Heather Dorff

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Heather Dorff
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Born
Heather Dorff
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s) Actress, film producer, screenwriter
Notable workIndependent films "What They Say" and Truth or Dare
Website www.heatherdorff.com

Heather Dorff is an American actress, writer, and producer currently living in Los Angeles, California.

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Career

Dorff is probably best known for her roles in the 2011 short film "What They Say", which she also produced and co-wrote, and the 2013 feature film Truth or Dare . Dorff has also appeared in music videos, web series, and has been dubbed a "scream queen" and rising talent by Horror Society. [1]

Dorff starred in the film The Tour alongside fellow scream queen Jessica Cameron, which has been shown in horror film festivals that include FrightFest [2] in London and ScreamFest [3] in Los Angeles. In 2020, Dorff's latest film A Bad Place had its world premiere at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival [4] in San Jose before the festival had to be rescheduled due to growing COVID-19 safety concerns. [5]

Achievements

Dorff has won, or been nominated for, performance awards from film festivals and organizations around the U.S. She won the 'Best Actress' award at the 2014 Chicago Horror Film Festival for her role in 'The Tour'. [6] In 2012 she won 'Best Actress' or 'Best Female Performance' awards from The Critics Word, [7] Chicago Horror Film Festival, [8] Yuma Film Festival, and Ocean County Library Film Festival [9] for her role in What They Say. She also won 'Best Actress' awards for her roles in Hand of Glory and the Ed Wood satire comedy and tribute film House of Degenerate Brain-Eating Mutant Fog Insects at the Prairie State Film Festival [10] and Laugh or Die Comedy Film Festival, [11] respectively.

Dorff was nominated for a 'Best Actress' award at the 2014 Indie Horror Film Festival for her role in Truth or Dare . [12] She was also nominated 'Best Actress' at the 2012 Maverick Movie Awards for her role in Hand of Glory. [13]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2020Make It a Scary OneCassie
2020Human ZooContestant 84
2019Wages of Sin: Special TacticsDetective Dorne
2018A Bad PlaceCollette
2018 Bad Apples Pregnant Woman
2017 The Curse of Buckout Road Throat Slit Suicide
2017Red EyeRyan O'Riley
2016DriftedTracy
2015SpadesKathy
TBAHappenstanceHeather
2014The TourCassie
2013 Truth or Dare Michelle Lucas
2013Intrusive BehaviorTabitha
2013Dark RealmSister Midnight
2013City of LustAshley Barnesalso produced
2012Hand of GloryKaren
2011Afraid of SunrisePerrey
2011What They SayUnnamed / Narratoralso produced

Television and web series

YearShowRoleNotes
2016 - 2019Scream Queen StreamHostWeb series
2013Filming Round MidtownHostWeb series
2013 - 2014Cafe KremlinKatie SpagnanoTV / Web series; 2 ep.

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