Heather Burns
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
Manchester by the Sea
2016
as Jill
Miss Congeniality
2000
as Cheryl Frasier
You've Got Mail
1998
as Christina Plutzker
Two Weeks Notice
2002
as Meryl Brooks
Bewitched
2005
as Nina
What's Your Number?
2011
as Eileen
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Cheryl Frasier
The Best You Can
2025
as Rosemary
Choke
2008
as Internet Date / Gwen
Watching the Detectives
2007
as Denise
Perception
2005
as Ramona
Kill the Poor
2003
as Scarlet
Valley of the Sun
2011
as Betsy
The Groomsmen
2006
as Jules
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
as Erin Fitzgerald
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Lobster Claw
Brave New Jersey
2017
as Lorraine Davison
You Are Here*
2000
as Lydia
Mister Handsome
2011
as Emily
Breaking Upwards
2009
as Hannah