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Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, writer, producer, and disc jockey. Langenkamp played Nancy Thompson in Wes Craven's slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), which earned her recognition as a scream queen and in popular culture.
Heather Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She got her start in acting when she was cast as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), which were both filmed in Tulsa.
Oct 16, 2022 · Chosen to fight this new icon of horror was a young Heather Langenkamp. When casting the lead for his latest film, Craven voiced his desire for someone who wasn’t a known movie star.
Heather Langenkamp comforting young girl in a scene from the film 'New Nightmare', 1994.
Heather Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She got her start in acting when she was cast as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), which were both filmed in Tulsa.
Jun 14, 2024 · After starring in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street series, Heather Langenkamp now operates AFX Studio with her husband, David Anderson.
Oct 17, 2023 · Heather opens up and shares her struggles losing a child to brain cancer, and why Mike Flanagan’s script in Midnight Club resonated so much with her at that time.
Jul 13, 2012 · The first of many young women to battle Freddy Krueger. Before she was famous, Heather Langenkamp was a normal teen who attended school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After graduating from an all girls, Catholic high school, Heather started attending Stanford University.
In her superb performance, Langenkamp redefined the role of teenage protagonists in horror, elevating Nancy above and beyond the confines of the genre, and in the end, creating a role model and a pop culture icon. RUE MORGUE caught up with Langenkamp to chat about all things Nancy, Freddy and the 40-year legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Apr 18, 2014 · Heather Langenkamp, the beloved scream queen who played final girl Nancy Thompson in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, could never get past the horror genre, so she made a documentary about...
