Heather Burns

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

Blue Bloods

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Elementary

Blindspot

The Good Fight

Sneaky Pete

The Politician

All Movies (27)

• Brenda2026 · as Ms. Johansen
• The Best You Can2025 · as Rosemary
• Princeton's in the Mix2023 · as Beth
• Brave New Jersey2017 · as Lorraine Davison
• Manchester by the Sea2016 · as Jill
• The Fitzgerald Family Christmas2012 · as Erin Fitzgerald
• What's Your Number?2011 · as Eileen
• Mister Handsome2011 · as Emily
• Ashes2011 · as Jasmine
• Valley of the Sun2011 · as Betsy
• Weakness2010 · as Julia
• Breaking Upwards2009 · as Hannah
• Choke2008 · as Internet Date / Gwen
• Beer for My Horses2008 · as Lobster Claw
• Watching the Detectives2007 · as Denise
• The Groomsmen2006 · as Jules
• Brooklyn Lobster2005 · as Kerry Miller
• Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'2005 · as Self
• Why I Love 'Bewitched'2005 · as Self
• Bewitched2005 · as Nina
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous2005 · as Cheryl Frasier
• Perception2005 · as Ramona
• Kill the Poor2003 · as Scarlet
• Two Weeks Notice2002 · as Meryl Brooks
• Miss Congeniality2000 · as Cheryl Frasier
• You Are Here*2000 · as Lydia
• You've Got Mail1998 · as Christina Plutzker

All TV Shows (15)

• Social Distance2020 · as Deb
• The Politician2019 · as Mary McCutcheon
• The Good Fight2017 · as Toni Hedger
• Blindspot2015 · as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
• Sneaky Pete2015 · as Trish
• Save Me2013 · as Jenna Dennings
• Elementary2012 · as Chloe Butler
• Blue Bloods2010 · as Sister Mary
• Bored to Death2009 · as Leah
• The Unusuals2009
• Twenty Good Years2006 · as Stella Mason
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Claire Quinn
• The $treet2000 · as Joanne Sacker
• The Beat2000 · as Beatrice Felsen
• Law & Order1990 · as Lana Madison