Her homemaker mom, Camille, and dad Ray - a data processor - live in Long Island.
September 1999 - Heather flunked the written part of her driving test - missing 11 of 20 questions.
Won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for her starring role in "Welcome to the Dollhouse"
Attended BOCES Cultural Arts Center for musical theatre.
Became great friends with Anne Hathaway during the shooting of The Princess Diaries (2001). They still call each other frequently and hope to be friends for the rest of their lives.
In April 2005, she was the keynote speaker at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Boston's 15th annual conference, at Brookline High School, where she described her struggle to gain acceptance of her sexuality. "It was such a burden, because I had to pretend to be this person that I wasn't."
Heather Matarazzo Detailed Biography
Heather Matarazzo (born November 10, 1982 in Long Island, New York, USA) is an American actress of Italian descent. Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the movie Welcome to the Dollhouse. Her other movies include Sorority Boys, Scream 3, and Saved!. Beside Dollhouse, she's best known for her role as Lilly in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Matarazzo is often typecasted as geeky, best friend, or sidekick characters, as exemplified by her roles in Diaries, Dollhouse, Sorority, and Saved!
In August 2004, Matarazzo came out as a lesbian. She's been in a relationship since 2003. In April 2005, she was a speaker at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network conference in Boston.
