Who is Heather in How to Train Your Dragon​?

Last Modified Feb 15, 2025 23:39 EST
Who is Heather in How to Train Your Dragon​?
Heather (Source: Screengrab from the show)


Heather is a fictional character from DreamWorks Dragons. She is voiced by American actress Mae Whitman.


She appears briefly in two episodes of Dragons: Riders of Berk before returning as a regular on Dragons: Race to the Edge with Windshear, her own Razorwhip dragon. She turns out to be Oswald's daughter and Dagur's long-lost sister. Before relocating permanently to Berserker Island to serve as her brother's second-in-command, she briefly joined the Dragon Riders.


The 2010 movie How to Train Your Dragon served as the inspiration for DreamWorks Dragons. The series is a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel.


Heather in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise


Heather is Dagur the Deranged's younger sister and the daughter of Oswald the Agreeable. She was taken in by a couple who raised her as their own daughter after Dagur abandoned her at a very young age, separating her from her biological family.


Heather is observant and capable of thinking her way out of problems. She is also prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. As someone who struggles to trust others, Heather frequently comes across as cunning, untrustworthy, and two-faced. By nature, she is unpredictable and dishonest, and she often keeps secrets and lies to those who have earned her trust.


Who is Heather in How to Train Your Dragon​?
Heather (Source: Screengrab from the show)


Even though it is difficult for her, she is prepared to betray her friends' trust and cause them emotional harm to achieve her goals, frequently putting the Riders in danger. She has also been known to deceive and guilt-trip her friends to further her agenda. She takes pride in her abilities with deception, maybe even to the point of hubris. Heather is also prone to harboring resentment and is a little nasty. She has a strong moral drive despite all of her negative actions.


Who plays Heather?


Who is Heather in How to Train Your Dragon​?
Mae Whitman in The DUFF (Source: Screengrab from the film)


Mae Whitman voices Heather in the Dragons series.


American actress Mae Margaret Whitman started her acting career as a youngster. She starred in the television shows Chicago Hope (1996–1999) and JAG (1998–2001), as well as the motion pictures When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Independence Day (1996), and Hope Floats (1998).


Her roles in the Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2004–2006, 2013), the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015), for which she received a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination, and the NBC criminal comedy series Good Girls (2018–2021) earned her acclaim. She also starred in movies such as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and The DUFF (2015), for which she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award.


FAQs about Heather

No, Heather and Hiccup aren’t siblings. She is Dagur’s sister.


Mae Whitman voiced Heather in the Dragons series.


Yes, Heather is older than Hiccup.


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