Acting
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
April 7, 1975 (age 51)
Born in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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).

Brenda
as Ms. Johansen
2026

The Best You Can
as Rosemary
2025

Princeton's in the Mix
as Beth
2023

Social Distance
as Deb
2020

The Politician
as Mary McCutcheon
2019

Brave New Jersey
as Lorraine Davison
2017

The Good Fight
as Toni Hedger
2017

Manchester by the Sea
as Jill
2016

Blindspot
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2015

Sneaky Pete
as Trish
2015

Save Me
as Jenna Dennings
2013

Elementary
as Chloe Butler
2012

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Erin Fitzgerald
2012

What's Your Number?
as Eileen
2011

Mister Handsome
as Emily
2011

Ashes
as Jasmine, Writer
2011

Valley of the Sun
as Betsy
2011

Weakness
as Julia
2010

Blue Bloods
as Sister Mary
2010

Bored to Death
as Leah
2009