Briga Heelan
Heelan was the daughter of Kimball Heelan, an actress and teacher at Lowell Public Schools, and Kevin Heelan, a playwright. Conor is her older brother. Heelan's father, who is also known as being a dramaticist, has been a faculty member at Phillips Andover Academy since 1983. Heelan was a student at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and then spent an entire year at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Heelan was then transferred to the University of Southern California. In 2009, he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Heelan received the James B. Pendleton Award to honor her exceptional achievements at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Heelan was planning to become a director of musical theatre. She had a meeting with her Ground Floor co-star, Skylar Astin during a musical theatre convention. Her breakout TV role was in Cougar Town. She played a character who was featured in the three-episode pilot of Undateable and was also credited. Because both Bill Lawrence...