Heather Siess

Heather Siess (Heather Lynn Anderson) was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma in 1984. She is the daughter of actress & photographer, Ana Anderson, & Kenneth Wayne Anderson Jr. She is the step-daughter of actor, Craig Pruitt and sister to artist, Ashtyn Anderson. She is of Scottish, Swedish, & Hispanic descent. Heather lived in Midwest City, OK until she was 19 years old. Her parents divorced when she was 5 while her mother was studying theatre at the local community college. This is where her mother met her step-father, Craig Pruitt. Heather quite literally grew up in the theatre. From the time Heather was about 6 years old, her mother would take her and her sister with her to her college rehearsals in the evenings. Heather and her sister would stay backstage and play pretend in the dressing rooms with various costumes and props while their mother would rehearse. It was a 6-year-olds dress-up dream. They even had an air mattress backstage they were supposed to sleep on, so as to get to sleep on time. After her mother's rehearsals would end, Anderson & Pruitt would carry the sleeping girls to the car, drive home & tuck them into bed. Siess grew up constantly being in the theatre, accompanying her parents to various rehearsals and attending dozens of her parents' university & community theatre shows. Heather has been a performer since she was a child. She began taking dance & gymnastics in 2nd grade. She wanted to be a model, as a child, so her mom enrolled her in an acting class at Fullerton Acting & Modeling. She always enjoyed acting, but as a child, singing was her first love. She took vocal lessons for 4 years and performed in Show Choir from 5th-12th grade. She dabbled in and out of theatre during this time auditioning for community musical theatre shows & scoring several leading roles in various school plays from elementary to high school. Heather was also a cheerleader for two years at Carl Albert Junior High School, where she became a back-to-back National Champion & was a member of the Pom Pom Squad at Carl Albert High School. Heather worked a couple of part-time & summer jobs during high school. She was a lifeguard and later worked as a hostess & server at a local restaurant. This is where she met Matthew Siess, who would later become her first husband. They met when Heather was 16 and began dating on and off for the next couple of years. As the time neared for Heather to attend college, she decided to take on nursing. She began taking nursing classes at the local community college and became a nursing assistant. After about a year of studying to become a nurse, Siess decided it wasn't for her and went to hair school to become a hair stylist. Again, after a few months of hair school, Siess decided it just wasn't for her and opted to return to college. She began school at the University of Central Oklahoma and found it very difficult to decide on a major. There were so many things she wanted to do and found it difficult to choose only one option. Siess went on to change her major several more times, going from business, to dental hygiene, to theatre, to journalism. During this time, Heather and Matthew married in June of 2007 and had their first child, Halle in September of the same year. After the birth of her first child, Siess finally settled on a General Studies degree where she concentrated on humanities, creative writing, theatre & psychology. After receiving her bachelor's degree in 2010, Heather went on to earn a Master's in Applied Behavioral Studies (counseling) at Oklahoma City University in 2012. She graduated with High Honors. During the course of her college career, Heather began acting for the camera & signed with the top agent in Oklahoma. She began getting work immediately, acting in local commercials, industrials & doing print work all while attending college and raising a young baby. Heather immediately fell in love with acting for the camera and began pursuing small roles in films. After graduating with her Master's Degree she went to work with students as an Admissions Counselor in the graduate college at the University of Central Oklahoma. Although Siess loved working with the students, she couldn't stand being away from her daughter all day and wanted to pursue acting full-time. Her husband, Matthew, encouraged her in her endeavors and Siess began the transition to acting full-time. Siess kept busy continuing to land many commercials and industrials, modeling for print and fashion shows & doing some voice over work. She later worked for a brief time at Magna Talent Agency & then earned a real estate license in hopes to make extra money on the side. In 2015, Heather became pregnant with her 2nd child, Miles, who was born in May of 2016. She continued with commercials and print work while she was pregnant and returned shortly afterwards. During her pregnancy, Heather and Matthew began having major problems in their marriage and separated when their youngest was only 3 weeks old. Their marriage ended in October of 2016. After the end of her marriage, Siess began working harder than ever on her acting career. She began taking more advanced acting classes, signed with an agent in Dallas and began filming various indie films where she has scored many leading roles. Siess won Best Actress in a Short Film at the Fly Film Festival in 2018 and she recently filmed a national spot for USPS & modeled in a national print campaign for AT&T. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Heather Siess