Katherine HeiglKatherine Marie Heigl (b. November 24, 1978) is an American actress who currently stars on the show Grey's Anatomy. Although she was born in Washington, D.C., her parents, Nancy and Paul, moved the family to New Canaan, Connecticut a short time later. Her family life was not without its tragidies, however. Her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident. He had been thrown from the back of a pickup truck, and doctors determined Jason was brain-dead. Despite their grief, the family decided to donate his organs. This has motivated Katherine to become a strong proponent of organ donation. When she was nine years old, an aunt visiting the family decided to take a number of photographs of the young Heigl. After returning to her home in New York, the aunt sent the photos to a number of modelling agencies, all with the permission of Katherine's parents. Within a few weeks, Heigl had been signed as a child model. Almost immediately, a client slated her for use in a magazine advertisement. Television jobs soon followed, the first in a national spot for Cheerios breakfast cereal. It was not long until she landed her first 'big-screen' debut in the movie That Night (1992). After meeting such fast success and enjoying her new found career, she then realized that acting was indeed her life-long passion. Heigl then appeared in Steven Soderbergh's depression era drama King of the Hill before landing her first leading role in My Father The Hero (1994). During this time, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film and modeling work with her academic studies. The following year, she played opposite Steven Seagal in the role of Sarah Ryback in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Despite an increased focus on acting, she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as Seventeen. She took the lead role in Disney's Wish Upon a Star in 1996. It was also 1996 that Heigl's parents divorced. After her high school graduation in 1997, she and her mother moved into a 4-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles. Heigl's mother then became her manager. In 1998 she co-starred with Peter Fonda in a re-working of the classic Shakespearian play The Tempest, themed around the American Civil War. Later in 1998 Heigl was featured in: Bug Buster (1998) and Bride of Chucky (1998). In 1999, Heigl turned her attention to television when she accepted the role of Isabel Evans on Roswell. Heigl's role was expanded in the second and third season to showcase her talents. To publicize her role on Roswell, she appeared on the covers of magazines such as TV Guide, Maxim, and Teen as well as appearing in FHM. She later appeared in the FHM and Maxim calendars and FHM's annual 100 sexiest women in the world. Whilst Roswell was in production, Heigl worked on several films. The first film, 100 Girls, was an independent film released in 2001. She played Arlene the Competitive Tomboy in that film. The second film, Valentine, was a horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards. Katherine played Shelley, a medical student, foreshadowing her appearance in Grey's Anatomy. In the spring of 2001, Heigl accepted a role in Ground Zero, a two-hour, original television thriller scheduled to be telecast that fall. She co-starred as a brilliant and politically-concerned college student who helps to build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities. The bomb ends up in the hands of a terrorist following betrayal by a fellow student. Unfortunately, "The Seventh Power", based on the bestseller by James Mills, was shelved when its plot was considered too close for comfort to the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It re-emerged in 2003 under the title "Critical Assembly". After the 9/11 attacks, Heigl recorded a passionate public service announcement for the American Red Cross in an effort to help raise money for victims. The year 2003 was a busy one for Heigl. In early 2003, Heigl returned to the horror genre with Evil Never Dies, a modern-day variation on the Frankenstein story co-starring Thomas Gibson. She played the role of the professor's assistant, whose intentions are not as clear as the police officer is first led to believe. Love Comes Softly, a telefilm for Hallmark Entertainment in 2003, found Heigl starring in the role of Marty Claridge, a young, pregnant newlywed travelling west. In October 2003, Heigl was cast opposite Johnny Knoxville, as the leading lady in The Ringer, a Farrelly brothers comedy. Heigl continued her worldwide travels when she was cast as Isabella Linton in MTV's modern 'revamp' of Emily Brontė's classic novel Wuthering Heights. In 2005 in the movie Romy and Michele: In The Beginning, Heigl was cast in the role of Romy. It was a prequel to the movie - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (which starred Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow). Heigl is currently starring in Grey's Anatomy, a medical drama on ABC. Regarding her personal life, Heigl had dated her former Roswell co-star, Jason Behr, for several years. However, through interviews such as FHM in November 2004, she indirectly insinuated that the relationship had come to an end. Credits
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However, through interviews such as FHM in November 2004, she indirectly insinuated that the relationship had come to an end. See: Music of Tennessee. Regarding her personal life, Heigl had dated her former Roswell co-star, Jason
Behr, for several years. See: Tennessee State Flag. It was a prequel to the movie - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (which starred Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow).
