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