Heather Burns
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).
Movies 27
Manchester by the Sea
as Jill
2016
You've Got Mail
as Christina
1998
Miss Congeniality
as Cheryl "Rhode Island"
2000
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Cheryl Frasier
2005
What's Your Number?
as Eileen
2011
Two Weeks Notice
as Meryl Brooks
2002
Bewitched
as Nina
2005
Watching the Detectives
as Denise
2007
The Best You Can
as Rosemary
2025
Choke
as Internet Date / Gwen
2008
The Groomsmen
as Jules
2006
Beer for My Horses
as Lobster Claw
2008
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Erin Fitzgerald
2012
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self
2005
Weakness
as Julia
2010
Valley of the Sun
as Betsy
2011
Perception
as Ramona
2005
Kill the Poor
as Scarlet
2003
Brenda
as Ms. Johansen
2026
Mister Handsome
as Emily
2011
Brave New Jersey
as Lorraine Davison
2017
Breaking Upwards
as Hannah
2009
Why I Love 'Bewitched'
as Self
2005
Princeton's in the Mix
as Beth
2023
Brooklyn Lobster
as Kerry Miller
2005
Ashes
as Jasmine
2011
You Are Here*
as Lydia
2000TV Shows 15
Law & Order
as Lana Madison
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Claire Quinn
2001
Blue Bloods
as Sister Mary
2010
Elementary
as Chloe Butler
2012
Blindspot
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2015
The Good Fight
as Toni Hedger
2017
Sneaky Pete
as Trish
2015
Bored to Death
as Leah
2009
The Politician
as Mary McCutcheon
2019
The Beat
as Beatrice Felsen
2000
The Unusuals
2009
The $treet
as Joanne Sacker
2000
Social Distance
as Deb
2020
Save Me
as Jenna Dennings
2013
Twenty Good Years
as Stella Mason
2006