Heather Mazur

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Heather Mazur
Born
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1990, 2003–present

Heather Mazur is an American actress, best known for her role as Sarah Cooper in the 1990 film Night of the Living Dead .

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Early life and education

Mazur was born in Pittsburgh. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.[ citation needed ]

Career

Mazur did not act on screen for over ten years after Night of the Living Dead was released, before making a guest appearance in the television series Hack in 2003. Since then she has guest starred in Numb3rs , Joey , CSI: NY , CSI: Miami , Medium , Criminal Minds , Law & Order: LA , The Mentalist , Bones and the J. J. Abrams-produced unsold television pilot Anatomy of Hope . She also had recurring roles in Crash (2008–2009) and Pretty Little Liars (2010–2012). She portrayed Deputy Mayor Eileen Ashby in the soap opera General Hospital from 2022 to March 30, 2023, when she was flung off a bridge by Victor Cassadine.

Her film credits include Over Her Dead Body (2008), the direct-to-video film The Funeral Planner (2010), and A Leading Man (2013). She has also acted on stage. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Night of the Living Dead Sarah Cooper
2008 Over Her Dead Body Sue
2010The Funeral PlannerMaddy BanksDirect-to-video
2013 A Leading Man Rachel Cohen
2016911 NightmareCortez
2017 Darkness Rising Kate
2017 I'm Not Here Mom's attorney
2018Drive Me to Vegas and MarsMomma
2019Deadly SwitchZelda

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Hack Rina LoweEpisode: "Presumed Guilty"
2006 Numbers Janet EckworthEpisode: "Harvest"
2006RelatedSueEpisode: "His Name Is Ruth"
2006 Joey WomanEpisode: "Joey and the Big Move"
2007 Big Shots NadiaEpisode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
2007 Journeyman BonnieEpisode: "Winterland"
2007, 2008 CSI: NY Natalie Greer2 episodes
2008–2009 Crash Amy Battaglia10 episodes
2009 Medium Clare BurnesEpisode: "A Taste of Her Own Medicine"
2009 Three Rivers Tracy WarrenEpisode: "The Kindness of Strangers"
2009 Anatomy of Hope HarrietTelevision film
2010 Law & Order: LA Dr. Phoebe CoburnEpisode: "Playa Vista"
2010–2012 Pretty Little Liars Isabel Randall3 episodes
2011 CSI: Miami Rose GarriganEpisode: "Caged"
2011 Criminal Minds Kate PhinneyEpisode: "The Stranger"
2011–2015 Awkward Darlene Saxton7 episodes
2012 The Mentalist Colette SantoriEpisode: "Always Bet on Red"
2012 Bones Marcy DrewEpisode: "The Tiger in the Tale"
2013 Marvin Marvin SticklerEpisode: "St. Glar Kai Day"
2014 Switched at Birth Lydia Kaiser3 episodes
2014 Matador Sayer AssistantEpisode: "Everything Old Is New Again"
2014 Modern Family Anne GibbsEpisode: "Queer Eyes, Full Hearts"
2015 Glee PublicistEpisode: "Loser like Me"
2015 House of Lies Kathy NicholsEpisode: "Praise Money! Hallowed Be Thy Name"
2015 Castle Gwen KellyEpisode: "At Close Range"
2015 NCIS Laura Strike-DePalmaEpisode: "Double Trouble"
2015 Wicked City Penelope EvansEpisode: "Blizzard of Ozz"
2016–2017 Insecure Hannah Richards-Foster5 episodes
2017 Doubt Stephanie VernerEpisode: "Not a Word"
2017 Chance Talia2 episodes
2018 9-1-1 Beth ClarkEpisode: "Next of Kin"
2018 Grey's Anatomy Erin MasonEpisode: "Bad Reputation"
2018–2019 The Young and the Restless Brenda Brecheen5 episodes
2019 Magnum P.I. Gina PryorEpisode: "A Kiss Before Dying"
2019 Dear White People Caroline TuttleEpisode: "Volume 3: Chapter V"
2019 Good Trouble Angela Miller11 episodes
2019 How to Get Away with Murder Heidi TurpinEpisode: "I Hate the World"
2019–2023 Tacoma FD Vicky Penisi McConkyRecurring role, 18 episodes
2020 NCIS: Los Angeles Margaux WestEpisode: "War Crimes"
2022 The Lincoln Lawyer Carol DuboisRecurring role, 5 episodes
2022 American Gigolo AnneEpisode: "Nothing Is Real But the Girl"
2022 General Hospital Eileen AshbyRecurring role
2023 The Rookie: Feds Ashley PageEpisode: "Red One"
2024 S.W.A.T. Lydia SamuelsEpisode: "Vanished"

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