Movie star Heather Graham, 55, rocks string bikini on holiday in Italy

News.com.au

22-06-2025

One of the biggest movie sex symbols of the nineties turned up the heat as she holidayed in Sardinia, Italy this weekend.
Heather Graham, 55, showed off her ageless figure in a tiny red bikini as she enjoyed a beach day.
Famed for her roles in such iconic moves as Boogie Nights, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and The Hangover, Graham made the most of the sizzling summer heatwave.
Turning heads as she strutted her stuff along the golden sands, the blonde beauty cooled off with a dip in the waves.
And the actress looks no different than she did almost three decades ago as the iconic Felicity Shagwell in the Mike Myers spy spoof.
Graham, who also won praise for her turn as Boogie Nights ' Roller Girl, was in town to attend the Filming Italy Sardegna Festival, where she is part of the jury in the short film competition.
But before hitting the red carpet, she made sure to soak up some rays and top up her tan.
After plunging into the azure blue waters, she looked like a Bond girl as she emerged from the sea while pulling her blonde tresses back from her face.
Graham then dried off on her lounger before slipping on a pair of pink shorts.
The movie star has previously spoken about her conflicting feelings about being cast in a string of sexy roles in the nineties.
'On one hand, it was fun, because I grew up feeling nerdy and like I wasn't the attractive girl at school,' she told The Guardian last month.
'I felt flattered; I felt like I was playing a character, like I was pretending to be this attractive actress. Underneath it all, I really felt like this nerdy girl.'
She then admitted this came with a downside after struggling to break out of this stereotype with casting directors in Hollywood.
'I related to the awkward romantic comedy heroines more than to the glam characters. Sometimes, I felt like I wasn't being seen for my intelligence or other qualities.'
These days, however, she had made peace with being seen as sexy and embraces it.
She told the publication: 'I think there's a beauty that a woman can have as she gets older that's like a powerful, sexy beauty. Like, how do you still feel good and sexy about yourself at any age, and just embrace that?
'Because it really doesn't matter what other people think – it's how you feel about yourself. If you feel that you're hot, you feel hot. And I do feel hot.'
Last year, Graham wrote, directed and starred in the rom com, Chosen Family.
And earlier this year she appeared in big screen western Gunslingers, which also starred Stephen Dorff and Nicolas Cage.
Heather also has a role in the upcoming miniseries Carrie, which is based on Stephen King's best-selling horror novel.