Heather Langenkamp
{{Short description|American actress, director, disk jockey and producer (born July 17th, 1964)}}
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| name = Heather Langenkamp
| image = File:Heather Langenkamp 3.jpg
| caption = Langenkamp in 2023
| birth_name = Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_EsAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Heather+Elizabeth+Langenkamp%22 |title=Annual Commencement: Order of Exercises – Stanford University |year=1987 |access-date=August 11, 2015}}
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| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
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| years_active = 1983–present
| other_names = Heather Langenkamp Anderson
Heather L. Anderson
Heather Anderson
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director|disc jockey|producer}}
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| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Alan Pasqua|1984|1987|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|David LeRoy Anderson|1989}}
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| children = 2
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Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp (born July 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, writer, producer, and disc jockey. Langenkamp played Nancy Thompson in Wes Craven's slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), which earned her recognition as a scream queen and in popular culture. She reprised the role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and played a fictionalized version of herself in the meta film Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994). In 1995, she was inducted into the Fangoria Chainsaw Hall of Fame.
Langenkamp was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She appeared as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola productions The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), and had a leading role in the little-seen Nickel Mountain (1984). Asides from her Nightmare on Elm Street appearances, she is also known for starring in the sitcoms Growing Pains (1988-1990) and Just the Ten of Us (1988-1990). Langenkamp experienced an acting resurgence after being cast as Dr. Georgina Stanton in Mike Flanagan's The Midnight Club (2022), then starred in Flanagan's drama film The Life of Chuck (2024) and Spider One's horror film Little Bites (2024).
Langenkamp runs AFX Studio with her second husband David LeRoy Anderson, where she has worked as a special make-up effects coordinator for films such as Dawn of the Dead (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Evan Almighty (2007), and The Cabin in the Woods (2012). She has worked on two documentaries about her experiences with the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise: executive producing and narrating Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010), and starring in and producing I Am Nancy (2011). She has been a disc jockey for the Malibu radio station KBUU-LP since the 2010s, going under the pseudonym Sandy Bottoms.{{cite web |last1=Tallal |first1=Jimy |date=October 6, 2022 |title=Malibu’s ‘Spooky’ couple put their talents to work on Netflix |url=https://malibutimes.com/malibus-spooky-couple-put-their-talents-to-work-on-netflix |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=The Malibu Times}} She wrote and directed the short film Washed Away (2019).
Early life
Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.{{cite web |last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |title=Beyond slashers and 'scream queens': Three iconic women of horror on the legacies of their legendary roles |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-horror-icons-barbara-crampton-jessica-harper-heather-langenkamp-20181031-htmlstory.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 June 2021 |date=October 31, 2018}} Her mother, Mary Alice (née Myers), is an artist and an abstract expressionist painter. Her father, Robert Dobie Langenkamp, was a petroleum attorney and a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy. She later moved to Washington, DC, where she attended the National Cathedral School for Girls, graduating in 1982.
