About
Heather Burns
Overview
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
Acting |
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2017 | Brave New Jersey | Actor | Lorraine Davison | 58 Average |
2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Actor | Jill | 74 Good |
2013 | Save Me | Actor | Jenna Dennings | 70 Good |
2012 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | Actor | Erin Fitzgerald | 59 Average |
2011 | What's Your Number? | Actor | Eileen | 63 Fair |
2011 | Mister Handsome | Actor | Emily | N/A N/A |
2011 | Ashes | Actor | Jasmine | 59 Average |
2011 | Valley of the Sun | Actor | Betsy | 59 Average |
2010 | Weakness | Actor | Julia | 59 Average |
2009 | Bored to Death | Actor | Leah | 72 Good |
2009 | Breaking Upwards | Actor | Hannah | 58 Average |
2008 | Choke | Actor | Internet Date / Gwen | 60 Fair |
2008 | Beer for My Horses | Actor | Lobster Claw | 58 Average |
2007 | Watching the Detectives | Actor | Denise | 59 Average |
2006 | Twenty Good Years | Actor | 70 Good |
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2006 | The Groomsmen | Actor | Jules | 58 Average |
2005 | Brooklyn Lobster | Actor | Kerry Miller | 59 Average |
2005 | Bewitched | Actor | Nina | 52 Average |
2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Actor | Cheryl Frasier | 57 Average |
2005 | Perception | Actor | Ramona | N/A N/A |
2003 | Kill the Poor | Actor | Scarlet | 58 Average |
2002 | Two Weeks Notice | Actor | Meryl Brooks | 62 Fair |
2000 | Miss Congeniality | Actor | Cheryl Frasier | 64 Fair |
2000 | The Beat | Actor | Beatrice Felsen | 68 Fair |
2000 | You Are Here* | Actor | Lydia | N/A N/A |
1998 | You've Got Mail | Actor | Christina Plutzker | 65 Fair |
Connescence | Actor | Rosemary | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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2011 | Ashes | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |