Heather Burns
Actor
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
Miss Congeniality
as Cheryl Frasier 2000
You've Got Mail
as Christina Plutzker 1998
What's Your Number?
as Eileen 2011
Two Weeks Notice
as Meryl Brooks 2002
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Cheryl Frasier 2005
Bewitched
as Nina 2005
Choke
as Internet Date / Gwen 2008
Watching the Detectives
as Denise 2007
The Groomsmen
as Jules 2006
Beer for My Horses
as Lobster Claw 2008
The Best You Can
as Rosemary 2025
Breaking Upwards
as Hannah 2009
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Erin Fitzgerald 2012
Brave New Jersey
as Lorraine Davison 2017
Valley of the Sun
as Betsy 2011
Brooklyn Lobster
as Kerry Miller 2005