Heather Burns
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Heather Burns

Born 7 April 1975 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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
Miss Congeniality
You've Got Mail
Blindspot
What's Your Number?
Two Weeks Notice
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Elementary
Bewitched
Blue Bloods
Law & Order
Choke
Brenda
The Best You Can
Princeton's in the Mix
Brave New Jersey
Manchester by the Sea
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
Valley of the Sun
Ashes
What's Your Number?
Mister Handsome
Weakness
Breaking Upwards
Choke
Beer for My Horses
Watching the Detectives
The Groomsmen
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Bewitched
Perception
Brooklyn Lobster
Kill the Poor
Two Weeks Notice
Miss Congeniality
You Are Here*
You've Got Mail
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