Career
=Early roles=
At age eighteen, Langenkamp worked for the Tulsa Tribune where she saw an advertisement looking for extras for Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders in the summer of 1982.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=106}} Auditions occurred at a nearby elementary school where the casting director took a Polaroid of her; Langenkamp got a call back to appear in a high school scene, in which she had to wear attire based on 1950s fashion.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=106}} Coppola was shooting another film in Tulsa the same summer, Rumble Fish, after The Outsiders; Langenkamp's friend got a phone call to appear in a street scene, and her friend's mother felt more comfortable with Langenkamp going with her to the set at night.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=106}} The casting director allowed her to join and gave dialogue to Langenkamp—in which she did several takes of her saying dialogue to Matt Dillon's character; The Outsiders and Rumble Fish did not include her scenes but helped her get into the Screen Actors Guild.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=106}} These positive experiences made Langenkamp feel like she should attempt to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}}
While studying at Stanford University, she would travel to Los Angeles on the weekends to pursue auditions, where she had her first official Hollywood audition for Drew Denbaum's independent drama film Nickel Mountain (1984).{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}} While auditioning, her rented car got hit by a runaway truck on Cahuenga Boulevard.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}} Denbaum and the casting director helped Langenkamp during the ordeal.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}} She bonded with them and got cast in the lead role of Callie Wells.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}} She has expressed regret for doing the nude scene as she feared voicing her discomfort while filming—as she was an up-and-coming actress.{{Cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/heather-langenkamp-star-of-abcs-just-the-ten-of-us-who-has-put-her-nightmares-down-for-the-count-vol-30-no-23/|title=Heather Langenkamp, Star of ABC's Just the Ten of Us, Who Has Put Her Nightmares Down for the Count|website=People|access-date=February 3, 2017}} Her next role was Beth, the daughter of Joanne Woodward and Richard Crenna's characters in the CBS television film Passions (1984).{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}} The direction towards her character received praise.{{Cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-passions-vol-22-no-14/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Passions|last=Jarvis|first=Jeff|date=October 1, 1984|website=People|access-date=August 7, 2017}} Langenkamp reflects, "It was a complex part. Richard plays a philandering husband who has a son with his mistress, so my character was acting like a bridge between these two families."{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=108}}
= ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise and television stardom =
Langenkamp became aware of auditions for a horror film known as A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) at the end of 1983.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=112}} Casting director Annette Benson was familiar to Langenkamp as she had brought her in to read for the lead role in Night of the Comet (1984); the part ultimately went to Catherine Mary Stewart.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=110}} She auditioned for the highly sought after role of fifteen-year-old heroine Nancy.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=110}} There were not enough chairs to accommodate the number of actresses auditioning.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=112}} Craven stated that he wanted someone very "non-Hollywood" and someone who embodied the "all-American, girl-next-door" for the role and believed that Langenkamp had these qualities.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=110}} Craven informed her that she got the part in January 1984.{{sfn|Hutson|2016|p=112}} She beat out more than 200 actresses auditioning for the part. She won the Best Actress Award at the Avoriaz Film Festival for her role as Nancy,{{cite news|last=Barton|first=Steve|date=April 26, 2010|title=Heather Langenkamp Explains Why You Should Never Sleep Again|work=Dread Central|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37172/heather-langenkamp-tells-us-why-you-should-never-sleep-again|access-date=August 11, 2015}} and Empire magazine wrote that "Heather Langenkamp [is] an appealing high school lead."{{Cite web|title=A Nightmare On Elm Street, Part 3: Dream Warriors|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/nightmare-elm-street-part-3-dream-warriors-review/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Empire}} She was then established as a scream queen. Later that year, she starred in the music video for ZZ Top's "Sleeping Bag".{{Cite web|last=Bartel|first=Jordan|date=November 8, 2015|title=Flashback Friday: The top 10 songs this week in 1985|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-throwback-thursday-the-top-10-songs-this-week-in-1985-20151108-htmlstory.html|access-date=January 5, 2017|website=The Baltimore Sun}}
