Heather was born in Nurenburg to a Scottish mother and an American Lieutenant Colonel. She grew up Southern California and traveled Europe as a teen before leaving to study drama at the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. Upon receiving her BFA, she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Graduate Acting Program at NYU. She went on to train with David Leveaux, Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, and former Royal Shakespeare Company head, John Barton, at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. She's worked as an actor, writer, and director at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award winning Chance Theater Repertory Company.