Heather Burns
Acting
1975-04-07 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Brenda
2026 · Movie
The Best You Can
2025 · Movie
Princeton's in the Mix
2023 · Movie
Social Distance
2020 · Series
The Politician
2019 · Series
Brave New Jersey
2017 · Movie
The Good Fight
2017 · Series
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Movie
Blindspot
2015 · Series
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Series
Save Me
2013 · Series
Elementary
2012 · Series
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012 · Movie
What's Your Number?
2011 · Movie
Mister Handsome
2011 · Movie
Ashes
2011 · Movie
Valley of the Sun
2011 · Movie
Weakness
2010 · Movie
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
Bored to Death
2009 · Series
The Unusuals
2009 · Series
Breaking Upwards
2009 · Movie
Choke
2008 · Movie
Beer for My Horses
2008 · Movie
Watching the Detectives
2007 · Movie
Twenty Good Years
2006 · Series
The Groomsmen
2006 · Movie
Brooklyn Lobster
2005 · Movie
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
2005 · Movie
Bewitched
2005 · Movie
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005 · Movie
Perception
2005 · Movie
Kill the Poor
2003 · Movie
Two Weeks Notice
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Miss Congeniality
2000 · Movie
The $treet
2000 · Series
The Beat
2000 · Series
You Are Here*
2000 · Movie
You've Got Mail
1998 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series