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

Manchester by the Sea

as Jill

Miss Congeniality

as Cheryl Frasier

You've Got Mail

as Christina Plutzker

Blindspot

as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra

What's Your Number?

as Eileen

Two Weeks Notice

as Meryl Brooks

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

as Cheryl Frasier

Elementary

as Chloe Butler

Bewitched

as Nina

Blue Bloods

as Sister Mary