Hedy Burress

Hedy Burress
Born	Heather Elizabeth Burress (1973-10-03) October 3, 1973 Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Heather Elizabeth "Hedy" Burress (born October 3, 1973) is an American actress.

Life and career

Early life

She was born in Edwardsville, Illinois, to teacher parents. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, in 1995.

Career

Burress has acted in many television programs and motion pictures since 1996.

She made her film debut in the 1996 film Foxfire, starring opposite Angelina Jolie and Peter Facinelli. Burress auditioned for the role of Dorothy Wheeler in the motion picture Valentine, but the role went to Jessica Capshaw. However, director Jamie Blanks still wanted Burress to star in the film. During a meeting, they looked each other in the eye and both said, "Ruthie", resulting in Burress having the role of Ruthie Walker.

In television, she co-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Boston Common and has made many guest appearances in various television shows. Hedy Burress was a recurring cast member in the final season of the acclaimed medical drama E.R.. She then went on to become a recurring cast member of the acclaimed police drama Southland.

Burress also performs many voice-over roles. She is best is known by video game players as the English voice actress of Yuna in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, and reprised the role in Kingdom Hearts II and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.

Burress is also an accomplished theater actress appearing in many plays and musicals.

Personal life

Contrary to some reports, Burress was not named after actress Hedy Lamarr. Her father gave her the name as "Hedy" and the name, according to Heather, "stuck."

Burress married Gary Fullerton, USMC in 2000; in July 2004, shortly after he and Burress had separated, Fullerton died in a jet crash.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Foxfire	Maddy Wirtz
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Linda Barrows	Television film
1997	Any Mother's Son	Kathy	Television film
1998	Getting Personal	Melissa Parks
1998	Los años bárbaros	Kathy
1999	Swing Vote		Television film
2000	Cabin by the Lake	Mallory	Television film
2000	Tick Tock	Anne Avery
2001	Valentine	Ruthie Walker
2001	Looking for Bobby D	Belinda	Short film
2002	Bug	Roy - Chicken Eater
2003	The Animatrix	Cis (segment "Program") Yoko (segment "Beyond") (voice)
2004	Open House	Gloria Hibbs
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	Lab Tech (Voice)	Direct-to-video
2004	Silver Lake	Julie Patterson	Television film
2005	The Reality Trap	Cindy
2006	Round it Goes	Women #2	Short film
2008	Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder	Joanne Nagle	Television film
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Laura
2009	What Happens in Encino	Wendy	Short film
2009	Everything Happens in Black in White	Women	Short film
2010	Elevator Girl	Tessa	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story	Brooke Borchardt	2 episodes
1996–1997	Boston Common	Wyleen Pritchett	32 episodes
1998	The Closer (1998 TV series)	Alex McLaren	10 episodes
1998	Working	Dawn	Episode: "A Boy, a Girl, and his Bird"
1998	Profiler	Virginia 'Ginny' Tibbet	Episode: "Home for the Homicide"
2000	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Katie	Episode: "Father"
2000	DAG	Susan Cole	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	Gideon's Crossing	Money Raspberry Dupree	6 episodes
2002	First Monday	Ellie Pearson	13 episodes
2003	Ninja Scroll: The Series	Sen (voice)	Episode: "Amayodori"
2004	Cold Case	Janet Lambert	Episode: "Mind Hunters"
2004	House M.D.	Jill	Episode: "Maternity"
2007	Unfabulous	Cruise Director Tammy	2 episodes
2008	Eli Stone	Felicia Swain	Episode: "Father Figure"
2008	Saving Grace	Jack Fielding's aunt	Episode: "Are You an Indian Princess"
2009	ER	Joanie Moore	4 episodes
2009–2011, 2013	Southland	Laurie Cooper	8 episodes
2010	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Julianne Torse	Episode: "Take My Life, Please"
2010	The Closer	Melanie Ryder	Episode: "The Big Bang"
2010	Lie to Me	Steph Salinger	Episode: "In the Red"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Shayna Wilkins	Episode: "Road to Nowhere"
2011	Curious George	Teacher (voice)	Episode: "Follow That Boat/Windmill Monkey"
2012	Criminal Minds	Samantha Allen	Episode: "Foundation"
2012	Common Law	Suzanne	Episode: "Role Play"
2013	Perception	Ellen Resnick	Episode: "Alienation"
2014	Shameless	Doctor	Episode: "Iron City"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Final Fantasy X	Yuna, Fayth (Anima)
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Yuna
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Various
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Yuna
2006	Project Sylpheed	Sandra Redbird
2008	Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions	Agrias Oaks
2008	Valkyria Chronicles	Brigitte "Rosie" Stark
2009	Terminator Salvation	Resistance Soldier
2010	Valkyria Chronicles 2	Chloe Bixen/Brigitte "Rosie" Stark
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Yuna
2012	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Various

External links

• Hedy Burress at the Internet Movie Database
• Hedy Burress at AllMovie