LOS ANGELES - Anne Heche and her husband are separating after five years of marriage.

The actress' spokeswoman made the announcement today.

Thirty-seven-year-old Heche and Coleman "Coley'' Laffoon -- a movie cameraman -- were married in September 2001.

The couple have a four-year-old son, Homer.

They met while working on a documentary about Ellen DeGeneres' return to stand-up comedy.

Heche had a high-profile relationship with DeGeneres for more than three years.

They announced their separation in August 2000.

Heche plays a relationship guru who relocates to Alaska in the ABC-TV drama "Men in Trees.''