Heaton is best known for her role as Debra Barone
on the award-winning series Everybody Loves Raymond. Heaton won two Emmy® Awards for her role in Raymond, and
recently received her sixth nomination. In addition to her Emmy® wins, Heaton is also the recipient of the Best Comedy Actress
award from the Viewers for Quality Television, a SAG award and three SAG nominations in the Best Actress category for her
role on Raymond.
Heaton's television credits include prominent roles
in the series Room for Two, Someone Like Me and Women of the House, and a recurring
role on the critically-acclaimed series thirtysomething. She has also appeared in the CBS television film A
Town Without Christmas and Miracle in the Woods.
Most recently, Heaton produced and starred in the
TNT/FourBoys Films production The Engagement Ring. She also starred in the TNT/Neil Simon production of The
Goodbye Girl and ABC's The Path to 9/11. Her feature film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible
Man, Beethoven, New Age and Space Jam.
She is currently set to star in the Second Stage
production of The Scene, a new play by Therese Rebeck, which opens in New York City in January of 2007.
In addition to her acting and producing credits,
Heaton is also a bestselling author whose book "Motherhood and Hollywood -- How to Get A Job Like Mine" spent
several weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list.
In 2001, Heaton co-founded FourBoys Films, a production
company which she runs with her husband David Hunt. FourBoys recently completed production on the film The Engagement
Ring for TNT and the documentary feature film The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania. FourBoys Films
also produced Amazing Grace, directed by Michael Apted, in conjunction with Walden Media.
Heaton lives in Los Angeles with her husband and
four sons.
