Heather Burns

Born: 1975-04-07 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

2019

The Politician as Mary McCutcheon

2017

The Good Fight as Toni Hedger
Brave New Jersey as Lorraine Davison

2016

Manchester by the Sea as Jill

2015

Blindspot as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
Sneaky Pete as Trish

2013

Save Me as Jenna Dennings

2012

Elementary as Chloe Butler
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas as Erin Fitzgerald

2011

Ashes as Jasmine
What's Your Number? as Eileen
Valley of the Sun as Betsy
Mister Handsome as Emily

2010

Blue Bloods as Sister Mary
Weakness as Julia

2009

2008

Choke as Internet Date / Gwen
Beer for My Horses as Lobster Claw

2007

Watching the Detectives as Denise

2006

The Groomsmen as Jules
Twenty Good Years

2005

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Cheryl Frasier
Bewitched as Nina
Brooklyn Lobster as Kerry Miller
Perception as Ramona

2003

Kill the Poor as Scarlet

2002

Two Weeks Notice as Meryl Brooks

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Claire Quinn

2000

Miss Congeniality as Cheryl Frasier
The Beat as Beatrice Felsen
The $treet as Joanne Sacker
You Are Here* as Lydia

1998

You've Got Mail as Christina Plutzker

1990

Law & Order as Lana Madison