Heather Elizabeth Langenkamp is an American actress, producer, and prosthetic makeup artist. She began her career as an extra in the Francis Ford Coppola films The Outsiders and Rumble Fish before becoming known for her role as Nancy Thompson in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street and Chuck Russell's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, followed by appearances in two of Craven's cult films: a victim in Shocker and a fictionalized version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare.