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).
Acting
Movie
Manchester by the Sea
as Jill
2016
Movie
Miss Congeniality
as Cheryl Frasier
2000
Movie
You've Got Mail
as Christina Plutzker
1998
TV
Blindspot
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2015
Movie
What's Your Number?
as Eileen
2011
Movie
Two Weeks Notice
as Meryl Brooks
2002
Movie
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Cheryl Frasier
2005
TV
Elementary
as Chloe Butler
2012
Movie
Bewitched
as Nina
2005
TV
Blue Bloods
as Sister Mary
2010
TV
Law & Order
as Lana Madison
1990
Movie
Choke
as Internet Date / Gwen
2008
TV
Sneaky Pete
as Trish
2015
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Claire Quinn
2001
TV
The Good Fight
as Toni Hedger
2017
TV
Bored to Death
as Leah
2009
TV
The Politician
as Mary McCutcheon
2019
Movie
Watching the Detectives
as Denise
2007
Movie
The Groomsmen
as Jules
2006
Movie
The Best You Can
as Rosemary
2025
Movie
Beer for My Horses
as Lobster Claw
2008
TV
The Unusuals
2009
TV
Social Distance
as Deb
2020
Movie
Breaking Upwards
as Hannah
2009