She is known for her work on the sitcoms Cougar Town, Ground Floor, Undateable, Love, Great News, and B Positive.
[4] Heelan attended Walnut Hill School for the Arts and studied for a year at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, before transferring to the University of Southern California.
[5] At graduation, Heelan received the James B. Pendleton Award for outstanding contributions to the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
[7] She met her Ground Floor co-star, Skylar Astin, at a musical theatre convention.
She was able to shoot both Bill Lawrence-helmed Ground Floor and Undateable simultaneously[9] because both comedies are multi-camera, which require fewer production days than single-camera shows.