Heather Hemmens

Heather Hemmens is an American actress, director, and producer who moved to Los Angeles to start her career after finishing high school near Boston at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Small parts in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) and in Glory Road (2006) came early, and in 2010 she directed and produced two shorts, Designated and Perils of an Active Mind. That same year she took the part of Alice Verdura on the CW comedy-drama Hellcats, about competitive college cheerleading. The show drew mixed reviews, but critics were warm about her work and some called her its breakout star, and it ended after one season. She spent five seasons as Marcie Holmes on Tyler Perry's soap If Loving You Is Wrong, played Maria DeLuca on Roswell, New Mexico, and appeared in the Netflix comedy Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! as Stacy Collins. In 2022 she reached a multi-picture deal with Crown Media Family Networks.