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Heather
Deen Locklear
was born September
25, 1961 in Westwood, California.
Heather is the daughter of Bill and Diane Locklear. She is the
youngest of four children. She has two sisters, Laurie and Colleen,
and a brother, Mark. Her father was a dean of the
School
of
Engineering
at UCLA. Heather attended UCLA until she quit to
pursue acting. She has Lumbee
Native American roots on her father's side (her
surname being quite common among the Lumbee), but her ancestry is
mostly Scottish.
While
attending UCLA, Heather Locklear began modeling and working in
commercials for the school store. In 1979, Locklear landed her first
TV role in a TV movie and then on an episode of "CHiPs"
a year later. She landed a few more bit parts in shows like
"Eight
s Enough" and "The
Fall Guy", before Aaron
Spelling cast her in his new TV series "Dynasty".
When the series premiered in 1981, Locklear was a hit.
Spelling
immediately cast her opposite William
Shatner in the cop show "T.J.
Hooker". The show's 1982
premiere sent Locklear into the
Hollywood
stratosphere. Throughout the 1980's she continued to work on these
two shows and in numerous movies and television specials.
In
the 1990's, after a shortlived comedy sitcom "Going
Places", Locklear won the role that is probably her best
known: the vixen Amanda Woodward on the series "Melrose
Place" from 1993 to 1999. She was originally brought on
as a guest star in an attempt to boost the ratings, and her billing
in the credits reflected this. After many years on the show she was
eventually billed as a normal cast member. Locklear also won First
Americans in the Arts: Best Actress in a TV series for her role on
"Melrose Place
".
After
her run on the show, she was immediately on another hit TV sitcom,
"Spin City", opposite Michael J. Fox. She was similarly
brought in as a successful ratings boost for this show. Locklear
also served for 6 years as the spokesperson for the Health and
Tennis Corporation of
America
. Locklear starred in the Airport drama "LAX", which ran
from 2004 to 2005.
Heather
was married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee from 1986 - 1993. After
Lee and Locklear's divorce, she married Bon Jovi guitarist Richie
Sambora on December 17, 1994 in
Paris
. On October 4, 1997 she gave birth to her first child Ava
Elizabeth. Locklear's representative announced on February 2, 2006
that divorce papers had been filed to dissolve the couple's marriage.
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