Heather Conkie

Creator Context

Summary

Heather Conkie is a veteran Canadian television writer, producer, and former actress whose career began in children’s and family programming before expanding into long-running series and made-for-television films. Her credits include Road to Avonlea, 7th Heaven, The Zack Files, Pit Pony, Dark Oracle, Legacy, Heartland, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, and Beethoven Lives Upstairs. She served for many years as a writer and executive producer on Heartland, where she helped shape seasonal story arcs and a family-centered, emotionally affirmative style, and later co-created and executive produced a fantasy family drama with her daughter Alexandra Clarke. Conkie has discussed the importance of collaborative writers’ rooms, character arcs, emotional authenticity, and creating a kinder, accessible television world for broad audiences. Her public record contains no clear partisan activism, controversial political statements, or sustained DEI or identity-politics persona. The small score reflects humane, family-oriented creative framing rather than a documented activist or representation-first pattern.