Heather Matarazzo

Heather Matarazzo is an American actress known for Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), The Princess Diaries (2001) and its sequel, and Hostel: Part II (2007). She came out as lesbian in 2007, thanking her girlfriend at the GLAAD Media Awards, and has been open about her identity ever since. Matarazzo has spoken about the experience of growing up as a queer girl in the entertainment industry and the difficulty of reconciling her Catholic faith with her sexuality, and has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ youth.