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Acting

Heather Burns

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2005 and 2011 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bored to Death
Bored to Death
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Heather Burns Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.2, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comfort Watch 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Pop Culture References 2
  • Lighthearted 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 60
Brenda
Brenda (2026)

as Ms. Johansen

The Best You Can
The Best You Can (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

as Rosemary

Princeton's in the Mix
Princeton's in the Mix (2023)

as Beth

Social Distance
Social Distance (2020)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Deb

2010s

15 titles · average score 64
The Good Fight
The Good Fight (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Toni Hedger

Manchester by the Sea
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
GoodWatch score 87

as Jill

Blindspot
Blindspot (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra

Sneaky Pete
Sneaky Pete (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Trish

Save Me
Save Me (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Jenna Dennings

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

as Erin Fitzgerald

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Chloe Butler

What's Your Number?
What's Your Number? (2011)
GoodWatch score 43

as Eileen

Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Sun (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

as Betsy

Mister Handsome
Mister Handsome (2011)

as Emily

Ashes
Ashes (2011)

as Jasmine

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Sister Mary

2000s

19 titles · average score 49
Bored to Death
Bored to Death (2009)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Leah

Watching the Detectives
Watching the Detectives (2007)
GoodWatch score 65

as Denise

Twenty Good Years
Twenty Good Years (2006)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show · as Stella Mason

The Groomsmen
The Groomsmen (2006)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jules

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
GoodWatch score 38

as Cheryl Frasier

Bewitched
Bewitched (2005)
GoodWatch score 37

as Nina

Perception
Perception (2005)
GoodWatch score 29

as Ramona

Kill the Poor
Kill the Poor (2003)
GoodWatch score 42

as Scarlet

Two Weeks Notice
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Meryl Brooks

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Claire Quinn

The Beat
The Beat (2000)

TV show · as Beatrice Felsen

You Are Here*
You Are Here* (2000)

as Lydia

1990s

2 titles · average score 70
You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

as Christina Plutzker

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lana Madison