Date of Birth

10 December 1988, USA

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Heather Hemmens is an American actress, film director and film producer. She is best known for her role as Alice Verdura in The CW series Hellcats (2010-2011) and currently stars in the Roswell reboot as Maria.

Hemmens was raised in the woods of Maine with her two older brothers and older sister. Hemmens attended Mount View High School in Thorndike, Maine, before attending the performing arts high school Walnut Hill School for the Arts near Boston for her final two years of high school. She went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career upon graduating. She has a black belt in martial arts and weapons training.

In early career, Hemmens had small roles in the films The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and Glory Road (2006). In addition, Hemmens has also directed and produced the short films Perils of an Active Mind and Designated which were both released in 2010. In 2010, she was cast as Alice Verdura in The CW series Hellcats, a comedy-drama about competitive college cheer leading, executive produced by Tom Welling. The show received mixed reviews, but Hemmens' performance was very positively received by critics, with many referring to Hemmens as the breakout star. The series was canceled after one season in 2011. She also guest starred on CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, The Haves and the Have Nots, Grey's Anatomy, and The Vampire Diaries.

In 2014, Hemmens was cast as one of leads in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera If Loving You Is Wrong, created, produced and written by Tyler Perry. In 2018, she was cast in the CW reboot of WB series, Roswell.

Trivia

• Coming from a small town, Hemmens started her career on the stage which then carried her on to a full scholarship at a prestigious arts high school. Upon graduating, she went straight to Los Angeles to pursue her career and dreams.
• Hemmens practices martial arts and enjoys painting in her spare time. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
• She and her three older siblings grew up in rural Waldo, Maine.
• If Loving You Is Wrong, the soap opera for which Hemmens is known, was written and directed by Tyler Perry .
• In her late high school years, she trained at Boston's Walnut Hill School for the Arts.
• Between 2006 and 2014, she appeared in episodes of CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy, and several other popular television series.
• Born on July 10, 1988 in Waldo, Maine.