In 1986, she guest-starred in CBS Schoolbreak Special and ABC Afterschool Specials before being cast in Suburban Beat (1985), a television pilot that did not get picked up, where she played Hope Sherman, the youngest housewife.{{cite web |author1=From staff |title=Heather Langenkamp - Actress |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/heather-langenkamp/#biography |website=TV Insider |access-date=9 July 2024}} Craven approached Langenkamp to reprise her role of Nancy in the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), about the survivors of Freddy Krueger's previous attempts;{{cite web|last1=Crow|first1=David|date=November 18, 2020|title=The New Mutants and Its Nightmare on Elm Street Influences|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors-wtf-happened-to-this-horror-movie|access-date=17 May 2021|website=Den of Geek}} it opened to box office success in 1987 grossing over $44 million.{{cite web|title=A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3159459329/weekend/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=Box Office Mojo}} Later, she had a guest appearance as Tracy in the television series The New Adventures of Beans Baxter and Monica on the soap opera Hotel (both in 1987).{{cite web|last1=Therkelsen|first1=Michael|title=Where Are They Now? : Heather Langenkamp|url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2012/07/13/where-are-they-now-heather-langenkamp/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=Horror Society|date=July 13, 2012 }} Langenkamp obtained further recognition when she portrayed lead character Marie Lubbock on the ABC television series Just the Ten of Us, a spin-off of the popular ABC situation comedy Growing Pains (on which she guest-starred), from 1988 to 1990. Langenkamp had a cameo role as a victim in Craven's horror film Shocker (1989).{{Cite book|last=Heerden|first=Bill van|title=Film and Television In-Jokes: Nearly 2,000 Intentional References, Parodies, Allusions, Personal Touches, Cameos, Spoofs and Homages|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|isbn=9781476612065}}{{Cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|title=Wes Craven: The Art of Horror|publisher=McFarland|year=2017|isbn=9780786419234}} Langenkamp portrayed the figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the NBC television film Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story, released in 1994, which focused on Tonya Harding's husband's attack.{{Cite web |last=Bianculli |first=David |date=April 30, 1994 |title='Most Wanted' looks for 300th fugitive |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/04/30/most-wanted-looks-for-300th-fugitive/ |access-date=February 7, 2018 |website=The Baltimore Sun}}
Langenkamp returned to the Elm Street franchise with Wes Craven's New Nightmare,{{cite web|url-access=limited |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=FILM REVIEW; Freddy Krueger Enters The Real World. Yikes! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/14/movies/film-review-freddy-krueger-enters-the-real-world-yikes.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=24 May 2021 |page=8 |date=October 14, 1994}} which is a standalone film, and follows the journey Freddy Krueger takes to the real world.{{Cite web|last=Peitzman|first=Louis|title=How "New Nightmare" Changed The Horror Game|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/how-new-nightmare-changed-the-horror-game|access-date=2021-05-30|website=BuzzFeed|language=en}} She instead starred as a fictionalized version of herself, based on a stalking incident she was subject to that involved a fan angry over the cancellation of her show, Just the Ten of Us.{{cite web|title=New Nightmare based on factual events|url=http://games.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/108418%7C0/Heather-Langenkamp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106121433/http://games.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/108418%7C0/Heather-Langenkamp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2014|access-date=October 19, 2014|website=Turner Classic Movies}} On the film, Langenkamp stated "It's a really interesting concept, and it's one of the only horror movies where the monster's really in the background, at least until the end. But it's all about our mentality about fear."{{Cite web|date=2014-09-01|title=INTERVIEW: Heather Langenkamp Reminisces About Being Freddy's First Final Girl|url=https://nerdbastards.com/2014/09/01/fan-expo-heather-langenkamp-reminisces-about-being-freddys-first-final-girl/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=nerdbastards.com|language=en}} It was released in 1994, and opened to critical praise,{{Cite web|date=2019-10-14|title=Wes Craven's New Nightmare Meta Message Cuts Deeper Than Ever|url=https://collider.com/new-nightmare-wes-craven-revisited/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=Collider|language=en-US}} being cited as an influential "metahorror" film. Joe Leydon of Variety stated that she "proves she is still one of cinema’s most resourceful scream queens here."{{Cite web |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=1994-09-12 |title=Wes Craven’s New Nightmare |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/wes-craven-s-new-nightmare-2-1200438605/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Variety}}
