Heather Matarazzo
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Heather Matarazzo was born November 10, 1982, in Oyster Bay, New York.
She was adopted by Camille and Ray Matarazzo, an Italian-American
couple (she is of Irish descent birth). Heather attended Oyster Bay
High School, as well as the Long Island High School for the Arts. In
1997, she made her film debut in
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995),
she played the lead role of Dawn Wiener a shy, unattractive, unpopular
7th grader who falls for a charismatic and handsome aspiring rock
musician, and decides to pursue him romantically. Her performance in
the film won an Independent Spirit Award.
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