Heigl is currently starring in Grey's Anatomy, a medical drama on ABC. See the List of famous Tennesseans and the List of Governors of Tennessee. In 2005 in the movie Romy and Michele: In The Beginning, Heigl was cast in the
role of Romy. Heigl continued her worldwide travels when she was cast as Isabella Linton in MTV's modern 'revamp' of Emily Brontė's classic novel Wuthering Heights. Tennessee cities' claims to fame are:. In October 2003, Heigl was cast opposite Johnny Knoxville, as the leading lady in The Ringer, a Farrelly brothers comedy. As of 2000, the population is 5,689,283. She played the role of the professor's assistant, whose intentions are not as clear as the police officer is first led to believe. Love Comes Softly, a telefilm for Hallmark Entertainment in 2003, found Heigl starring in the role of Marty Claridge, a young, pregnant newlywed travelling west. The three towns of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City make up a fifth significant population center, often called the "Tri-Cities", in the far northeast of the state. In early 2003, Heigl returned to the horror genre with Evil Never Dies, a modern-day variation on the Frankenstein story co-starring Thomas Gibson. Chattanooga and Knoxville, both in the eastern part of the state near the Great Smoky Mountains, have approximately a third of Memphis or Nashville's population. The year 2003 was a busy one for Heigl. Memphis has the largest population of any city in the state, but Nashville has a slightly larger metropolitan area. After the 9/11 attacks, Heigl recorded a passionate public service announcement for the American Red Cross in an effort to help raise money for victims. The capital is Nashville. It re-emerged in 2003 under the title "Critical Assembly". The three largest Protestant denominations in Tennessee are: Baptist (43% of the total state population), Methodist (11%), Churches of Christ (5%). Unfortunately, "The Seventh Power", based on the bestseller by James Mills, was shelved when its plot was considered too close for comfort to the terrible events of September 11, 2001. The religious affiliations of the citizens of Tennessee are:. The bomb ends up in the hands of a terrorist following betrayal by a fellow student. Females made up approximately 51.3% of the population. She co-starred as a brilliant and politically-concerned college student who helps to build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities. 6.6% of Tennessee's population were reported as under 5, 24.6% under 18, and 12.4% were 65 or older. In the spring of 2001, Heigl accepted a role in Ground Zero, a two-hour, original television thriller scheduled to be telecast that fall. The 5 largest ancestry groups in Tennessee are American (17.5%), African American (16.4%), Irish (9.3%), English (9.1%), German (8.3%). Katherine played Shelley, a medical student, foreshadowing her appearance in Grey's Anatomy. The racial makeup of the state is:. The second film, Valentine, was a horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards. Census Bureau, as of 2003, Tennessee's population was estimated at 5,841,748 people. She played Arlene the Competitive Tomboy in that film. According to the U.S. The first film, 100 Girls, was an independent film released in 2001. The overall state tax rate is relatively low, however, as Tennessee does not tax wage and salary income (although it does tax unearned income). Whilst Roswell was in production, Heigl worked on several films. Some cities charge additional taxes, leading to some of the highest sales taxes in the United States. She later appeared in the FHM and Maxim calendars and FHM's annual
100 sexiest women in the world. State sales tax is 7%, while the counties charge an additional 2.25% for a
total of 9.25% across Tennessee. To publicize her role on Roswell, she appeared on the covers of magazines such as TV Guide, Maxim, and Teen as well as appearing in FHM. Later in 1998 Heigl was featured in: Bug Buster (1998) and Bride of Chucky (1998). Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2003 Tennessee's Gross State Product was $199,786,000,000, 1.8% of the total Gross Domestic Product. In 1998 she co-starred with Peter Fonda in a re-working of the classic Shakespearian play The Tempest, themed around the American Civil War. According to U.S. Heigl's mother then became her manager. Roughly from west to east, these are:. After her high school graduation in 1997, she and her mother moved into a 4-bedroom house in Malibu Canyon, Los Angeles. Tennessee features six principal geographic regions. It was also 1996 that Heigl's parents divorced. The Cumberland Plateau is generally considered the dividing line between East and Middle Tennessee. She took the lead role in Disney's Wish Upon a Star in 1996. The Tennessee River is generally considered the dividing line between Middle and West Tennessee. Despite an increased focus on acting, she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as Seventeen. The state of Tennessee is traditionally divided by its people into three grand divisions - East, Middle, and West Tennessee. The following year, she played opposite Steven Seagal in the role of Sarah Ryback in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. The highest point in the state is the peak of Clingmans Dome at 6,643 feet (2,025 meters), which lies on Tennesee's eastern border. During this time, Heigl continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her film and modeling work with her academic studies. The state is trisected by