Heather Burns graduated from the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. Previously, she appeared on The Beat, The $treet and . The Chicago native actress starred in the comedy show Twenty Good Years as Stella Mason for two years before moving on to play Bridget Demopolis on The Unusuals. In 2009, she became part of the HBO series Bored to Death, appearing in 22 episodes. She then moved on to join the cast of the NBC series Save Me, which stars Anne Heche.