Actress Anne Heshe was hospitalized in a critical condition Friday after her car crashed into a house at 1700 Street off Walgrove Avenue in West Los Angeles, according to reports from NBC4LA and CNN.
Heche suffered burn injuries when the Mini Cooper she was driving caught fire, according to multiple published reports. TMZ broke the news of the accident on Friday With a report that included an overhead video of the scene in the Mar Vista area and a person identified as Heche being transported in an ambulance. The occupant of the house was unharmed in the accident, which caused significant damage to the front of the tiny home, according to TMZ and CNN.
Heche was also reported to have been involved in an accident a few minutes before Walgrove Street crashed into a nearby apartment complex. TMZ posted a video that claimed to show Heche speeding down a street in a blue Mini Cooper.
Heche is a TV and film veteran who gained fame in the late 1990s as the romantic partner of Ellen DeGeneres and in the months after DeGeneres made international headlines as a major artist who came out as a lesbian. After the relationship ended, Heche said scrutiny and notoriety were hurting her acting career.
Heche has been active in television in recent years. Next week, she was expected to take part in the Lifetime Television Critics Association press tour with a session on the opioid crime drama “Girl in Room 13” with Larissa Dias.
Other cast includes 1997’s Donnie Brasco, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and 1998’s “Six Days and Seven Nights.” Her usual list of credits for her TV series includes Fox’s “Ally McBeal”, WB Network’s Everwood, and “Men in Trees” on ABC, and The Michael J. Fox Show on NBC.
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