the Tennessee River. Heigl then appeared in Steven Soderbergh's depression era drama King of the Hill before landing her first leading role in My Father The Hero (1994). Tennessee is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri. After meeting such fast success and enjoying her new found career, she then realized that acting was indeed her life-long passion. Tennessee lies adjacent to 8 other states, matched only by Missouri which also borders 8 states. It was not long until she landed her first 'big-screen' debut in the movie That Night (1992). See also: List of Tennessee counties, List of Tennessee state parks. Television jobs soon followed, the first in a national spot for Cheerios breakfast cereal. The first was adopted in 1796, the year Tennessee joined the union, and the second was adopted in 1834. Almost immediately, a client slated her for use in a magazine advertisement. The state had two earlier constitutions. Within a few weeks, Heigl had been signed as a child model. Tennessee's current state constitution was adopted in 1870. After returning to her home in New York, the aunt sent the photos to a number of modelling agencies, all with the permission of Katherine's parents. The Court of Criminal Appeals has nine judges. When she was nine years old, an aunt visiting the family decided to take a number of photographs of the young Heigl. The Court of Appeals has 12 judges. Despite their grief, the family decided to donate his organs. This has motivated Katherine to become a strong proponent of organ donation. It has a chief justice and four associate justices. He had been thrown from the back of a pickup truck, and doctors determined Jason was brain-dead. The highest court in Tennessee is the state Supreme Court. Her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident. The General Assembly (the state's legislature) consists of the 33-member Senate and the 99-member House of Representatives. Senators serve four year terms, and House members serve two year terms. Her family life was not without its tragidies, however. See:List of Tennessee Governors. Although she was born in Washington, D.C., her parents, Nancy and Paul, moved the family to New Canaan, Connecticut a short time later. The speaker of the state Senate has the title of lieutenant governor. November 24, 1978) is an American actress who currently stars on the show Grey's Anatomy. Tennessee's governor holds office for a four year term and may serve any number of terms, but not more than two in a row. Katherine Marie Heigl (b. Tennessee celebrated its bicentennial in 1996 after a yearlong statewide celebration entitled "Tennessee 200" by opening a new state park (Bicentennial Mall) at the foot of Capitol Hill in Nashville. That Night 1992. During World War II, Oak Ridge was selected as a US Department of Energy national laboratory, one of the principal sites for the Manhattan Project's production and isolation of weapons-grade fissile material. King Of The Hill 1993. The need to create work for the unemployed during the Depression, the desire for rural electrification, and the desire to control the annual spring floods on the Tennessee River drove the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public utility, in 1933. My Father The Hero 1994. In 1897, the state celebrated its centennial of statehood (albeit one year late) with a great exposition. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995. Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor after the American Civil War, mostly due to the influence of President Andrew Johnson, a native of the state, who was Lincoln's vice president and succeeded him as president, due to the assassination. Wish Upon A Star 1996. After the American Civil War, Tennessee adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (February 22, 1865), ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was the first state readmitted to the Union (July 24 of the same year). Prince Valiant 1997. Tennessee was the last Confederate state to secede from the Union when it did so on June 8, 1861. Stand-Ins 1997. Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796 as the 16th state, and was created by taking the north and south borders of North Carolina and extending them with only one small deviation to the Mississippi River, Tennessee's western boundary. Bug Buster 1998. This came to be known as the Trail of Tears, as an estimated 4,000 Cherokees died along the way.1. Bride Of Chucky 1998. From 1838 to 1839, nearly 17,000 Cherokees were forced to march from Eastern Tennessee to Indian Territory west of Arkansas. The Tempest (TV) 1998. As European colonists spread into the area, the native populations were forcibly displaced to the south and west, including all Muscogee and Yuchi peoples, including the Chickasaw and Choctaw. Roswell (TV) 1999. For unknown reasons, possibly due to expanding European settlement in the north, the Cherokee, an Iroquoian tribe, moved south from the area now called Virginia. 