Anne Heche

A representative for the late star confirmed her death to the PA news agency on Sunday.

On Friday, the 53-year-old was legally declared dead after suffering a "severe anoxic brain injury" while crashing her car into a house in LA.

She had been kept on life support in case her organs could be donated.

It is not known how many or which organs will be donated but, according to NBC News, surgeons were ready to perform the implants.

The 53-year-old had been in a coma for a week after crashing her car into a house in Los Angeles.

"Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul", her family said in a statement on Friday.

Heche appeared in films including Volcano, Donnie Brasco and the 1998 remake of Psycho.

The mother-of-two also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, the US equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing, in 2020.