Heather Matarazzo life and biography

Heather Matarazzo is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). She played Lilly in The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). Her other movies include The Devil's Advocate, Scream 3 (2000), Sorority Boys (2002), Saved! (2004), and Hostel: Part 2 (2007).

Matarazzo was born and raised in Oyster Bay, New York, the daughter of Camille, a homemaker, and Ray Matarazzo, a data processing manager for a bakery chain. Matarazzo is of Irish descent, and was adopted and raised by the Matarazzos, a strict Catholic Italian American family. She attended Oyster Bay High School, as well as the BOCES Cultural Arts Center High School.

Filmography:

Freshman Orientation (2004) – Jessica
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) – Lilly Moscovitz
Palindromes (2004) – Dawn Wiener
Believe In Me (2005) – Cindy Butts
Hostel: Part II (2007) – Lorna
Mangus! (2010) - Jessica Simpson

Television:

Strangers with Candy (2000)
The Women (2002: PBS broadcast of 2001 stage revival)
The L Word (2006)
Exes and Ohs (2007)
Indie Sex: Teens (2007)
Life On Mars (2008)

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