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).
Acted in
The Politician
2019
as Mary McCutcheon
Brave New Jersey
2017
as Lorraine Davison
The Good Fight
2017
as Toni Hedger
Manchester by the Sea
2016
as Jill
Blindspot
2015
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
Sneaky Pete
2015
as Trish
Save Me
2013
as Jenna Dennings
Elementary
2012
as Chloe Butler
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
as Erin Fitzgerald
What's Your Number?
2011
as Eileen
Mister Handsome
2011
as Emily
Ashes
2011
as Jasmine
Valley of the Sun
2011
as Betsy
Weakness
2010
as Julia
Blue Bloods
2010
as Sister Mary
Bored to Death
2009
as Leah
The Unusuals
2009
Breaking Upwards
2009
as Hannah
Choke
2008
as Internet Date / Gwen
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Lobster Claw
Watching the Detectives
2007
as Denise
Twenty Good Years
2006
The Groomsmen
2006
as Jules
Brooklyn Lobster
2005
as Kerry Miller
Bewitched
2005
as Nina
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Cheryl Frasier
Perception
2005
as Ramona
Kill the Poor
2003
as Scarlet
Two Weeks Notice
2002
as Meryl Brooks
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Claire Quinn
Miss Congeniality
2000
as Cheryl Frasier
The $treet
2000
as Joanne Sacker
The Beat
2000
as Beatrice Felsen
You Are Here*
2000
as Lydia
You've Got Mail
1998
as Christina Plutzker
Law & Order
1990
as Lana Madison
Connescence
as Rosemary