Happy Birthday wishes go out to Katherine Heigl who turns 30 years old today. Katherine Marie Heigl was born in Washington D.C., but did most of her growing up in New Canaan, Connecticut. Katherine is married to singer Josh Kelley and they live in Los Feliz, California.

Katherine started modeling when she was 9 years old making $75 an hour. At 17 she played Sarah Ryback, the niece of "Casey Ryback" in the Steven Segal action thriller, "Under Siege 2". I never realized that was her!!

In 1998 she had a memorable role as "Jade" in the thriller, "Bride of Chucky".

Katherine currently stars as Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens" in the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy". In 2007 Katherine won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a drama Series" for her work on "Grey's Anatomy".

Katherine has been in several movies including, "Knocked Up" and "27 Dresses". Katherine was announced as the "Most Desirable Woman of 2008" by Askmen.com.