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Heather Langenkamp

1964 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heather Langenkamp has received more than 3,245,326 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Heather Langenkamp is the 5,701st most popular actor (down from 5,634th in 2019), the 8,345th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,390th in 2019) and the 2,588th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 45.76

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Heather Langenkamp ranks 5,701 out of 13,578. Before her are Richard Mulligan, Utpal Dutt, Frances O'Connor, Konstantin Khabensky, Michelle Ryan, and Carina Wiese. After her are Rosa Salazar, Emily Browning, Rikiya Koyama, Victor Argo, Danny Denzongpa, and Ezra Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Heather Langenkamp ranks 305. Before her are Aleksei Serebryakov, Rose Christiane Raponda, Ferdinand von Schirach, Agnès Jaoui, Muharrem İnce, and Andrea Montermini. After her are Šarūnas Bartas, Michael Müller, Roberto Vittori, P. T. Usha, Vinnie Moore, and Helena Bergström.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Heather Langenkamp ranks 8,345 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom M. Apostol (1923), MrBeast (1998), Steven Millhauser (1943), Vince Gallagher (1899), Eric Trump (1984), and Thomas Watson Jr. (1914). After her are Rosa Salazar (1985), Juliette Atkinson (1873), Mr. Fuji (1934), Paul A. Rothchild (1935), Victor Argo (1934), and Aaron Norris (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Heather Langenkamp ranks 2,588. Before her are Brandon deWilde (1942), Timothy Bottoms (1951), Leelee Sobieski (1983), Bessie Barriscale (1884), Sidney Blackmer (1895), and Richard Mulligan (1932). After her are Rosa Salazar (1985), Victor Argo (1934), Ezra Miller (1992), Bob Einstein (1942), Tim DeKay (1963), and Fannie Flagg (1944).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nancy Thompson
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Oct 31o 19847.342 / 10
New Nightmare
Heather Langenkamp / Nancy Thompson
Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.
Oct 13o 19946.436 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Nancy Thompson
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
Feb 27o 19876.674 / 10