Heather Raffo (born in Michigan, United States) is a Lucille Lortel Award-winning[1] Iraqi-American[2] playwright and actress, best known for her leading role in the one-woman play 9 Parts of Desire.

[2] Raffo credits Ntozake Shange as her most significant artistic influence and has noted her as an inspiration to writing her own work after reading For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

With such major success in London, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington DC, 9 Parts of Desire is currently being translated for international productions in France, Brazil and Turkey.

On July 18, 2008, she recreated some of her monologues from "9 Parts of Desire" at the New York Open Center[6] and shared what she has learned from what John Lahr in The New Yorker called "an example of how art can remake the world."

[7] Heather has also been approached by International press about doing stories on her show, but she refused as she did not want to draw attention to her family in Iraq, as it could lead to dangerous circumstances.

Her other acting credits include, playing Sarah Woodruff in the world premiere of The French Lieutenant's Woman performed at the Fulton Opera House.

(Just some of the most famous are: Playwrights Horizons in New York, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theater, Kennedy Center, The Guthrie, Seattle Re, Berkley Rep, The Old Globe).

[2] 9 Parts of Desire has had international productions in Brazil, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, Iraq, Sweden, Malta, India, UK, Scotland, Canada.