She produced the 2007 movie The Hammer and starred in it as Lindsay Pratt. In 2007 she starred in, produced, wrote, and directed the short The Suzy Prophecy. Juergensen has written screenplays or teleplays for Warner Brothers, Miramax, ABC, CBS, and VH-1. She contributed to an essay collection book titled The May Queen. She won a Critics Special Jury Award at the Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival in 2001 and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2003. Heather is married to Fox Sports columnist and comedy writer Kevin Hench.