 Some of her notable film work includes "Long Day's Journey into Night" and for "Love and Savagery", both resulting in Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.Burns is a founding member and a former associate director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company., Burns headed up Soulpepper's extensive youth outreach program.She founded the Toronto Arts for Youth Award, and has worked as an instructor for the theatre program at George Brown College.