Katherine Marie Heigl aka Katherine Heigl is a well-known American actress as well as a former fashion model who began her career as a child model with Wilhelmina Models. Several award receiver actress is famous for her work in movies such as Knocked Up (2007), 27 Dresses (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010), Life As We Know It (2010), New Year’s Eve (2011), The Big Wedding (2013), and Unforgettable (2017).
Biography & Wiki of Katherine Heigl
The gorgeous American actress was born as Katherine Marie Heigl. Later she got famous by her stage name Katherine Heigl. Born with the Sagittarius zodiac sign while the gorgeous celebrates her birthday every year on the 24th of November. She had opened her eyes to Washington, D.C., in Columbia Hospital for Women.
Katherine, the daughter of Nancy and Paul Heigl, had celebrated her total 41 birthday to date. Her father used to be a financial executive and accountant while his mother is a personal manager. Belonging to the Mixed German (including Swiss-German) and Irish descent from father side and German ancestry while she holds an American Nationality.
She had grown up with her parents and siblings at her hometown and birthplace. She shares her parents with her two siblings, Meg and Holt. While her older brother Jason died of injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck while out for lunch with some of his high school classmates. After the death of his parents, his family donated his organs after death.
Educational Background
41 years old Katerine had done er high school from New Canaan High School. Besides this, there are no details on her further educational background including her academic qualification and University name.
Body Measurement
Apart from her charming face, she is blessed with amazing body figures. The gorgeous has a height of 5 feet and 9 inches. She has a weight of 58kgs (128lbs) with a perfect body measurement of 36-25-36 inches.
Katherine Heigl’s Wedding, Husband, and Children
When it comes to the personal life of Katherine, she is engaged to singer Josh Kelley. Josh is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded for Hollywood Records, Threshold Records, and DNK Records as a pop-rock artist.
The duo meets for the first time on the set of his music video for “Only You”. After dating few years, the duo tied their knot on December 23, 2007, in Park City, Utah.
After two years of their wedding, the couple adopted a daughter, Naleigh, from South Korea, the birthplace of Heigl’s sister Meg. Similarly, they adopted a second daughter, Adalaide Marie Hope, from the U.S in 2012.
In 2016, the couple welcomed their third child. They named their son Joshua Bishop.
Katherine is not yet married to her man. But they are staying together and embracing their family life. Recently, Katherine thanked Josh for being a good father through her Instagram post on 2019, June 22. She captioned,
Dear Josh, Thank you. Thank you for being a better father than I could have ever imagined. Thank you for your effortless love of each of our children and for seeing them as individual beings of the divine. Not as an extension of you, but as the pride of you. Thank you for filling our hearts and our home with riotous laughter and easy love. With strength and dignity and compassion. Thank you for working tirelessly to teach our babies the meaning, the feeling, the blessing of safe and steady and true. For holding these children up and in and around. For making your arms the safest harbor in the port. Your shoulders the strongest and steadiest of ships. Your hands the sweetest and gentlest of winds. Thank you for teaching our children that you will always always hold them up. That you will always always get them there. It is a remarkable thing to be loved by you. To be a steward on your great ship. Thank you for stepping up when we called. For steering and protecting and partnering and loving like the true captain that you are. You are the gift. For each of us and we thank you. Happy Father’s Day. Love, Katie
PS. I really hope you dig my whole ship and captain metaphor, cause you know, it’s kinda the whole post 😁❤️
The sparkling love between the two still exists. So far there is no situation of any conflicts between the two. Very soon we assume that they will get married.
Career & Networth
Talking about the professional life of Katherine, she had started her journey from a very young age. When she was nine years old, her aunt and parents sent her phots to a modeling agency. After a few weeks, she was signed with Wilhelmina Models as a child model. Later she started appearing in the magazine ad.
In 1992, she made her debut in the movie called That Night. Further, she played the role of Christina Sebastian in Steven Soderbergh’s Depression-era drama King of the Hill before being cast in her first leading role in the 1994 comedy My Father the Hero. These roles lead her to be the actress of movie-like, the Steven Seagal action thriller Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Wish Upon a Star, Seventeen, and many more.
Caption: 60 seconds with Katherine Heigl on 2019, July 1. (Credit: YouTube)
In the following year, she landed her lead role in Disney’s made-for-television film Wish Upon a Star in 1996, portraying two body-swapping characters along with Danielle Harris. Following her movies including Knocked Up, 27 Dresses, The Ugly Truth, Killers, Life As We Know It, New Year’s Eve, The Big Wedding, and Unforgettable won millions of hearts.
Net worth and Salary of Katherine Heigl
As an American actress and former fashion model, she had earned a huge name and fame in her lifetime career. It is believed that the net worth of Katherine Heigl has been estimated at around millions of US dollars. While she has not disclosed her exact annual salary. There is no doubt that her net worth and salary will sure increase in the upcoming years.
Is Katherine Heigl active on social media?
Yes, with more than 3.2 million followers she holds an Instagram account under the name of
@katherineheigl. Similarly, she has more than thousands of followers on Facebook and Twitter.