Women in Film Lucy Awards]]
| Lucy Award
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/8-shows-like-the-terminal-list-to-watch-season-2/ |title=8 Shows and Movies Like The Terminal List to Watch While You Wait for a Season 2 Renewal |publisher=TV Guide |date= |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813051801/https://www.tvguide.com/news/8-shows-like-the-terminal-list-to-watch-season-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
| ''[[Gracie's Choice]]''
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Emmy-Winning-Television-Star-Anne-Heche-Dies-at-Age-53-20220812 | title=Emmy-Winning Television Star Anne Heche Dies at Age 53 | access-date=August 13, 2022 | archive-date=August 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813041706/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Emmy-Winning-Television-Star-Anne-Heche-Dies-at-Age-53-20220812 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''The Dead Will Tell''
| [[Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television|Best Actress on Television]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=31st Saturn Awards Nominations |url=https://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029093056/https://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html |archive-date=October 29, 2005 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=Saturn Awards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Puig |first=Yvonne Georgina |title='Potter' tops Saturn nods |url=https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/potter-tops-saturn-nods-1117917722/?jwsource=cl |access-date=August 12, 2022 |work=Variety |date=February 9, 2005 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813025555/https://variety.com/2005/tv/news/potter-tops-saturn-nods-1117917722/?jwsource=cl |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Twentieth Century (play)|Twentieth Century]]''
| [[Tony Awards]]
| [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne Heche |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/anne-heche-100821#broadway |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=Internet Broadway Database |at=Awards |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813014936/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/anne-heche-100821#broadway |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tony-nom-2004">{{Cite web| last = | date = | title = The Tony Award Nominations: Nominations / 2004 / Actress (Leading Role – Play)| website = TonyAwards.com| format = official| accessdate = August 31, 2022| url = https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2004/category/actress-leading-role-play/show/any/| archive-date = October 16, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221016150913/https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2004/category/actress-leading-role-play/show/any/| url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| Herself
| [[Sarasota Film Festival]]
| Career Tribute Award
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Geurts |first=Jimmy |date=April 4, 2019 |title=Anne Heche on ups and downs of career before receiving Sarasota Film Festival award |url=https://eu.heraldtribune.com/story/entertainment/events/2019/04/11/anne-heche-on-ups-and-downs-of-career-before-receiving-sarasota-film-festival-award/5459692007/ |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=Herald Tribune |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817185322/https://eu.heraldtribune.com/story/entertainment/events/2019/04/11/anne-heche-on-ups-and-downs-of-career-before-receiving-sarasota-film-festival-award/5459692007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Biographical sources ==
=== Autobiographies ===
* {{Cite book |last=Heche |first=Anne |year=2001 |title=Call Me Crazy: A Memoir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q69vYlKObDEC |location= New York |publisher= Simon & Schuster |isbn= 978-0-7432-1689-0 |oclc= 47243952}}({{Internet Archive| callmecrazy00hech| ''Call Me Crazy''}})
**(audiobook edition, 2001) New York: Simon & Schuster Audio. {{ISBN|0743518594}} (CD), {{ISBN|0743518586}} (cassette)
* {{Cite book| last = Heche| first = Anne| title = Call Me Anne| location = New York| publisher = Viva Editions| date = 2023| isbn = 978-1-62778-331-6}} (print), {{ISBN|9781627785440}} (ebook). (upcoming)

=== Other sources ===
* {{Cite book| last = Bergman| first = Susan| title = Anonymity| date = 1994 |location=New York |publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux| isbn = 978-0-374-25407-0}} ({{Internet Archive|anonymity00berg|''Anonymity''}})
* {{Cite book| edition = 2014 ebook| publisher = Revell| isbn = 978-1-4412-2522-1| last = Heche| first = Nancy| title = The Truth Comes Out| location = Grand Rapids, MI| date = 2006}}
* {{Cite news| pages = 32–41| last = Stockwell| first = Anne| title = The agony and the ecstasy of Anne Heche| work = [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]| date = November 6, 2001| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=G2UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32}} ([https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The%20agony%20and%20the%20ecstasy%20of%20Anne%20Heche:%20in%20an%20exclusive%20face-to-face...-a079967146 Text transcript].)

== External links ==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115192928/http://www.anneheche.com:80/ |date=November 15, 2012 |title=Official website }}

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