Heather Locklear (born
Heather Deen Locklear on September 25, 1961 in
Los Angeles,
California
) is an American
actress best known for her television roles as "Amanda
Woodward" on Melrose
Place, "Sammy Jo
Carrington" on Dynasty, "Officer Stacy Sheridan"
on T. J. Hooker, and "Caitlin Moore" on
Spin City.
Locklear won the First Americans in the Arts Award for Best Actress
in a Television Series for her role on
Melrose Place and was nominated for six
Golden Globe Awards over the
course of her career, four for
Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama for her role on
Melrose Place, and two for
Best Actress in Television Series, Musical or Comedy for her
role on
Spin City. She also won the
People's Choice Award for
'Favorite Television Series' for
Melrose
Place in 1993, along with her cast members.
Locklear graced the cover of
Rolling
Stone magazine on May 19, 1994 during the height of
Melrose Place, and was named one of
People Magazine's 50
Most Beautiful People twice, in 1994 and 2001.
Biography
Early life
Locklear
was born in Westwood, Los Angeles,
California
, the daughter of William Robert Locklear and Diane
(née Tinsley).
She was
raised in Thousand Oaks, California
and graduated from Newbury Park High School.
Locklear is the youngest of four children. She is also of part
Lumbee descent.
Career
While
attending the University of California, Los
Angeles
, Locklear began modeling and working in commercials
for the school store. In 1979, Locklear landed her first
roles appearing in the British TV series
Tales of the
Unexpected, and an episode of
CHiPs a year later. She landed a few more bit
parts in shows, including
Eight Is
Enough.
Locklear auditioned and was cast for the role of Sammy Jo Dean
during the first season of
Dynasty with executive producer
Aaron Spelling. However, after 13
episodes, the producers let her go from the show because they felt
her character was no longer needed. Her character was written out
of the show. Four months later, Locklear then got a call from the
T.J. Hooker casting director, who cast her in
the show with
William Shatner.
However, after viewers found out that the role of Sammy Jo was
written out of the show, there was a backlash and letters poured in
to ABC begging the character be written back onto the show.
Aaron Spelling called Joan Green,
Heather's agent, and asked her if Heather would like to return to
'Dynasty'. Locklear agreed and the actress achieved something never
done by an actor or actress in the history of television before by
being a simultaneous cast member in a lead role of two television
series at the same time, with both airing in the same seasons.
Locklear appeared as a full-time cast member of both
T.J.
Hooker and
Dynasty until the series ended.
After Joan
Collins and Heather Locklear became official cast members on
Dynasty in the second
season, the ratings rose to #19, and it eventually became the #1
most watched television show in the United States from 1984-1985, remaining in the Nielsen top 10 for four years, and in the top 25 for
six years. In 1993, Locklear starred in the three-hour
mini-series Dynasty: The Reunion.
Locklear then went on to play a starring role in the movie Swamp
Thing.
Locklear went on to play another of her best known roles, that of
scheming vixen Amanda Woodward on
Melrose Place. The
series premiered on July 8, 1992 debuting at #19 on the Nielsen
Ratings with a 10.3/19 share.. But after a few weeks, ratings
dropped and it was on the verge of cancellation.
Fox suggested to
Aaron
Spelling that the show needs a new character. Spelling signed
Locklear in 1993 for a four episode run hoping that she could blaze
a trail across the show and boost ratings. Locklear's first episode
was on January 27, 1993. Ratings slowly increased after Locklear
joined and media buzz builded for the show, and one year and a
month after she joined the cast,
Melrose
Place was the No. 2 rated drama in the United States among
18-to 34-year-olds in February 1994 (People Magazine 'Melrose
Place' Cover Story, February 21, 1994) , and by May of 1994, it
reached No. 1, garnering even higher ratings than
Beverly Hills, 90210, the series it was
spinned off from. The series went on to last for seven years.