100 Girls 2000. When Spanish explorers first visited the area, led by Hernando de Soto in 1539-43, it was inhabited by tribes of Muscogee and Yuchi people. Valentine 2001. The names of the cultural groups that inhabited the area between first settlement and the time of European contact are unknown, but several distinct cultural phases have been named by archaeologists, including Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian whose chiefdoms were the cultural predecessors of the Muscogee people who inhabited the Tennessee River Valley prior to Cherokee migration into the river's headwaters. Critical Assembly (Ground Zero) (TV) 2001. The area now known as Tennessee was first settled by Paleo-Indians nearly 11,000 years ago. The Twilight Zone (TV) 2002. When a constitutional convention met in 1796 to organize a new state out of the Southwest Territory, it adopted "Tennessee" as the name of the state. Love Comes Softly (TV) 2003. In 1788, North Carolina named the third county to be established in what is now Middle Tennessee "Tennessee County". Descendant 2003. The modern spelling, Tennessee, is attributed to James Glen, the Governor of South Carolina, who used this spelling in his official correspondence during the 1750s. Evil Never Dies (TV) 2003. It has been said to mean "meeting place", "winding river", or "river of the great bend".[1] (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/faq.htm#01)[2] (http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/tennessee.html). Wuthering Heights (TV) 2003. Some accounts suggest it is a Cherokee modification of an earlier Yuchi or possibly Creek word. Love's Enduring Promise (TV) 2004. The meaning and origin of the word are uncertain. Romy & Michele: In The Beginning (TV) 2005. The town was located on a river of the same name (now known as the Little Tennessee River). Grey's Anatomy (TV) 2005. European settlers later encountered a Cherokee town named Tanasi (or "Tanase") in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. The earliest variant of the name that became Tennessee was first recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, when he and his men passed through a Native American village named "Tanasqui" in 1567 while travelling inland from South Carolina. Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States. ISBN 0870492853. Knoville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1979. Tennessee's Indian Peoples. 1 Satz, Ronald. The USS Tennessee was named in honor of this state. Constitution, allowing women the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee become the thirty-sixth and clinching state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. The Tennessee Valley Authority is based in Knoxville. State song: Tennessee (http://www.50states.com/songs/tenn6.htm). Cleveland Majic. Nashville Rhythm. Minor League basketball teams
Johnson City Cardinals. Kingsport Mets. Greeneville Astros. Elizabethton Twins. Tennessee Smokies (Sevierville). West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Jackson). Chattanooga Lookouts. Nashville Sounds. Memphis Redbirds. Minor League baseball teams
Knoxville Ice Bears. Southern Professional Hockey League
Memphis Grizzlies. National Basketball Association
Gatlinburg - tourist destination, gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Pigeon Forge - tourist destination, home to Dollywood amusement park. Lebanon - home to Cracker Barrel restaurant chain and site of first location, home of Nashville Superspeedway. Murfreesboro - home of Middle Tennessee State University; geographic center of Tennessee; home of famous American Civil War Battle of Stones River (also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro); site of second state capital of Tennessee. Cleveland - Church Of God (Cleveland) headquarters. Fort Campbell - home of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division (though the base headquarters and address lie in Kentucky, the majority of the base is located in Tennessee). Clarksville - main campus of Austin Peay State University. Lawrenceburg - home of legendary pioneer Davy Crockett. Carthage - home of recent Vice President and Presidential candidate Al Gore. Spring Hill - like Smyrna, major automotive manufacturing center, only for Saturn automobiles. Smyrna - site of very large Nissan production facility. Lynchburg - home of Jack Daniels distillery. Bristol - site of major NASCAR track. Oak Ridge - major scientific/research center, Manhattan Project. Chattanooga - major railroad hub, financial center, major Civil War battleground. Knoxville - main campus of University of Tennessee, proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains, site of original capital of Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters, site of the 1982 World's Fair and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Nashville - State capital, world center of country music industry, Southern Baptist Convention headquarters, Home of Vanderbilt University and Tennessee State University among many other small private colleges and universities, home of Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators professional sports teams. Memphis - blues music center, birthplace of rock and roll, assassination of Martin Luther King, home of Elvis Presley, home of Memphis Grizzlies NBA team, home of University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), home to worldwide shipping giant FedEx, one of the centers of 60s and 70s soul music (Stax, Hi). Non-Religious – 6%. Other Religions – 1%. Other Christian – 1%. Roman Catholic – 5%. Protestant – 85%. 1.1% mixed race. 1.0% Asian. 0.3% American Indian. 2.2% Hispanic. 16.4% Black. 79.2% White. state taxes. Major industries/products. State income. Blue Ridge Mountains - including the Great Smoky Mountains. Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. Cumberland Plateau - also called the Appalachian Plateau. Highland Rim - this is continuous with the region in Kentucky termed the Pennyroyal Plateau. Nashville Basin. Gulf Coastal Plain - including the Mississippi embayment. |