Catherine Lloyd Burns is an American actress and author. She is best known for her role as Caroline Miller, the title character's teacher in the television series ''

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''.

Acting

She has appeared in multiple television shows, and was a regular on '' Partners'' and ''

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''. She played Caroline Miller, Malcolm's "overly earnest" teacher, in ''

''. Burns has appeared in numerous feature films and the independent film ''Everything Put Together''. Along with her role, she was a cowriter of the independent film ''

Everything Put Together ''Everything Put Together'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Marc Forster starring Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally and Louis Ferreira. The story focuses on a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends who are confronted with t ...

''. She has also worked in theater with New York's

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Writing

The film ''Everything Put Together'' was written by a number of authors, including Catherine and her husband. It was nominated for the

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at the Sundance Film Festivals in 2000. In 2001, it was nominated for an

Independent Spirit Award The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glas ...

as the best feature made for under $500,000. Director

Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films '' Monster's Ball'', '' Finding Neverland'', '' Stranger than Fiction'', ''The Kite Runner'', ''Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z'', and ...

won Independent Spirit's Someone to Watch Award. Her first book is ''It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks'', which was published by

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in 2007. The book is a

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, from the point of view of the author. It centers around personal

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, and

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Personal life

Burns is Jewish, She is married to Adam Forgash, with one daughter, and they reside in New York. Her late father, Lloyd Burns, worked in entertainment, and her Canadian-born mother, Red Burns (née Gennis), founded the Interactive Telecommunications Program (NYU). Her husband is a writer and producer.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Bibliography

*''It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks: A Memoir of a Mother and Daughter'', North Point Press, 2006, *''The Good, the Bad & the Beagle'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014, *''The Half-True Lies of Cricket Cohen'', Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2017,

References

External links

Catherine Lloyd Burns website
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