A woman crashed her car into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, setting both the vehicle and the house on fire, officials said. A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN that the driver was actress Anne Heche.
The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when she ran off the road and crashed into a residence, Los Angeles Police Department Public Information Officer Jeff Lee told CNN. The impact left the car engulfed in flames and the driver injured by burns. She was taken to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in critical condition. It took firefighters more than an hour to “access, contain and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure,” the LAFD said.
No other injuries have been reported.
CNN has reached out to Heche’s representatives for comment.
Heche first rose to fame on the soap opera “Another World,” where she played the dual roles of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991 and won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. He followed that up with roles in films like “Donnie Brasco,” “Six Days Seven Nights” and “Wag the Dog.”
His romantic relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s resulted in intense media attention at the time, much to Heche’s professional frustration. In a 2021 interview with Page Six, Heche said she felt “blacklisted” after going public with her relationship.
“I didn’t do any studio photography for 10 years,” said Heche, who dated DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000.
Heche has appeared in numerous television series more recently, including “The Brave,” “Quantico,” and “Chicago PD.” He currently has several acting projects in post-production, according to his IMDB profile.