Actor

Heather Burns

Contemporaryb. 1975ComedyDramaRomanceAction

Comic Visionary

Also wrote 1 screenplay ↗

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Known For

25 acting credits

as Jill

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2016

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Filmography

2026BrendaMs. Johansen 2025The Best You CanRosemary7.0 2023Princeton's in the MixBeth 2017Brave New JerseyLorraine Davison5.1 2016Manchester by the SeaJill7.6 2012The Fitzgerald Family ChristmasErin Fitzgerald6.0

About

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).

As Screenwriter

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