- Heather Rankin was born in Mabou, Nova Scotia, the eleventh of twelve children. In 1989, after graduating with a BFA in Theatre from Acadia University, Heather and her siblings, John Morris, Raylene, Jimmy and Cookie, recorded their first record The Rankin Family. Over the next ten years The Rankin Family released five full albums, a five song EP and two compilation albums. They toured frequently across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and in Australia and New Zealand. The went on to win six Juno Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards, an American Country Music Television Award and fifteen East Coast Music Awards. Combined sales of their recordings exceeded 1.5 million copies.
The Rankin Family disbanded in 1999 and the following year Heather and her sisters recorded background vocals for Carly Simon's record The Bedroom Tapes. She then starred in several musicals and plays including Jesus Christ Superstar at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Piper at Factory Theatre in Toronto and Bingo by Daniel MacIvor at Neptune Theatre, for which she was nominated for a 2012 Robert Merritt Award. She has also appeared in several films including Marion Bridge and The Hanging Garden.
Her debut solo record, A Fine Line is available April 1st, 2016.
- IMDb mini biography by: Amanda
- Member of the Juno Award wining Canadian folk band The Rankin Family.
- Sister of Jimmy Rankin, Cookie Rankin, Raylene Rankin and John Morris Rankin
- Co-owns The Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, Nova Scotia.
- Wrote the songs "Cold Winds," (Uprooted) "The Christmas Star,"(Do You Hear...) "Nothing to Believe In" (Reunion and These Are The Moments) and "I Would" (These Are The Moments).
- She and her siblings are featured on two of The Chieftains' records, Fire in the Kitchen (1998) and Tears of Stone (1999).
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