Soap Opera Weekly - December 11, 2001 List

Applause, Applause - Katherine Heigl
As a young woman filled with stress over her upcoming wedding and anguish because her entire family was against it, Katherine Heigl made us fall in love with Isabel on Roswell's Nov. 13 wedding episode. Heigl portrayed a tension-fraught woman valiantly trying to be an efficient organizer, beaming bride and strong, independent adult when facing her brother and parents.

Switching from sweet smiles to seething grimaces throughout the episode, Heigl's highlight came when she took out her unbridled fury on her brother, Max, for testing groom Jesse's blood to see if he's also an alien ("It is all about trust!"). The actress was able to paint her character as in the right without making her seem self-righteous. In Heigl's other standout moments, Isabel was appropriately hysterical- as in amusing- when she dropped a dozen tasks in Maria's hands, and hysterical- as in frantic- when she learned her dress was a no show. Heigl consistently and beautifully made us feel each pain and the joy when it all worked out in the end.

Isabel is the soul of the show, thanks to Heigl's engaging performance as an alien teen who's becoming a human woman.

Article By Marc Wilkofsky