Heather Burns
Acting • Born 1975-04-07
Biography
Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality and its 2005 sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Jim Burns played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. She is married to actor Ajay Naidu. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Burns has appeared in a number of films with Sandra Bullock, including Miss Congeniality (2000), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). More recently she starred in the film What's Your Number? (2011), she held a recurring role opposite Zach Galifinakis in the HBO series Bored to Death and plays Trish in the Amazon webseries Sneaky Pete (2017).
Filmography
40 credits
Miss Congeniality
Movie • 2000
Cheryl Frasier
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Movie • 2005
Cheryl Frasier
Two Weeks Notice
Movie • 2002
Meryl Brooks
Watching the Detectives
Movie • 2007
Denise
You've Got Mail
Movie • 1998
Christina Plutzker
Bewitched
Movie • 2005
Nina
Kill the Poor
Movie • 2003
Scarlet
Choke
Movie • 2008
Internet Date / Gwen
The Groomsmen
Movie • 2006
Jules
You Are Here*
Movie • 2000
Lydia
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 2011
Betsy
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Movie • 2012
Erin Fitzgerald
Perception
Movie • 2005
Ramona
Ashes
Movie • 2011
Jasmine
Princeton's in the Mix
Movie • 2023
Beth
The Best You Can
Movie • 2025
Rosemary
What's Your Number?
Movie • 2011
Eileen
Manchester by the Sea
Movie • 2016
Jill
Breaking Upwards
Movie • 2009
Hannah
Brave New Jersey
Movie • 2017
Lorraine Davison
Brooklyn Lobster
Movie • 2005
Kerry Miller
Weakness
Movie • 2010
Julia
Beer for My Horses
Movie • 2008
Lobster Claw
Mister Handsome
Movie • 2011
Emily
Brenda
Movie • 2026
Ms. Johansen
The $treet
TV • 2000
Joanne Sacker
Twenty Good Years
TV • 2006
Stella Mason
The Beat
TV • 2000
Beatrice Felsen
The Unusuals
TV • 2009
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Toni Hedger
Bored to Death
TV • 2009
Leah
Save Me
TV • 2013
Jenna Dennings
Elementary
TV • 2012
Chloe Butler
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Sister Mary
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Lana Madison
Blindspot
TV • 2015
Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Claire Quinn
Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
Trish
The Politician
TV • 2019
Mary McCutcheon
Social Distance
TV • 2020
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