 She grew up in a kind of a religious cult. Her father, he was a closeted gay man who never lived his life openly. They were always in financial trouble. Her father fancied himself an entrepreneur. The fact of the matter is that Anne supported the family. Through her acting? From the time she was about 12, her dad actually died of AIDS. Did they know he was gay prior to that? No. In a couple months later, her brother committed suicide. And so Anne strongly believed that those lies in the family and not being honest was something that really tore the family apart.