In addition to Anne Heche’s extensive resume in features and daytime drama and primetime scripted series, she also made a foray into reality TV with a stint on the 2020 season of Dancing With the Star. Sources tell Deadline Heche was a Daytime Emmy winner, and a Primetime Emmy nominee. She had been planning to return to reality competitions after her fiery car crash last Thursday, which left her brain dead.
Heche is rumored to be in talks with Fox for a role as a celebrity contestant on the 8th season. The Masked Singer. It is not clear how far negotiations have progressed. Heche is not scheduled for the new season. Filming has been ongoing for around two weeks. The actor was also part of a pre-production agreement. In case Covid or scheduling problems arise, the network is likely to broaden its casting.
Heche was a competitor in the 29th Season of Dancing with the Starwhich aired in 2020, reaching round three.
Deadline reported that Heche was declared brain dead on Thursday night. As she was being examined for possible organ donation, she was still on life support. Since Aug. 5, when her speeding car collided with a house, the actor was in hospital.