Heather Locklear's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Melrose Place (2009) Amanda Wood… Melrose Place Amanda Wood… Dynasty Sammy Jo De… Spin City Caitlin Moore T.J. Hooker Officer Sta… LAX Harley Random Women of a Certain Age Barb Going Places Alexandra '…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Flying By 2005 - The Perfect Man 2003 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003 - Uptown Girls 1997 - Money Talks 1996 - The First Wives Club 1993 - Wayne's World 2 1989 - The Return of Swamp Thing 1984 - Firestarter

BIOGRAPHY:

Heather Locklear is best known for her television roles as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty, Officer Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker, Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place, and Caitlin Moore on Spin City.
While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Locklear began modeling and working in commercials for the school store. She made her earliest screen appearances in the early 1980s with small roles in episodes of CHiPs, 240-Robert, and Eight Is Enough, before beginning a long-term collaboration with Aaron Spelling. Spelling cast her in the role of Sammy Jo Dean during the second season of his TV series Dynasty, and the following year he cast her in the cop show T.J. Hooker with William Shatner. Until the mid 1980s, Locklear would appear as a series regular on T.J. Hooker whilst making semi-regular appearances on Dynasty. She was a full-time cast member on Dynasty from 1985 until its cancellation in 1989.
She was married for seven years to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee from May 1986 to August 1993. After their divorce, she married Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora on December 17, 1994 in Paris. She gave birth to a daughter, her only child, in 1997. Locklear filed for divorce from Sambora in February 2006. Their divorce was finalized in April 2007. In April 2007, Locklear began a relationship with fellow Melrose Place alum Jack Wagner.


TRIVIA:

• Shares a birthday with 'Catherine Zeta-Jones' (qv), 'Michael Douglas (I)' (qv), 'Will Smith (I)' (qv), 'Barbara Walters' (qv), 'Michael Madsen (I)' (qv) and the late 'Christopher Reeve' (qv).
• Charged with a misdemeanor DUI in Santa Barbara County after her arrest in September for driving under the influence of prescription medicine [November 17, 2008].
• One of a handful of actors to work on two series at the same time (_"Dynasty" (1981)_ (qv) and _"T.J. Hooker" (1982)_ (qv)).
• Was the girlfriend of Tom Cruise [1981].
• Her daughter Ava Elizabeth has the same name as the daughter of 'Reese Witherspoon' (qv) and 'Ryan Phillippe' (qv). Heather's daughter is nearly 2 years older than Reese's.
• After she was rejected from her high school cheerleading squad, Heather joined the drama club and discovered that acting was her true passion.
• (4 October 1997) Daughter, Ava Elizabeth, with ex-husband 'Richie Sambora' (qv), was born.
• Girlfriend of 'Jack Wagner (I)' (qv) [2008].