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Heather Burns

Acting · Born April 7, 1975 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Movies with Heather Burns

• You've Got Mail (1998) — Christina Plutzker
• Miss Congeniality (2000) — Cheryl 'New York'
• Manchester by the Sea (2016) — Jill
• What's Your Number? (2011) — Eileen
• Two Weeks Notice (2002) — Meryl Brooks
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) — Cheryl Frasier
• Bewitched (2005) — Nina
• The Best You Can (2025) — Rosemary
• The Groomsmen (2006) — Jules
• Watching the Detectives (2007) — Denise
• Choke (2008) — Internet Date / Gwen
• Beer for My Horses (2008) — Lobster Claw

TV shows with Heather Burns

• Bored to Death (2009) — Leah
• The Beat (2000) — Beatrice Felsen
• The $treet (2000) — Joanne Sacker
• Twenty Good Years (2006) — Stella Mason
• Save Me (2013) — Jenna Dennings