
Heather Burns
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1975-04-07
Place of birth: 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).
Known for

Miss Congeniality
2000Cheryl Frasier
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005Cheryl Frasier
Two Weeks Notice
2002Meryl Brooks
Watching the Detectives
2007Denise
You've Got Mail
1998Christina Plutzker
Bewitched
2005Nina
Kill the Poor
2003Scarlet
Choke
2008Internet Date / Gwen
The Groomsmen
2006Jules
You Are Here*
2000Lydia
Valley of the Sun
2011Betsy
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012Erin Fitzgerald
Perception
2005Ramona
Ashes
2011Jasmine
Princeton's in the Mix
2023Beth
The Best You Can
2025Rosemary
What's Your Number?
2011Eileen
Manchester by the Sea
2016Jill
Breaking Upwards
2009Hannah