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drama '' Friday Night Lights'' from 2009 to 2011. She starred as Jessica "Chilli" Chilton on the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire'' from 2015 to 2016.

Personal life

Burge was born in

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, as the youngest of six children. She attended Round Rock Christian Academy and was accepted to the

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, but deferred to pursue an acting career.

Career

After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the

drama '' Friday Night Lights'' in the fourth season until the show ended with the fifth season in 2011. According to a local interview, Burge said prior to being cast, she did not watch the show, but that did not limit her abilities when auditioning for the part as she was "so right on" for the role. In 2011, Burge appeared in the religious sports drama ''

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'', and appeared as Lexi Samuels in three episodes of the first season of the

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drama ''

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''. Also in 2011, Burge appeared in the horror comedy ''

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'', based on the live action role-playing game. In 2012, Burge appeared in the family movie ''Cowgirls n Angels'' and actually performed some of the stunts on horseback. In 2013, she appeared in another family movie ''My Dog Champion''. In 2013, Burge appeared in

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's music video "Mono". She also had a recurring role in the eighth and final season of the

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crime drama ''

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'' as Niki Walters, the daughter of

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(

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). In 2014, Burge had a recurring role as Zoe in seven episodes of the short-lived CW science fiction romantic drama ''

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'', which starred her former ''Friday Night Lights'' co-stars

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and

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. That same year, she played Dora in the

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horror film '' Exists'' directed by Eduardo Sánchez. In 2015, Burge joined the cast of the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire'' (replacing Charlie Barnett who played Peter Mills) as Jessica "Chili" Chilton, the paramedic in charge in the third season. Burge was added to the main cast in the fourth season. In 2016, her character was written out of the show. In 2017, she co-starred with

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as Karen in the short-lived

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sitcom ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burge, Dora Madison Actresses from Texas American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from Williamson County, Texas 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)