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).

Filmography

• 2026Brenda — Ms. Johansen
• 2025The Best You Can — Rosemary
• 2023Princeton's in the Mix — Beth
• Social Distance — Deb
• The Politician — Mary McCutcheon
• 2017Brave New Jersey — Lorraine Davison
• The Good Fight — Toni Hedger
• 2016Manchester by the Sea — Jill
• Blindspot — Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
• Sneaky Pete — Trish
• Save Me — Jenna Dennings
• Elementary — Chloe Butler
• 2012The Fitzgerald Family Christmas — Erin Fitzgerald
• 2011Ashes — Jasmine, Writer
• 2011Mister Handsome — Emily
• 2011Valley of the Sun — Betsy
• 2011What's Your Number? — Eileen
• Blue Bloods — Sister Mary
• 2010Weakness — Julia
• Bored to Death — Leah
• 2009Breaking Upwards — Hannah
• The Unusuals
• 2008Beer for My Horses — Lobster Claw
• 2008Choke — Internet Date / Gwen
• 2007Watching the Detectives — Denise
• 2006The Groomsmen — Jules
• Twenty Good Years — Stella Mason
• 2005Bewitched — Nina
• 2005Brooklyn Lobster — Kerry Miller
• 2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous — Cheryl Frasier
• 2005Perception — Ramona
• 2003Kill the Poor — Scarlet
• 2002Two Weeks Notice — Meryl Brooks
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Claire Quinn
• 2000Miss Congeniality — Cheryl 'New York'
• The $treet — Joanne Sacker
• The Beat — Beatrice Felsen
• 2000You Are Here* — Lydia
• 1998You've Got Mail — Christina Plutzker
• Law & Order — Lana Madison

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' — Self
• 2005Why I Love 'Bewitched' — Self