Anne Heche: Actress’s trajectory includes difficult childhood, abuse and gay dating

Actress Anne Heche, 53, is in a coma after suffering a car accident in the United States last Friday (5). Known for films like “Six Days and Seven Nights” (1998) and “Volcano” (1997), she had a difficult childhood, having been sexually abused by her father, and a relationship that became a media sensation with presenter Ellen DeGeneres, 64. .

Born in Ohio, Heche was the youngest of four siblings and started working when she was 12 years old to help her family, as she has said in interviews. In 2001, she spoke on CNN’s Larry King show about her father’s childhood abuse, his sexuality and her death, shortly after the family discovered he had AIDS in the early 1980s.

Heche’s artistic career began at the age of 17, when she received an offer to do the soap opera “Another World”. Then came several successful series, such as “Ally McBeall” (1997-2002), “Everywood” (2002-2006) and “Men in Trees” (2006-2008). It was behind the scenes of the latter that she struck up a romance with actor James Trupp, with whom she had a son, Atlas, 13. She has another son, Romer, 20.

In addition to Trupp, Heche had other famous relationships, the most remembered being his relationship with presenter Ellen DeGeneres, from 1997 to 2000. disoriented and talking nonsense, ABC News reported at the time.

Anne Heche had been away from cinemas and TV for a few years when she was involved in a serious car accident last Friday. Her car hit a house and caught fire in Los Angeles, USA. The actress was rescued with burns on her body. This Monday (8), a representative said that her condition is “extremely critical”.

“She has significant lung injuries that require mechanical ventilation and doctors have also determined that the actress will need surgical intervention to address the burns over her body,” he said in a statement. Heche has not regained consciousness since the accident and the police want to know if she was drunk at the time of the accident.