=Semi-retirement from acting=
Langenkamp starred in Robert Kurtzman's low-budget superhero film The Demolitionist (1995).{{cite web |author1=TV Guide |title=The Demolitionist - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-demolitionist/cast/2030277312/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=April 19, 2025}} In 1997, she portrayed housewife Lou Ann Solomon under the pursuit of shapeshifting aliens in an episode of the short-lived science fiction horror television series Perversions of Science.{{cite web |author1=From staff |title=Perversions of Science |url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1990s/perversions-of-science/ |website=Nostalgia Central |access-date=April 20, 2025}} She later starred in the direct-to-video film Fugitive Mind (1999).{{cite web |author1=TV Guide |title=Fugitive Mind - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/fugitive-mind/cast/2000126773/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=April 19, 2025}} Langenkamp played Janet Thompson in an episode of JAG (2002). After this, she took a break from acting to focus on her family.{{Cite web|url=http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/interview-heather-langenkamp-02|title=Interview: Heather Langenkamp|date=April 9, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2016}}
In 2005, she was cast in the Wes Craven horror film Cursed. The film had to be reshot and rewritten, causing her to leave due to scheduling conflicts.{{Cite web|last=Dietsch|first=Drew|date=September 14, 2016|title=Movie of the Day: Cursed (2005)|url=http://chud.com.hk/167326/movie-of-the-day-cursed-2005/|access-date=July 10, 2016|website=CHUD.com.hk}} Langenkamp starred in, executive produced, and narrated the 2010 documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy.{{cite web |author1=mrbeaks |title=Mr. Beaks Stays Up Late With Heather Langenkamp, The Narrator And Exec. Producer Of NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY! |url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/44825 |website=Ain't It Cool News |access-date=April 20, 2025 |date=April 26, 2020}} Langenkamp later produced and starred in the documentary I Am Nancy (2011), which focuses on why villains become the focal point in popular culture rather than the hero and the connection her fans have to Nancy. The following year, Langenkamp appeared as the daughter of Barbara Steel's character in Jonathan Zarantonello's horror film The Butterfly Room (2012). Film critic Kim Newman, writing for Screen International, singled Langenkamp out in his review, "Langenkamp—little-seen since her interesting turn in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare—is outstanding."{{cite web |last1=Newman |first1=Kim |title=The Butterfly Room |url=https://www.screendaily.com/the-butterfly-room/5050127.article |website=Screen Daily |accessdate=April 20, 2025}}
As a partner in her husband's Special FX Make-up company, AFX Studio, she worked on the horror-comedy film The Cabin in the Woods. In 2013, Langenkamp had a small role of an alien in the film, Star Trek Into Darkness in which her husband David LeRoy Anderson designed all of the Special FX make-up.{{Cite web|title=Langenkamp In Star Trek Into Darkness|url=http://www.trektoday.com/content/2012/10/langenkamp-in-star-trek-into-darkness/|access-date=January 19, 2017|website=Trek Today}} In 2014, she made a cameo appearance in the fourth season of the horror anthology series American Horror Story, titled Freak Show, as a Tupperware party lady.{{cite web|last1=Squires|first1=John|title=Heather Langenkamp in American Horror Story: Freakshow.|url=http://ihorror.com/spot-nightmare-elm-street-star-american-horror-story-last-night/|access-date=October 4, 2015|website=iHorror|date=December 11, 2014 }}
In 2015, Langenkamp portrayed Sharon Monroe in four episodes of the drama series The Bay, and narrated the short horror film Vault of the Macabre II.{{Cite web|url=https://dailydead.com/round-up-uncanny-qa-with-lucy-griffiths-emelie-one-eyed-girl-blu-ray-dvd-vault-of-the-macabre-ii/|title=Round-Up: UNCANNY Q&A with Lucy Griffiths, EMELIE, ONE EYED GIRL Blu-ray / DVD, VAULT OF THE MACABRE II|last=Jones|first=Tamika|date=November 3, 2015|website=Daily Dead|access-date=May 26, 2017}} In 2016, she starred in the horror drama film Home.{{Cite web|url=http://ihorror.com/heather-langenkamp-narrated-nancy-thompson-fan-film/|title=Heather Langenkamp Narrated This Nancy Thompson Fan Film|website=iHorror.com|date=September 8, 2016 |access-date=January 5, 2017}} She has a cameo appearance in the horror sequel film Hellraiser: Judgment. Also that year, she portrayed the adult version of the "final girl" Donna Boone in the Syfy television horror film Truth or Dare, guiding a group of teenagers with their battle with a deadly spirit that left her physically scarred several years prior.{{Cite web|url=https://1428elm.com/2017/10/05/an-innocent-game-turns-deadly-in-syfys-truth-or-dare/|title=An innocent game turns deadly in SYFY's 'Truth or Dare'|last=McGrew|first=Shannon|date=October 5, 2017|website=1428 Elm|access-date=October 6, 2017}}
= Acting comeback =
