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Heather Lee(I)

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Heather Lee
American actress Heather Lee is best known for creating the role of stripper Tessie Tura in the Broadway revival of Gypsy directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes and starring Bernadette Peters as Mama Rose. She was photographed by Richard Avedon, along with fellow stripper/cast members Julie Halston as Electra and Kate Buddeke as Mazeppa for New York Magazine.
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    Known for

    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Passenger #3
    Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Nola Groom's Mother
    Bouncers
    TV Movie
    • Mrs. Gazzo
    • 1997

    Credits

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    Actress

    • For All Mankind (2019)
      For All Mankind
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Muriel Bezukhov
      • 2023
    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Nola Groom's Mother
      • 2012
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Passenger #3
      • 2009
    • Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz in Numb3rs (2005)
      Numb3rs
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Big Mama
      • 2005
    • Desperate Housewives (2004)
      Desperate Housewives
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Gossipy Woman
      • 2005
    • Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Taylor Atelian, and Billi Bruno in According to Jim (2001)
      According to Jim
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Dance Instructor
      • 2005
    • Catherine Bell, David James Elliott, and Tracey Needham in JAG (1995)
      JAG
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Senior Member
      • 2002
    • Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacqueline Obradors, Charlotte Ross, Henry Simmons, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
      NYPD Blue
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Lorraine
      • 2002
    • Hollywood 7 (2001)
      Hollywood 7
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Sherry
      • 2001
    • Melina Kanakaredes, Concetta Tomei, Paula Cale, Mike Farrell, and Seth Peterson in Providence (1999)
      Providence
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Judy Simon
      • 1999
    • Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow, Ivan Sergei, Lyle Lovett, and Johnny Galecki in The Opposite of Sex (1998)
      The Opposite of Sex
      6.4
      • Tricia Delury (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)
      Frasier
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Toffee McIntosh
      • 1998
    • Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tim Reid, Jackée Harry, and Tia Mowry in Sister, Sister (1994)
      Sister, Sister
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Miss Charles
      • 1997
    • Bouncers
      TV Movie
      • Mrs. Gazzo
      • 1997
    • Life with Roger (1996)
      Life with Roger
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Suzy Michaels
      • 1996

    Additional Crew

    • The Man with the Bag
      • audio description narrator
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Lauren Holly and Sophia Bush in Broad Trip (2026)
      Broad Trip
      4.7
      • audio description narrator
      • 2026
    • Jamie Lee Curtis, Nicole Kidman, Simon Baker, Bobby Cannavale, and Ariana DeBose in Scarpetta (2026)
      Scarpetta
      6.1
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2026
    • Jon Hamm, Sabrina Impacciatore, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Fred Melamed, John Slattery, Mather Zickel, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Michael Cassidy, Zoey Deutch, and Tobie Windham in Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026)
      Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
      6.2
      • audio description narrator
      • 2026
    • Queen Latifah in The Equalizer (2021)
      The Equalizer
      5.6
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024–2025
    • Stuart Martin and Kate Phillips in Miss Scarlet (2020)
      Miss Scarlet
      7.7
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2025
    • Michael C. Hall and Patrick Gibson in Dexter: Original Sin (2024)
      Dexter: Original Sin
      8.1
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024–2025
    • Tichina Arnold, Cedric The Entertainer, Max Greenfield, and Beth Behrs in The Neighborhood (2018)
      The Neighborhood
      6.8
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2018–2025
    • Frasier (2023)
      Frasier
      6.8
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2023–2024
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 1997–2024
    • Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, and Cara Horgan in The Marlow Murder Club (2024)
      The Marlow Murder Club
      7.2
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
    • Antonio Banderas, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Carla Tous, Madeleine Harris, and Samuel Joslin in Paddington in Peru (2024)
      Paddington in Peru
      6.6
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
    • Mark Hamill, Pedro Pascal, Lupita Nyong'o, Piotr Michael, and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot (2024)
      The Wild Robot
      8.1
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
    • Blake Lively in It Ends with Us (2024)
      It Ends with Us
      6.3
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
    • Zooey Deschanel, Zachary Levi, Benjamin Bottani, Lil Rel Howery, and Tanya Reynolds in Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
      Harold and the Purple Crayon
      5.8
      • audio description narrator
      • 2024
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      • Greg ThirlowayFebruary 2000 - present
    • Other works
      Played "Mary Gallagher" in "First Lady Suite", a musical play by Michael John LaChiusa (2nd Stage, Hollywood, California, USA).

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      Great-niece of Jane Seymour.

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