
Heather Burns
Actress
Born: April 7, 1975 (51 years old)
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 (32)
- Manchester by the Sea (2016, ★ 7.6)
- The Unusuals (2009, ★ 7.5)
- The Good Fight (2017, ★ 7.5)
- Elementary (2012, ★ 7.6)
- Blue Bloods (2010, ★ 7.8)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001, ★ 7.6)
- Sneaky Pete (2015, ★ 7.5)
- Miss Congeniality (2000, ★ 6.5)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005, ★ 5.7)
- Two Weeks Notice (2002, ★ 6.4)
- Watching the Detectives (2007, ★ 6.3)
- You've Got Mail (1998, ★ 6.7)
- Choke (2008, ★ 6.1)
- The Best You Can (2025, ★ 7)
- The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012, ★ 6)
- What's Your Number? (2011, ★ 6.5)
- Bored to Death (2009, ★ 7.3)
- Save Me (2013, ★ 6.7)
- Law & Order (1990, ★ 7.3)
- Blindspot (2015, ★ 7.4)
- The Politician (2019, ★ 7)
- Bewitched (2005, ★ 5.1)
- The Groomsmen (2006, ★ 5.1)
- Breaking Upwards (2009, ★ 5.4)
- Brave New Jersey (2017, ★ 5.1)
- Brooklyn Lobster (2005, ★ 5.7)
- Weakness (2010, ★ 4.6)
- Beer for My Horses (2008, ★ 4.8)
- The $treet (2000, ★ 5.4)
- Social Distance (2020, ★ 6.2)