Heather Burns

Born: 1975-04-07, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

• Law & Order (1990)
• Blue Bloods (2010)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
• Blindspot (2015)
• Sneaky Pete (2015)
• The Good Fight (2017)
• You've Got Mail (1998)
• Bored to Death (2009)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
• Manchester by the Sea (2016)
• The Politician (2019)
• The Unusuals (2009)
• Bewitched (2005)
• Two Weeks Notice (2002)
• What's Your Number? (2011)
• Brenda (2026)
• The Best You Can (2025)
• Social Distance (2020)
• Watching the Detectives (2007)
• Choke (2008)
• Beer for My Horses (2008)
• Mister Handsome (2011)
• Princeton's in the Mix (2023)
• Valley of the Sun (2011)
• Kill the Poor (2003)
• Weakness (2010)
• Brave New Jersey (2017)
• Breaking Upwards (2009)
• You Are Here* (2000)