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name: "Emily Heller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-heller"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 October 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T11:54:01.987112+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Emily Heller

Writer. Born 5 October 1985 in Alameda, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 October 1985, Alameda, California, USA
- **Active:** 2016–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Heller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59772387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5187619/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475135

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Barry*](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) (85)
- **Hulu:** [*Search Party*](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md) (83)

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## Biography

Emily Heller is an American comedian, writer and actress. Born on 5 October 1985 in Alameda, California, she is the sister of filmmaker Marielle Heller.

She has written episodes of the series *Barry* (2018–2022) and *Search Party* (2021), and has also written for *Medical Police* (2020) and *Crowded* (2016). Her stand-up work includes the Comedy Central special *Ice Thickeners* (2019) and guest appearances on *Conan* and other late-night programmes.

As an actress she has appeared in *Ground Floor* (2013–2015) as Lindsay, *Grace and Frankie* (2015) and the voice role of Female Improviser in *BoJack Horseman* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Search Party* (2016), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Open and Shut* (2023), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Medical Police* (2020), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Barry* (2018), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *The Big Sick* (2017), Thanks
- *Search Party* (2016), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)
- *Crowded* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, as Carson
- *Dan Klein: This Is Comedy* (2014), Acting
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Female Improviser (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)
- *Ground Floor* (2013), series, as Lindsay
- *CODEFELLAS* (2013), series, as Nicole Winters
- *Gardener of Eden* (2007), Props
- *Murdercycle* (1999), Set Decoration

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