Heather Juergensen

Heather Juergensen is an American actress and writer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she started writing and performing for the stage in New York and Los Angeles after graduating from Stuyvesant High School. At a workshop run by New York's Ensemble Studio Theater, she and Jennifer Westfeldt created the Off-Broadway scenes called Lipschtick; one of those scenes grew into Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), an award-winning film they made after buying back the script rights and selling shares to cover production. Her acting credits include Red Roses and Petrol, The Haunted Mansion (2003), and The Hammer (2007), a boxing comedy starring Adam Carolla. She has written for studios and networks such as Miramax, Warner Brothers, ABC, VH-1, and CBS, created the 1996 one-woman show Letters to Ben Stein, and wrote, directed, and starred in the short film The Suzy Prophecy. She has earned honors at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Miami International Film Festival, and the Indie Spirit Awards.