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).
Miss Congeniality
(Cheryl Frasier)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
(Cheryl Frasier)
Two Weeks Notice
(Meryl Brooks)
Watching the Detectives
(Denise)
You've Got Mail
(Christina Plutzker)
Bewitched
(Nina)
Kill the Poor
(Scarlet)
Choke
(Internet Date / Gwen)
The Groomsmen
(Jules)
You Are Here*
(Lydia)
Valley of the Sun
(Betsy)
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
(Erin Fitzgerald)
Perception
(Ramona)
Ashes
(Jasmine)
Connescence
(Rosemary)
What's Your Number?
(Eileen)
Manchester by the Sea
(Jill)
Breaking Upwards
(Hannah)
Brave New Jersey
(Lorraine Davison)
Brooklyn Lobster
(Kerry Miller)
Weakness
(Julia)
Beer for My Horses
(Lobster Claw)
Mister Handsome
(Emily)
The $treet
(Joanne Sacker)
Twenty Good Years
The Beat
(Beatrice Felsen)
The Unusuals
The Good Fight
(Toni Hedger)
Bored to Death
(Leah)
Save Me
(Jenna Dennings)
Elementary
(Chloe Butler)
Blue Bloods
(Sister Mary)
Law & Order
(Lana Madison)
Blindspot
(Kathy Gustafson aka Electra)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(Claire Quinn)
Sneaky Pete
(Trish)
The Politician
(Mary McCutcheon)