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Heather Burns

Actor

Heather Burns

Born April 7, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA25 films

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.

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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).

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Manchester by the Sea posterFirst watchManchester by the Sea20167.5as JillAfter his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his…View film

Essential films

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You've Got Mail poster6.7You've Got Mail1998Miss Congeniality poster6.5Miss Congeniality2000What's Your Number? poster6.5What's Your Number?2011Two Weeks Notice poster6.4Two Weeks Notice2002Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous poster5.7Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous2005Bewitched poster5.1Bewitched2005Choke poster6.1Choke2008Watching the Detectives poster6.3Watching the Detectives2007

Filmography

25 films as actor
  1. 2026BrendaMs. Johansen
  2. 2025The Best You CanRosemary
  3. 2023Princeton's in the MixBeth
  4. 2017Brave New JerseyLorraine Davison
  5. 2016Manchester by the SeaJill
  6. 2012The Fitzgerald Family ChristmasErin Fitzgerald
  7. 2011What's Your Number?Eileen
  8. 2011Mister HandsomeEmily
  9. 2011AshesJasmine
  10. 2011Valley of the SunBetsy
  11. 2010WeaknessJulia
  12. 2009Breaking UpwardsHannah
  13. 2008ChokeInternet Date / Gwen
  14. 2008Beer for My HorsesLobster Claw
  15. 2007Watching the DetectivesDenise
  16. 2006The GroomsmenJules
  17. 2005Brooklyn LobsterKerry Miller
  18. 2005BewitchedNina
  19. 2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and FabulousCheryl Frasier
  20. 2005PerceptionRamona
  21. 2003Kill the PoorScarlet
  22. 2002Two Weeks NoticeMeryl Brooks
  23. 2000Miss CongenialityCheryl 'New York'
  24. 2000You Are Here*Lydia
  25. 1998You've Got MailChristina Plutzker