Acting credits
40
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Heather Burns
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.4
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Movies: 25Series: 15Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 26716
IMDb ID: nm0122688
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1975
Age: 50
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2026
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q445115
Also known as
Χέδερ Μπερνς • Хезер Бёрнс
Other jobs
Writer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Heather Burns.
In 4 weeks
Brenda
as Ms. Johansen
2026 Movie
7.0
The Best You Can
as Rosemary
2025 Movie
Princeton's in the Mix
as Beth
2023 Movie
5.1
Brave New Jersey
as Lorraine Davison
2017 Movie
7.6
Manchester by the Sea
as Jill
2016 Movie
6.0
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Erin Fitzgerald
2012 Movie
6.5
What's Your Number?
as Eileen
2011 Movie
Mister Handsome
as Emily
2011 Movie
7.0
Ashes
as Jasmine
2011 Movie
4.2
Valley of the Sun
as Betsy
2011 Movie
4.6
Weakness
as Julia
2010 Movie
5.4
Breaking Upwards
as Hannah
2009 Movie
6.1
Choke
as Internet Date / Gwen
2008 Movie
4.8
Beer for My Horses
as Lobster Claw
2008 Movie
6.3
Watching the Detectives
as Denise
2007 Movie
5.2
The Groomsmen
as Jules
2006 Movie
5.7
Brooklyn Lobster
as Kerry Miller
2005 Movie
5.1
Bewitched
as Nina
2005 Movie
5.7
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Cheryl Frasier
2005 Movie
Perception
as Ramona
2005 Movie
4.4
Kill the Poor
as Scarlet
2003 Movie
6.4
Two Weeks Notice
as Meryl Brooks
2002 Movie
6.5
Miss Congeniality
as Cheryl Frasier
2000 Movie
You Are Here*
as Lydia
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Heather Burns.
6.2
Social Distance
as Deb • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.0
The Politician
as Mary McCutcheon • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Toni Hedger • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.4
Blindspot
as Kathy Gustafson aka Electra • 4 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Sneaky Pete
as Trish • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.7
Save Me
as Jenna Dennings • 7 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Chloe Butler • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Sister Mary • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.2
Bored to Death
as Leah • 24 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Unusuals
2 eps
2009 Series
8.5
Twenty Good Years
as Stella Mason • 13 eps
2006 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Claire Quinn • 1 eps
2001 Series
5.4
The $treet
as Joanne Sacker • 5 eps
2000 Series
2.0
The Beat
as Beatrice Felsen • 6 eps
2000 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Lana Madison • 1 eps
1990 Series