Heather Matarazzo

Acting

Heather Matarazzo

Born

1982-11-10 (43)

Place of birth

Oyster Bay, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

72 titles

Heather Christina Marie Matarazzo (born November 10, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was Dawn Wiener 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 films include The Devil's Advocate (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Sorority Boys (2002), Saved! (2004), and Scream (2022).

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Scream poster
6.7

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Scream

2022

Wish poster
6.2

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force – a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

Wish

2023

The Mattachine Family poster
4.7

While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.

The Mattachine Family

2023

Booger poster
4.7

After the death of her best friend Izzy, Anna focuses all her attention on Booger, the stray cat which she and Izzy took in. When Booger bites her, she begins to undergo a strange transformation.

Booger

2024

The Estate poster
4.2

When the gay spoiled son and newest wife of a billionaire patriarch plot to murder him, they form a psycho-sexual bond with their brutally handsome hitman as they kill and kill (and kill) in their quest for wealth and recognition.

The Estate

2021

You're Not Supposed to Be Here poster
5.8

Pregnant couple Zoe and Kennedy are offered a vacation from their stressful lives when Kennedy’s boss gives them a key to a cabin in the woods. However, Zoe is immediately nervous about the local people, who do not appreciate the couple's presence and the woman soon finds herself plunged into a nightmare.

You're Not Supposed to Be Here

2023

The Zombie Wedding poster
2.0

The first-ever wedding between a Human Bride and a Zombie Groom. The human guests need to learn how to behave. WWN reporters cover the wedding - while trying to get out alive.

The Zombie Wedding

2023

Paint poster
NR

A young mother, dying of breast cancer, sets out to find her gay son a mentor when her husband refuses to care for him after her imminent death. She stumbles upon a mysterious and magical club, and finds Dove; an enigma, who, through lavish song and dance numbers, invites the Mother to face her trauma, escape her patterns of abuse and wake up from the illusions of life. We discover that her journey; full of Gods, Deities, and extraordinary beings, in which the physical world transcends the metaphysical, has been manifested by her son, who Paints, for his mother, a thrilling and celestial pathway to death.

Paint

2023

Paper Tiger poster
NR

When thirteen-year-old Ronnie gets her first period on September 11th, she struggles with her newfound womanhood as the world crumbles around her.

Paper Tiger

2024

Complicated Order poster
NR

Remy, a depressed twenty-something has been dumped. When she accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged girlfriend’s house, she must set out on a journey to retrieve it — causing her to reexamine their entire relationship, and herself, in the process.

Complicated Order

2023

The Appraisal poster
NR

A couple touring their dream home is unraveled when the uncertain girlfriend notices a marital altercation unfolding in the house next door.

The Appraisal

2023

2010s · 14 titles

Sisters poster
6.0

Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

Sisters

2015

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot poster
6.7

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize poster
3.8

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

2010

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective poster
7.7

A year in the making, Still Screaming is the definitive documentary on the making of the iconic Scream movies. Dive into the fascinating success story of the classic trilogy with on-set footage and photos, and dozens of brand new interviews with cast and crew from all the films including Wes Craven, Neve Campbell, Liev Schreiber, Henry Winkler, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Parker Posey, Scott Foley and many others. Written and Directed by Ryan Turek and Produced by Anthony Masi.

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

2011

Her Composition poster
5.0

A college music student turns to prostitution to make a little cash and look for inspiration, as she has blocked on a major musical composition that she must create in order to graduate.

Her Composition

2015

Stuck poster
4.6

Darby finds herself in trouble with the law, and is sentenced to house arrest. Now she must serve thirty days in the home she used to share with her ex-boyfriend, that he now shares with his new fiancee.

Stuck

2018

Girl Flu. poster
5.9

Bird, a smart level-headed tween, and her immature stoner mom gracelessly navigate the arrival of Bird's first period, which she gets on the last day of school… in front of the entire class.

Girl Flu.

2016

The Fiddling Horse poster
2.7

Leslie inherits a horse and, in an attempt to elevate her failing status within her high society circle, trains it to race while secretly executing a long-con with an ex celebrity jockey.

