Heaton also released a book in 2020 called Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention, and in 2019, she released a collection with Walmart called Patricia Heaton Home.
Recently, Heaton joined the cast of the film adaptation of The Unbreakable Boy.
The film is about how a young boy with autism and a rare bone-disease brings joy to the lives of all those that he encounters.
The series followed a woman in her 50s going to medical school.