Katherine Marie Heigl (; born November 24, 1978) is an American actress, film producer and former fashion model. She played
Izzie Stevens on
ABC's
medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role for which she won the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007. She has also starred in films, such as
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory,
The Nut Job,
Knocked Up,
27 Dresses,
The Ugly Truth,
Killers,
Life As We Know It and
New Year's Eve. She played the main character in the television series
State of Affairs from 2014 to 2015.