Editing Heather Graham (section)

=== Early work (1984–1988) ===
Graham's first film appearance was an uncredited cameo in ''[[Mrs. Soffel]]'' (1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-evolution-of-heather-graham/mrs-soffel-1984|title=The Evolution Of Heather Graham|first=Matt|last=Maytum|date=May 26, 2011|work=[[Total Film]]|access-date=June 17, 2011|archive-date=May 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530155109/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-evolution-of-heather-graham/mrs-soffel-1984|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first credited film appearance was in the television film ''[[Student Exchange]]''. In 1986, she appeared on a special "Teen Week" episode of the [[NBC]] game show ''[[Scrabble (game show)|Scrabble]]''. Then she appeared in numerous television commercials, and an episode of the sitcom ''[[Growing Pains]]'' in 1987. Her first high-profile starring role came in the [[Corey Haim]]/[[Corey Feldman]] vehicle ''[[License to Drive]]'' (1988), as a popular girl named Mercedes Lane, who serves as the love interest of Haim's character. Her efforts won her a [[Young Artist Award]] nomination in the Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy category. Her strict parents forbade her to accept a role in the [[black comedy]] ''[[Heathers]]'' (1988), which had an expletive-rich script.<ref name=HC/> The same year, she had an uncredited appearance as [[Danny DeVito]] and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s mother in flashbacks in their film, ''[[Twins (1988 film)|Twins]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Leonard|last=Maltin|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2006|location=New York|publisher=Signet|year=2005|isbn=978-0-45121-609-0|page=1367}}</ref>