Langenkamp started the 2020s with roles in voice acting, providing a voice role in an episode of the Cartoon Network adult animated horror comedy JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020) and the voices of Dazzle Feather, Mayflower, and a confused mother in the animated adventure film My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).{{cite web |last1=Pockross |first1=Adam |title=Corey Feldman talks 'depraved' J.J. Villard's Fairy Tales, Edgar Frog, and why Goonies 2 will never say die |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/corey-feldman-jj-villards-fairy-tales-goonies-2-lost-boys |website=Syfy |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=June 12, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Mireri |first1=Julian |title=Cast of My Little Pony A New Generation |url=https://yen.com.gh/facts-lifehacks/tv-movies/200159-cast-little-pony-a-new-generation-meet-full-cast-crew/ |website=Yen News |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=January 11, 2022}} On February 1, 2021, reports confirmed Langenkamp as being a cast member in Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong's 10-episode Netflix horror mystery-thriller series The Midnight Club (2022); an adaptation of Christopher Pike's 1994 novel of the same name as well as various other Pike novels.{{cite web |last1=Zorrilla |first1=Mónica Marie |title=Netflix’s ‘The Midnight Club’ Series Adaptation Sets Cast |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/netflix-the-midnight-club-cast-1234897467/ |website=Variety |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=February 1, 2021}} Langenkamp portrays Dr. Georgina Stanton, an enigmatic doctor who runs Brightcliffe Hospice, the primary setting of the series.{{cite web |last1=Rosenstock |first1=Ben |title=The Midnight Club’s Heather Langenkamp on Returning to Horror 38 Years After Elm Street |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/heather-langenkamp-midnight-club-interview.html |website=Vulture |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=October 14, 2022}} The series premiered on October 7, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2022/06/06/the-midnight-club-netflix-release-date-teaser-mike-flanagan-watch/|title= The Midnight Club, From Hill House Creator, Gets Release Date at Netflix — Plus, Watch a Spooky Teaser|website=TVLine|first=Dave|last=Nemetz|date=June 6, 2022|access-date=July 2, 2024|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922042557/https://tvline.com/2022/06/06/the-midnight-club-netflix-release-date-teaser-mike-flanagan-watch/|url-status=live}} While intended to have multiple seasons, Netflix ultimately canceled it in December.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/midnight-club-netflix-canceled-season-1/|title=The Midnight Club Canceled by Netflix After One Season (Exclusive)|website=TheWrap|first=Natalie|last=Oganesyan|date=December 1, 2022|access-date=July 2, 2024|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202024414/https://www.thewrap.com/midnight-club-netflix-canceled-season-1/|url-status=live}} Langenkamp felt a personal connection to the role, stating "It was really exciting to me. You might know I lost my own son to brain cancer four years ago, and when I read the sides for the audition, I literally burst into tears because I really felt like it was a ghost story of my very own—like something very supernatural was happening that I was being asked to play this role."{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/midnight-club-netflix-canceled-season-1/|title=The Midnight Club Canceled by Netflix After One Season (Exclusive)|website=United Press International|first=Karen|last=Butler|date=October 7, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2025}}
In 2024, Langenkamp had a supporting role as Ellenor in Spider One's horror film Little Bites, which was executive produced by Cher, followed by the crime film Plea.{{cite web |last1=Melanson |first1=Angel |title=LITTLE BITES Gives Us A Sneak Peek At A Big Monster |url=https://www.fangoria.com/little-bites-cher-horror-movie-sneak-peek/ |website=Fangoria |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=July 10, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Lake |first1=Bethany |title=EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: HEATHER LANGENKAMP ON 40 YEARS OF “A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET” |url=https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-interview-heather-langenkamp-40-years-of-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/ |website=Rue Morgue |access-date=April 19, 2025 |date=June 20, 2024}} Speaking of her role of Ellenor: "I really responded to the way my character, Ellenor, thrusts Spider’s terrifying story in a new direction. I love that I get to deliver a kind of wisdom that older women often carry with them and are mysteriously duty-bound to pass along." Flanagan later cast Langenkamp in a small role in his upcoming science fiction drama film The Life of Chuck (2025), based on the 2020 Stephen King novella of the same name. The Life of Chuck will be released theatrically nationwide in the United States by Neon on June 13, 2025.{{cite web |last1=Wampler |first1=Scott |title=Matthew Lillard (And A Million Other People) Just Joined The Cast Of THE LIFE OF CHUCK |url=https://www.fangoria.com/the-life-of-chuck-cast-mike-flanagan-stephen-king/#:~:text=Per%20this%20Twitter%20thread%2C%20The,as%20well%20as%20regular%20Flanagan |website=Fangoria |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=October 25, 2023}} Langenkamp is set to star in the upcoming horror films Last Chance Motel, Dirt, and Stalked.
