Langenkamp is best known for her acting work within the horror genre, as well as television sitcoms It was the time when john hughes films were really big, and 'the breakfast club' and the brat pack were becoming a thing. Langenkamp got inducted into the fangoria chainsaw hall of fame in 1995, and one of her films, wes craven 's a nightmare on elm street (1984), is preserved in the national film.
Heather Langenkamp Says Jamie Lee Curtis' Return to Horror Is Good News
Heather langenkamp was 19 in a nightmare on elm street when she played the character 'nancy thompson'
That was over 41 years ago in 1984
Today she is 60, and has starred in 35 movies in total, 30 of those since a nightmare on elm street was released.