After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the
NBC/
DirecTV 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. That same year, she played Dora in the
Sasquatch 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
James Van Der Beek as Karen in the short-lived
Viceland sitcom
What Would Diplo Do?. ==Filmography==