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Biography:
Heather Locklear.
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961 in Westwood,
California, United States) is an American actress. Heather is the
daughter of Bill and Diane Locklear. She is the youngest of four
children. She has two sisters Laurie and Coleen and a brother Mark.
Her father was a dean of the School of Engineering at UCLA. Heather
also attended UCLA until she quit to pursue acting.
While attending UCLA, Heather Locklear first started modeling and work
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 Is 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 failed 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. 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 TV sitcom, Spin City, opposite Michael J. Fox. 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.
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