The Fiddling Horse

2019

The Avant-Gardener poster
10.0

Inspired by the music of Lindsay Katt, The Avant-Gardener follows the colorful life of an artist discovering her voice. As she learns from the mistakes of her parents, she struggles to find the balance between self-expression, commitment to her lovers, and the intense drive to further her creative passion. We follow her journey as she delves deep into her subconscious, an often terrifying place, to find the answers she seeks.

The Avant-Gardener

2017

Smothered by Mothers poster
1.7

A football star loses all of his and his relatives money in a Ponzi scheme and becomes a father with three different women, all at the same time. The Ponzi scheme forces them to all live under one roof, and he has to pull off an elaborate caper in order to get his money back.

Smothered by Mothers

2019

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2.0

A naive young farmhand stumbles upon a terrible scene after suspecting her husband of an affair. Unable to comprehend what she has seen, the woman resolves to confront her husband and discover what happens in the stables at night.

Culling Hens

2016

Mangus! poster
1.0

When Mangus Spedgwick suffers an unforeseen tragedy that causes him to lose the role of Jesus in his high school's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, he fights with all he's got to get back the part, and carry on the family tradition.

Mangus!

2011

Billboard poster
3.7

Casey devises a plan to help his failing radio station, a billboard sitting contest.

Billboard

2019

Sidewalk Traffic poster
NR

When Declan, a 30 year old husband and new father is squeezed out of a promotion, he finds himself wracked by internal crises, including career envy, bitterness over bad breaks and the still-lingering fallout from the suicide of his former creative partner. Searching for salvation, Declan surrenders to the role of stay-at-home dad, and is forced to face his demons while pushing strollers, changing diapers and heating up bottles all the while working to resurrect his dreams.

Sidewalk Traffic

2017

2000s · 16 titles

The Princess Diaries poster
7.0

A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

The Princess Diaries

2001

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement poster
6.7

Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly, Mia continues her 'princess lessons', like riding horses side-saddle and archery. But her already complicated life is turned upside down once again when she learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected, all while she meets a mysteriously charming young man.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

2004

Hostel: Part II poster
5.9

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

Hostel: Part II

2007

Scream 3 poster
6.0

As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.

Scream 3

2000

Company Man poster
5.1

In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.

Company Man

2000

Sorority Boys poster
5.8

After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their dorm. In order to clear their name and to secure their future careers, the three dress up in drag and pledge the sorority next door where they learn a few valuable - and hilarious - lessons about themselves and the female species.

Sorority Boys

2002

Saved! poster
6.4

Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay — and that she’s pregnant.

Saved!

2004

Freshman Orientation poster
5.3

A bored college student sees a prime opportunity to score with a hot coed who has made the assumption that he is gay, and he decides to play along when she follows her sorority leader's assignment to seduce then cut loose a series of misfits and losers.

Freshman Orientation

2004

Believe in Me poster
6.4

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

Believe in Me

2006

The Women poster
9.0

Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with the original cast reprising their roles.

The Women

2002

Blue Moon poster
7.5

Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.

Blue Moon

2000

Indie Sex: Teens poster
3.7

Underage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual behavior from Splendor on the Grass to Thirteen. It examines both the sensational teen films of the 1980s and more modern youth cinema as mediums through which teen movies play a central role in adolescent sex education.

Indie Sex: Teens

2008

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema poster
5.4

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

2006

13 Scarier Movie Moments poster
9.0

Final entry in the Bravo scary movie moments countdowns that aired in 2009.

13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009

A New Princess poster
8.1

A behind the scenes look at the making of the classic film, featuring royal interviews with both cast and crew.

A New Princess

2001

Apocrypha poster
5.1

A young boy picks up his father's camera, with which he accidentally films a dying romance between a man and a woman.

Apocrypha

2009

1990s · 11 titles

The Devil's Advocate poster
7.5

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

The Devil's Advocate

1997

Welcome to the Dollhouse poster
7.1

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996

54 poster
5.9

When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!

54

1998

Strike! poster
6.4

In 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.

Strike!

1998

Getting to Know You poster
7.5

A chance encounter alters a teenage girl's perception of herself and her outlook on life.

Getting to Know You

1999

Cherry poster
7.0

At age 19, a young woman is jilted at the altar. This leads to a declaration that she will swear off men forever. Now 10 years later, she suddenly decides she would like to have a child. She advertises in the newspaper for potential mates, whether by traditional methods or by sperm donors, but gets nothing but losers. However, two neighborhood men vie for her attention - her gynecologist and a professional clown.

