Heigl was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Nancy, a personal manager, and Paul Heigl, a financial executive/accountant.Heigl has Swiss-German and Irish ancestry,and was raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.She is the youngest of four children (in addition to siblings Meg, Jason, and Holt).Heigl lived in Virginia and then Denver before her family settled in Connecticut, where they moved into a large, old Victorian-style farmhouse in the wealthy town of New Canaan, where she spent most of her childhood.