Personal life
Langenkamp's first husband was musician Alan Pasqua, from 1984 until 1987.{{cite web|last1=Yu|first1=Ting|title=Beyond Freddy|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135307,00.html|website=People.com|access-date=December 27, 2015}} Her second husband is make-up artist David LeRoy Anderson, whom she met at a wrap party for the 1988 film The Serpent and the Rainbow. The couple were introduced by casting director Jill Simpson, a good friend of Langenkamp from when they worked together on The Outsiders (1983); Simpson also worked on The Serpent and the Rainbow. Anderson proposed to Langenkamp on the set of Pet Sematary (1989) and they wed that year. Anderson and Langenkamp had two children: Daniel "Atticus" Anderson, who died in 2018 of brain tumor complications at age 26, and daughter Isabelle Anderson.{{cite web |title=Obituary: Daniel Atticus Anderson |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/obituaries/article_e7b3a672-fbd4-11e7-a8f7-eb9c34efa532.html |website=The Malibu Times |publisher=The Malibu Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127083257/https://malibutimes.com/obituaries/article_e7b3a672-fbd4-11e7-a8f7-eb9c34efa532.html |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 18, 2019}}
Selected filmography
=Film=
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=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1984
|Beth Kennerly |Television film |
| 1985
|Suburban Beat |Hope Sherman |Television pilot |
| rowspan="3" | 1986
|Erica |Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" |
| ABC Afterschool Special
|Paula Finkle |Episode: "Can a Guy Say No?" |
| Heart of the City
|Audrey |Episode: "Of Dogs and Cat Burglars" |
| rowspan="2" | 1987
|{{sortname|The|New Adventures of Beans Baxter}} |Tracy |Episode: "Beans Goes to Camp" |
| Hotel
|Monica |Episode: "Desperate Moves" |
| 1988
|Circus of the Stars #13 |Herself |Television special |
| rowspan="2" | 1988–1990
| Marie Lubbock / Amy Boutilier | 5 episodes |
| Just the Ten of Us
|Marie Lubbock |Main role (47 episodes) |
| 1990
|ABC TGIF |Marie Lubbock |Episode: "#1.19" |
| 1994
|Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story |Television film |
| 1997
|Lou Ann Solomon |Episode: "Ultimate Weapon" |
| 1999
|Partners |Suzanne |Episode: "Always..." |
| 2000
|Waitress |Episode: "Genesis |
| 2002
|JAG |Janet Thompson |Episode: "Odd Man Out" |
| 2014
|American Horror Story: Freak Show |Tupperware Housewife |2 episodes |
| 2015
|Sharon Monroe |Web series; 4 episodes |
| 2016–2020
|The Bet |Herself |Web series; 4 episodes |
| 2017
| Donna Boone | Television film |
| 2020
| Charla (voice) | Episode: "Boypunzel" |
| 2022
| Dr. Stanton | Main role |
=Music video=
- "Sleeping Bag" (1985), by ZZ Top{{cite web |title=ZZ Top – Sleeping Bag (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJymx2KDWo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/TKJymx2KDWo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=November 11, 2018 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Awards and nominations
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! Year ! Association ! Category ! Work ! Result |
| 1985
|Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival |Best Performance |rowspan="2"|A Nightmare on Elm Street |{{won}} |
| 1985
|Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama |{{nom}} |
| 1989
|Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |1995
| rowspan="2" |Fangoria Chainsaw Awards |{{won}} |
| Fangoria Horror Hall of Fame
|{{n/a}} |{{won}} |
| 2010
|Scream Queen of the Year |{{n/a}} |{{won}} |
| 2020
|Best Actress |Cottonmouth |{{won}} |
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|last=Hutson|first=Thommy|year=2016|title=Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy: The Making of Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street|publisher=Permuted Press|isbn=978-1-61-868640-4}}
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