Locklear became a regular cast member from the second season
onwards, but was billed as a "Special Guest Star" until the end of
the series in 1999. Locklear also won a First Americans in the Arts
award for Best Actress in a TV series and was nominated for four
Golden Globe Awards for her role
on
Melrose Place.
Locklear was the special guest host on
Saturday Night Live on May 14, 1994,
with musical guest
Janet Jackson. Two
of her most famous skits included her as an elderly
Jewish woman on
Coffee
Talk with
Mike Myers, and her acting
as Amanda Woodward in a
Wayne's World
skit with Myers,
Chris Farley,
Adam Sandler,
Rob
Schneider, and
Phil Hartman where
Wayne has a dream that he's a character on
Melrose Place. Locklear also made a cameo in
Wayne's World 2.
Locklear graced the cover of
Rolling
Stone on May 19, 1994 during the height of
Melrose Place.
Locklear was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful
People twice, once in 1994 during
Melrose
Place, and the second time in 2001 during
Spin City. She was also featured in a
Lifetime Intimate Portrait special.
After Melrose Place ended in 1999, she was immediately cast on the
TV sitcom
Spin City (opposite
Michael J. Fox and later
Charlie Sheen) until 2002. Locklear's addition
boosted the show's falling ratings. The role earned Locklear two
more
Golden Globe Award
nominations for Best Actress in a Television Series - Comedy.
In 2001, Locklear had a recurring role on
Scrubs (while still starring on
Spin City).
In 2003, Locklear starred in the movies
Uptown Girls and 'Once Around the Park' and
guest starred on
Two and a Half
Men.
In 2004, Locklear starred in the drama
LAX. She also served as executive
producer on the series. She also had a recurring role that year on
Boston Legal with former
T.J. Hooker co-star
William Shatner.
In 2005, Locklear starred in the motion picture
The Perfect Man with
Hillary Duff.
In 2006, Locklear guest starred on
Hannah
Montana and in the movie 'Women of a Certain Age'.
In 2007, Locklear starred in
Nora
Roberts'
Angels Fall and had a
recurring role on the sitcom
Rules
of Engagement, and was featured in a
Biography Channel special.
In 2008, she starred in the movie
Flirting with Forty.
In 2009, Locklear starred in the films 'Flying By' and 'Oranges'
and was featured in a VH1 special.
In September 2009, it was announced that Locklear will join the
cast of
The CW's
Melrose Place. Locklear will
reprise her iconic role, Amanda Woodward, beginning on November 17,
2009. Producers have said that she will appear in every forthcoming
episode from then on. Amanda Woodward is now a partner in a
publicity firm, and both mentor and tormentor to a young underling,
Ella, played by
Katie Cassidy.
Personal life
Prior to her marriages, Locklear was connected romantically with
several Hollywood personalities including
Scott Baio She was married for seven years to
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee from May
1986 to August 1993. After their
divorce,
she married
Bon Jovi guitarist
Richie Sambora on December 17, 1994 in Paris.
On October 4, 1997 she gave birth to their daughter, Ava Elizabeth.
Locklear filed for divorce from Sambora in February 2006. The
following month Sambora filed for
joint
custody of Ava and enforcement of a prenuptial agreement. Their
divorce was finalized in April 2007. After the divorce was filed,
Sambora became romantically involved with
Denise Richards. In April 2007, Locklear
began a relationship with fellow
Melrose Place alum
Jack Wagner.
Awards
Golden Globe
Awards:
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
for Melrose Place (1994)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
for Melrose Place (1995)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
for Melrose Place (1996)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
for Melrose Place (1997)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical
or Comedy for Spin City (2000)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical
or Comedy for Spin City (2002)
People's Choice
Awards:
First Americans in
the Arts Awards:
- Best Actress in a Television Series for Melrose Place (1994) (Won)
Soap Opera Digest
Awards:
- Outstanding Supporting Actress - Prime Time for Dynasty (1990)
- Outstanding Actress/Actor in a Comic Relief Role on a Prime
Time Serial for Dynasty (1986)
TV Land Awards:
Filmography
Television work
Producer
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