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Before Hollywood came calling, Heather Graham<\/a> said she was dismissed as a “nerdy” teenager.<\/p>\n

The actress recalled being underestimated in high school before landing the popular cheerleader role in “License to Drive,” a turning point she described as a “huge moment” that launched her independence and her career.<\/p>\n

“I was nerdy\u2026you know, I was smart and I was just like, nobody thought I was that pretty,” Graham recalled during an episode of “Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/a>.” “So I got this job as like, the popular, pretty cheerleader, and I had very bad style and bad hair and makeup. Like I did not know how to like do that. And then people were like, ‘Oh?'”<\/p>\n

“[The movie] came out right as I was graduating,” Graham added. “And I think people were like, ‘Well, maybe we should have paid attention to her.'”<\/p>\n

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Graham revealed landing the iconic role as Mercedes Lane in “License to Drive” was a “huge moment” for the then-17-year-old.<\/p>\n

“It was huge for me. Like, that was a huge moment,” she explained. “I got to make money. I was independent. I had a bank account, you know, and I could live on my own.”<\/p>\n

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Graham began her career with small roles in commercials and TV before landing teen films such as “Drugstore Cowboy” and “Swingers.”<\/p>\n

She saw her breakthrough with “Boogie Nights,<\/a>” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” and “Bowfinger.”<\/p>\n

Graham landed a role in the blockbuster film “The Hangover” in 2009. She has since continued acting in films and TV while also expanding into writing and directing projects.<\/p>\n

Her latest film, “They Will Kill You,” hit theaters on March 27.<\/p>\n

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The now 56-year-old actress shared some of her beauty secrets in a recent interview with Us Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n

Graham claimed she’s “never had an actual operation where they\u2019re cutting my face open,” but said she has tried a series of other things — including “microneedling, Botox\u2026 and a bunch of lasery things.”<\/p>\n

“Some of those laser treatments are torture,” she said. “Like, an hour and a half of your face getting blasted.”<\/p>\n

The movie star’s goal is to stay away from any invasive plastic surgery<\/a> because she doesn’t “want to look freaky” and that her “goal is to look natural.”<\/p>\n

“I feel like some people get facelifts and they just kind of end up looking like\u2026 I mean, there are people that get it, and it\u2019s good. But I just don\u2019t want to be one of those people that got it and look freaky,” she said. “But I don\u2019t know if [when] I got older, I wouldn\u2019t completely rule out. Who knows, in the future.”<\/p>\n

Graham also tries to maintain a balanced diet, get 10 to 11 hours of sleep. She said she uses yoga as a way to stay in shape and manage stress, calling it “so cathartic.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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