Editing Heather Graham (section)

=== Focus on independent films and television (2004–2008) ===
[[File:Heather Graham cropped.jpg|thumb|alt=Graham smiling|upright|Graham in June 2007]]
From 2004 to 2008, Graham starred in several independent films ''[[Gray Matters (2006 film)|Gray Matters]]'', ''[[Broken (2007 film)|Broken]]'', ''[[Adrift in Manhattan]]'' (all 2007), and ''[[Miss Conception]]'' (2008), most of which received generally negative reviews and went largely unnoticed at the box office.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web|title=Gray Matters (2006)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gray_matters/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419203101/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gray_matters/|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Broken (2007)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1186122-broken/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205132503/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1186122-broken|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Adrift in Manhattan (2007)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adrift_in_manhattan/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104080425/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adrift_in_manhattan|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Miss Conception (2008)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1194135-miss_conception/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127125523/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1194135-miss_conception|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Miss Conception|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missconception.htm|website=BoxOfficeMojo.com|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=April 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406070106/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missconception.htm|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Gray Matters|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=graymatters.htm|website=BoxOfficeMojo.com|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010215830/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=graymatters.htm|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|title=Adrift in Manhattan|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=adriftinmanhattan.htm|website=BoxOfficeMojo.com|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111183653/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=adriftinmanhattan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cineoutsider1"/> Her 2005 film ''[[Mary (2005 film)|Mary]]'' holds a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, her first "Fresh" film since ''Bowfinger''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary (2005)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10005880-mary/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 2, 2012|archive-date=November 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127152906/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10005880-mary/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2005 [[Venice Film Festival]] where it won the Special Jury Prize, as well as three smaller awards. The film also played at the 2005 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], [[Deauville Film Festival]], and [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]], and co-starred [[Juliette Binoche]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Marion Cotillard]], and [[Matthew Modine]]. In 2006, she co-starred in ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' as Angela; the film's cast was nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]].

Graham also spoke about developing a comedy film titled ''The Accidental Virgin'', which would have focused on "female sexual confusion", telling the story of a woman who has not had sex in a year. The film has not been made. She also stated she would be interested in directing in the future if it is "something that, its burning in my mind that I need to do".<ref name="grouchoreviews.com"/>

On television, Graham played herself in an episode of the TV series ''[[Sex and the City]]''. She was given special guest-star status on nine episodes of ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' during its fourth season (2004–2005), and also appeared as [[George Michael Bluth]]'s ethics teacher in an episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' in 2004. She played Emily Sanders in ''[[Emily's Reasons Why Not]]'', but the sitcom was cancelled after airing only one episode.