Heather Burns
Acting
41 titles
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
Brenda
2026
The Best You Can
2025
Princeton's in the Mix
2023
Social Distance
2020
The Politician
2019
Brave New Jersey
2017
The Good Fight
2017
Manchester by the Sea
2016
Blindspot
2015
Sneaky Pete
2015
Save Me
2013
Elementary
2012
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
What's Your Number?
2011
Mister Handsome
2011
Ashes
2011
Valley of the Sun
2011
Weakness
2010
Blue Bloods
2010
Bored to Death
2009
The Unusuals
2009
Breaking Upwards
2009
Choke
2008
Beer for My Horses
2008
Watching the Detectives
2007
Twenty Good Years
2006
The Groomsmen
2006
Brooklyn Lobster
2005
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005
Bewitched
2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Perception
2005
Kill the Poor
2003
Two Weeks Notice
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Miss Congeniality
2000
The $treet
2000
The Beat
2000
You Are Here*
2000
You've Got Mail
1998
Law & Order
1990