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Heather Langenkamp

American actress

Heather Langenkamp is an American actress and businesswoman, best known for portraying heroine Nancy Thompson in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. She began acting professionally as an extra in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders and Rumble Fish, both shot in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Heather Langenkamp appears in 6 films in The Rerun, from 1983 to 2013. Most of that work is in horror, supernatural and coming of age. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Wes Craven (3), Robert Englund (3), John Saxon (3), Lin Shaye (2), Laurence Fishburne (2).

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When was Heather Langenkamp born?
Heather Langenkamp was born on 17 July 1964.

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