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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-04-07 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

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Хезер Бёрнс

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

Acting

Miss Congeniality

2000

Miss Congeniality

as

Cheryl Frasier

Two Weeks Notice

2002

Two Weeks Notice

as

Meryl Brooks

You've Got Mail

1998

You've Got Mail

as

Christina Plutzker

Bewitched

2005

Bewitched

as

Nina

Kill the Poor

2003

Kill the Poor

as

Scarlet

Choke

2008

Choke

as

Internet Date / Gwen

The Groomsmen

2006

The Groomsmen

as

Jules

You Are Here*

2000

You Are Here*

as

Lydia

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

2012

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

as

Erin Fitzgerald

Perception

2005

Perception

as

Ramona

Ashes

2011

Ashes

as

Jasmine

The Best You Can

2025

The Best You Can

as

Rosemary

Breaking Upwards

2009

Breaking Upwards

as

Hannah

Brave New Jersey

2017

Brave New Jersey

as

Lorraine Davison

Brooklyn Lobster

2005

Brooklyn Lobster

as

Kerry Miller

Weakness

2010

Weakness

as

Julia

Beer for My Horses

2008

Beer for My Horses

as

Lobster Claw

Mister Handsome

2011

Mister Handsome

as

Emily

The $treet

The $treet

as

Joanne Sacker

The Beat

The Beat

as

Beatrice Felsen

The Good Fight

The Good Fight

as

Toni Hedger

Save Me

Save Me

as

Jenna Dennings

Elementary

Elementary

as

Chloe Butler

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

as

Sister Mary

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Lana Madison

Blindspot

Blindspot

as

Kathy Gustafson aka Electra

The Politician

The Politician

as

Mary McCutcheon

Production

Crew

Directing