Heather Burns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 April 1975 · 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).
Known for
Acting 27
- 2026Brenda as Ms. Johansen
- 2025The Best You Can as Rosemary
- 2023Princeton's in the Mix as Beth
- 2017Brave New Jersey as Lorraine Davison
- 2016Manchester by the Sea as Jill
- 2012The Fitzgerald Family Christmas as Erin Fitzgerald
- 2011What's Your Number? as Eileen
- 2011Mister Handsome as Emily
- 2011Ashes as Jasmine
- 2011Valley of the Sun as Betsy
- 2010Weakness as Julia
- 2009Breaking Upwards as Hannah
- 2008Choke as Internet Date / Gwen
- 2008Beer for My Horses as Lobster Claw
- 2007Watching the Detectives as Denise
- 2006The Groomsmen as Jules
- 2005Brooklyn Lobster as Kerry Miller
- 2005Why I Love 'Bewitched' as Self
- 2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' as Self
- 2005Bewitched as Nina
- 2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Cheryl Frasier
- 2005Perception as Ramona
- 2003Kill the Poor as Scarlet
- 2002Two Weeks Notice as Meryl Brooks
- 2000Miss Congeniality as Cheryl 'New York'
- 2000You Are Here* as Lydia
- 1998You've Got Mail as Christina Plutzker
Writing 1
- 2011Ashes · writer