Person
Heather Burns
Acting · Born 1975-04-07 · 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).
Known for
Law & Order
Lana Madison
Blue Bloods
Sister Mary
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Claire Quinn
Elementary
Chloe Butler
Blindspot
Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
The Good Fight
Toni Hedger
Sneaky Pete
Trish
The Politician
Mary McCutcheon
Manchester by the Sea
Jill
Bored to Death
Leah
Filmography
- 2026BrendaMs. Johansen
- 2025The Best You CanRosemary
- 2023Princeton's in the MixBeth
- 2020Social DistanceDeb
- 2019The PoliticianMary McCutcheon
- 2017Brave New JerseyLorraine Davison
- 2017The Good FightToni Hedger
- 2016Manchester by the SeaJill
- 2015BlindspotKathy Gustafson aka Electra
- 2015Sneaky PeteTrish
- 2013Save MeJenna Dennings
- 2012ElementaryChloe Butler
- 2012The Fitzgerald Family ChristmasErin Fitzgerald
- 2011What's Your Number?Eileen
- 2011Mister HandsomeEmily
- 2011AshesJasmine
- 2011Valley of the SunBetsy
- 2010WeaknessJulia
- 2010Blue BloodsSister Mary
- 2009Bored to DeathLeah
- 2009The Unusuals
- 2009Breaking UpwardsHannah
- 2008ChokeInternet Date / Gwen
- 2008Beer for My HorsesLobster Claw
- 2007Watching the DetectivesDenise
- 2006Twenty Good YearsStella Mason
- 2006The GroomsmenJules
- 2005Brooklyn LobsterKerry Miller
- 2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'Self
- 2005Why I Love 'Bewitched'Self
- 2005BewitchedNina
- 2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousCheryl Frasier
- 2005PerceptionRamona
- 2003Kill the PoorScarlet
- 2002Two Weeks NoticeMeryl Brooks
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentClaire Quinn
- 2000Miss CongenialityCheryl Frasier
- 2000The $treetJoanne Sacker
- 2000The BeatBeatrice Felsen
- 2000You Are Here*Lydia
- 1998You've Got MailChristina Plutzker
- 1990Law & OrderLana Madison
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