Heidi Zeigler, plays Mickey, the baby of the Foley girls in "Rags to Riches," beginning its second season this fallon NBC. At only 8, Heidi, who was born in Lansing, Michigan on March 26, has an impressive list of credits.
At the age of two, Heidi's family moved to Los Angeles and by the time she was three, was so verbal and outspoken, her parents were urged to get her an agent. Commercials and print work followed by the time Heidi was four.
To date, Heidi has appeared in over 30 commercials, including Kraft Singles, Clorox, Cherrios, Chrysler and MacDonald's. Heidi was cast in her first television movie at the age of four as one of Jeff Goldblum's daughters in "Ernie Kovac's…Between the Laughter" for ABC-TV.
At five, Heidi co-starred in the TV pilot for an unsold series, "Mr. Mom," "California Girls," with Robbie Benson and an episode of "Amazing Stories." Last year, Heidi was cast as Mickey, the littlest orphan in "Rags to Riches." In addition to her singing on the series, she also plays the saxophone.
Although Heidi has no professional singing training, she has been taking dancing lessons since she was three, is a competitive swimmer with more than 40 ribbons and trophies and is an accomplished gymnast.
Heidi lives with her mother, father and older brother in Manhattan Beach, California, a family oriented community just outside Los Angeles.
Biography written by Hanson & Schwam public relations, 1987.