One of Heather Graham’s career-defining roles was as Rollergirl in the 1997 movie, Boogie Nights, but the character came with its challenges, including a nude scene. It was something she had tried to avoid early on in her career,

Heather Graham recalls stepping out of her comfort zone to take on her role in 1997’s Boogie Nights. The actress, who plays Rollergirl in Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn-industry drama, recently said on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast that she initially avoided projects involving sexual content.

"I grew up in a religious family, and they were like, ‘Don’t do anything with any sexual content,'" Graham recently shared on the "Inside of You" podcast with actor Michael Rosenbaum. "But try to be a woman in Hollywood in your early 20s, mid-20s ...