Heather Burns Biography (2)
Heather Burns a Chicago native, started out studying at Chicago's famed Second City, spent a summer at Yale Drama school and earned a B.F.A. at New York University. After three years studying with the Atlantic Theater Company and several independent films, Burns appeared in two television pilots - Nearly Yours, directed by famed television director James Burrows for Dreamworks SKG/NBC and Chicks, written by Carol Leifer for the Greenblatt-Joanollari company and the Fox network. Other television appearances have included Law & Order and most recently as a series regular on the Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson's cop show, The Beat. Burns is best know for her work alongside Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Warner Bros. You've Got Mail written and directed by Nora Ephron, where she played Ryan's bookstore employee and confidant. Burns can now also be seen in a recurring role in Darren Starr's new Fox TV series, The Street.
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