
Heather Burns
Department: Acting
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

Miss Congeniality
2000

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005

Two Weeks Notice
2002

Watching the Detectives
2007

You've Got Mail
1998

Bewitched
2005

Kill the Poor
2003

Choke
2008

The Groomsmen
2006

You Are Here*
2000

Valley of the Sun
2011

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012

Perception
2005

Ashes
2011

Princeton's in the Mix
2023

The Best You Can
2025

What's Your Number?
2011

Manchester by the Sea
2016

Breaking Upwards
2009

Brave New Jersey
2017

Brooklyn Lobster
2005

Weakness
2010

Beer for My Horses
2008

Mister Handsome
2011

Brenda
2026

The $treet
2000

Twenty Good Years
2006

The Beat
2000

The Unusuals
2009

The Good Fight
2017

Bored to Death
2009

Save Me
2013

Elementary
2012

Blue Bloods
2010

Law & Order
1990

Blindspot
2015

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Sneaky Pete
2015

The Politician
2019

Social Distance
2020