Cherry

1999

Arresting Gena poster
5.5

A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

Arresting Gena

1997

American Cuisine poster
4.8

Following his discharge from the Navy for hitting a superior officer, Loren takes a chance and moves to France, to learn haute cuisine under a four star chef...

American Cuisine

1998

The Deli poster
4.8

An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.

The Deli

1997

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge poster
5.6

In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to protect their stars, a detective and the prosecutor have to unravel the cover-up by the school board and the police.

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

1999

Hurricane Streets poster
5.2

Marcus is a New York City street kid torn between his friends' criminal activities and a girl trying to keep him out of trouble.

Hurricane Streets

1997

Series credits

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

Grey's Anatomy poster
8.2

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Grey's Anatomy

2005

ER poster
7.8

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

ER

1994

Wednesday poster
8.3

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.

Wednesday

2022

The L Word poster
7.7

A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

The L Word

2004

Stalker poster
6.7

A pair of detectives investigate stalkers in Los Angeles. Strong and focused, Lt. Beth Davis is an expert in the field of repeated harassment, driven by personal experience of being a victim. She heads the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit, which investigates cases of stalking -- including voyeurism, cyberharassment and romantic fixation. The history of recent transfer Jack Larsen -- whose personality and questionable behavior have been an issue in the past -- may help him in his assignment to her team. Her other detectives are young but eager Ben Caldwell and deceptively intelligent Janice Lawrence. Together they try to stop situations from spinning out of control -- and to keep their personal obsessions at bay.

Stalker

2014

The Adventures of Pete & Pete poster
7.7

Pete and Pete are two redheaded brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life.

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

1993

Life on Mars poster
6.4

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

Life on Mars

2008

Strangers with Candy poster
7.5

Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home and became 'a boozer, a user, and a loser' after dropping out as a teenager, supporting her drug habits through prostitution, stripping, and larceny. She has been to prison several times, the last time because she 'stole the TV'. At home, Jerri's father Guy is comatose, although he seems perfectly capable of amazing feats. Her stepmother Sara is vain and bitter, and stepbrother Derrick is a bullying jock. Jerri tries to do things the right way but always ends up learning the wrong lesson. Her hijinks often involve, either directly or indirectly, neurotic history teacher Chuck Noblet and his secret lover, sensitive art teacher Geoffrey Jellineck.

Strangers with Candy

1999

Roseanne poster
6.8

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

Roseanne

1988

Celebrity Weakest Link poster
6.0

A rapid-fire quiz show in which eight celebrities compete to win up to one million dollars for the charity of their choosing.

Celebrity Weakest Link

2025

Now and Again poster
6.9

When insurance salesman and family man Michael Wiseman is killed in a subway accident, the U.S. government preserves his brain and puts it into a new, genetically bio-engineered body that's young, attractive, and can do anything a superhero can do. But as a top-secret experiment and weapon, the new and improved Michael can never let his wife Lisa or daughter Heather know his true identity. With the strict but brilliant Dr. Morris as his mentor, Michael takes on deadly terrorists, corrupt agents, killer bugs, and an extremely dangerous international criminal known as "the Egg Man." Michael can do anything...except stay away from the family that he loves.

Now and Again

1999

Indie Sex poster
5.4

Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

Indie Sex

2007

Townies poster
6.5

Life-long friends Carrie, Shannon and Denise grew up together. Now in their mid-twenties, the threesome work together as waitresses but wish they had more to their lives than that. Together the girls make their way though life knowing no matter what, they'll always have each other.

Townies

1996

Equal poster
1.3

This four-part LGBTQ+ docuseries chronicles the untold events leading up to the Stonewall Uprising, honoring the rebels of yesteryear with never-before-seen archival footage along with stylistic depictions that bring to life the gripping and true backstories of these leaders and unsung heroes.

Equal

2020

Exes & Ohs poster
4.7

Meet Jennifer, a documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer wants to find Ms. Right. but first she must navigate the rules of lesbian life, most of which she learns the hard way. Fortunately, her friends are there to help. Surviving singlehood, couplehood - and each other - has never looked quite like this.

Exes & Ohs

2007

Behind the camera