Shelley conn joins nbc’s ‘heart matters’; carlease burke in suzanne martin pilot

Shelley conn joins nbc’s ‘heart matters’; carlease burke in suzanne martin pilot


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SHELLEY CONN (_Terra Nova_) has booked a regular role in NBC’s drama pilot _Heart Matters_. Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato, the medical soap follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere


(Melissa George), one of the rare female heart-transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional


and romantic life. Conn will play Millicent. She and Alex are not exactly rivals but they do not get along. CARLEASE BURKE (_Switched At Birth_) has been cast in NBC’s untitled multi-camera


Suzanne Martin pilot, from Hazy Mills and Universal TV. It chronicles how things backfire for recent empty-nesters Mike Gunn (Patrick Warburton) and Martina Gunn (Carrie Preston) when their


children and their parents move back home. Justice And Ponder-repped Burke will play Alice, Bob’s (Stacy Keach) second wife and Mike’s mother. Burke also recurs on HBO’s _Ballers._