Editing Heather Graham (section)

== Early life ==
Graham was born in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Vincent |first=Mal |date=1999-06-17 |title='Powers' Star Has Skated Well Past 'Boogie Nights' Role |work=[[The Green Bay Press-Gazette]] |page=D-10 |quote=Heather Graham...was born in Milwaukee.}}</ref> The elder of two children, her younger sister Aimee Graham is also an actress and writer. Her mother Joan (née Bransfield) is a teacher and author of children's books,<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3666/is_200610/ai_n17195051/ "Joan Bransfield Graham"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903201958/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3666/is_200610/ai_n17195051/ |date=September 3, 2014 }} at CBS Business</ref> and her father James Graham is a retired [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent.<ref name="grouchoreviews.com">{{cite web|title=Heather Graham—Gray Matters—02/21/07|url=http://grouchoreviews.com/interviews/204|website=Groucho Reviews|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=December 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214153021/http://grouchoreviews.com/interviews/204|url-status=live}}</ref> Her family relocated repeatedly before moving to [[Agoura Hills, California]] when she was nine.<ref name=HC>{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:LANB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EAEE705995C065F&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Heather's Commitment|access-date=June 11, 2009|date=April 28, 2000|work=[[Daily News of Los Angeles]]|author=Strauss, Bob|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027043911/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/login?destination=document-view%3Fp%3DAWNB%26docref%3Dnews/0EAEE705995C065F%26f%3Dbasic|url-status=live}}</ref> She was introduced to acting during a school production of ''The Wizard of Oz''.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

After high school, Graham enrolled in extension classes at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where she studied English for two years.<ref name="HGFSIS">{{cite news |author=Strauss, Bob |date=March 31, 1998 |title=Heather Graham Finds Strangeness In 'Space' |work=[[Boston Globe]] |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:BGBK&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EADDD10454A8645&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 |access-date=June 11, 2009}}</ref> Against her parents' wishes, Graham withdrew from UCLA to pursue acting full time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography :: Heather Graham|url=http://www.kalaajkal.com/biography/Heather-Graham|website=www.kalaajkal.com|access-date=December 2, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903201707/http://www.kalaajkal.com/biography/Heather-Graham|archive-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>