Heather Burns
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).
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Films (27)
Brenda
2026 · Ms. Johansen
Lo Mejor Que Puedas
2025 · Rosemary
Princeton's in the Mix
2023 · Beth
Brave New Jersey
2017 · Lorraine Davison
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Jill
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012 · Erin Fitzgerald
What's Your Number?
2011 · Eileen
Mister Handsome
2011 · Emily
Ashes
2011 · Jasmine, Writer
Valley of the Sun
2011 · Betsy
Weakness
2010 · Julia
Breaking Upwards
2009 · Hannah
Choke
2008 · Internet Date / Gwen
Beer for My Horses
2008 · Lobster Claw
Watching the Detectives
2007 · Denise
The Groomsmen
2006 · Jules
Brooklyn Lobster
2005 · Kerry Miller
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005 · Self
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005 · Self
Bewitched
2005 · Nina
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005 · Cheryl Frasier
Perception
2005 · Ramona
Kill the Poor
2003 · Scarlet
Two Weeks Notice
2002 · Meryl Brooks
Miss Détective
2000 · Cheryl "Rhode Island"
You Are Here*
2000 · Lydia
You've Got Mail
1998 · Christina Plutzker
Séries (15)
Distance sociale
2020 · Deb
El Político
2019 · Mary McCutcheon
Une lutte exemplaire
2017 · Toni Hedger
Blindspot: Mémoire tatouée
2015 · Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Trish
Save Me
2013 · Jenna Dennings
Elementary
2012 · Chloe Butler
Blue Bloods
2010 · Sister Mary
Bored to Death
2009 · Leah
The Unusuals
2009
Twenty Good Years
2006 · Stella Mason
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Claire Quinn
The $treet
2000 · Joanne Sacker
The Beat
2000 · Beatrice Felsen
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Lana Madison