Katherine Heigl: Life in pictures
Katherines youth: tragedy strikes
When Katherine was a child, her brother Jason was thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When doctors determined that he was brain-dead, Katherines family decided to donate Jasons organs and tissues for transplant. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Path to stardom
Katherines aunt started it all in the 1980s, when she took a few pictures of her 9-year-old niece and sent them to modeling agencies. In no time, young Katherine had signed with Wilhelmina. The sunny blond modeled in Sears catalogs, and then graduated to a Cheerios commercial. (Beatrice de Gea / Los Angeles Times)
The Katherine Heigl Collection
Katherine is launching a clothing line unlike any celebrity clothing line that came before it. Instead of jeans and tees, Katherine has a line of medical scrubs and other healthcare uniforms! (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
