Heather Burns
Date of birth: 1975-04-07
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Χέδερ Μπερνς, Хезер Бёрнс
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).
Movie Credits
Miss Congeniality
2000-12-22
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quick
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005-03-11
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sens
Two Weeks Notice
2002-12-19
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a dea
Watching the Detectives
2007-05-01
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicari
You've Got Mail
1998-12-18
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the a
Bewitched
2005-06-21
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a wi
Kill the Poor
2003-05-09
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenem
Choke
2008-09-26
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those wh
The Groomsmen
2006-06-09
Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with hi
You Are Here*
2000-01-01
A twentysomething office drone struggles between freedom and responsibility in this independent come
Valley of the Sun
2011-01-01
Andy Taggert set out for Hollywood to pursue acting, but years later finds himself working in adult
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012-09-09
The siblings of the Fitzgerald family must decide if the dad who abandoned them 20 years ago can com
Perception
2005-01-01
When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, retu
Ashes
2011-03-05
A young Indian man struggles in the inner city of New York to support himself and his mentally ill b
Princeton's in the Mix
2023-08-01
When the wealthy mother of a high schooler discovers that her son can get extra time on the SAT if h
The Best You Can
2025-06-07
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She b
What's Your Number?
2011-09-30
Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and
Manchester by the Sea
2016-11-17
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-o
Breaking Upwards
2009-03-14
'Breaking Upwards' explores a young, real-life New York couple who, four years in and battling codep
Brave New Jersey
2017-08-04
A comedy that tells the story of a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' famed 1938 Wa
Brooklyn Lobster
2005-11-04
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric cr
Weakness
2010-10-24
About a suburban high school teacher who loses his wife and his moorings during a summer break.
Beer for My Horses
2008-08-08
"Beer for My Horses" tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small t
Mister Handsome
2011-09-15
A love story between a grown-up girl and a mysterious friend from her childhood (plus a case against