Heather Burns

Heather Burns 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. Her other film appearances include You've Got Mail (1998), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Bewitched (2005).

Life and career[edit]

Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Evanston Township High School. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her father Jim Burns (basketball) played basketball for the Chicago Bulls, and as an attorney was the US Attorney in Chicago from 1992-1996.^{[citation needed]}

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). She also starred in the film What's Your Number? (2011) and she held a recurring role opposite Zach Galifianakis in the HBO series Bored to Death^[1] and played Trish in the Amazon webseries Sneaky Pete (2017).^[2]

In 2020, she appeared as a guest star in the Netflix series The Politician, for which she received praise for her performance. ^[3]^[4]

Burns is married to actor Ajay Naidu.^[5]

Year	Title	Role
1998	You've Got Mail	Christina Plutzker
2000	You Are Here*	Lydia
2000	Miss Congeniality	Cheryl Frasier, Miss Rhode Island
2002	Two Weeks Notice	Meryl Brooks
2003	Kill the Poor	Scarlet
2005	Perception	Ramona
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Cheryl Frasier, Miss United States
2005	Bewitched	Nina
2005	Brooklyn Lobster	Kerry Miller
2006	The Groomsmen	Jules
2007	Watching the Detectives	Denise
2008	Choke	Internet Date / Gwen
2009	Breaking Upwards	Hannah
2010	Ashes	Jasmine
2010	Weakness	Julia
2011	Valley of the Sun	Betsy
2011	What's Your Number?	Eileen
2012	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Erin
2016	Manchester by the Sea	Jill
2016	Brave New Jersey	Lorraine Davison

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–1997	One Life to Live	Herrick #1	TV series
1998	Law & Order	Lana Madison	Episode: "Carrier"
1999	Chicks	Darcy	TV film
1999	Nearly Yours	Olivia Hammersmith	TV series
2000	The Beat	Beatrice Felsen	Episodes: "The Beat Goes On", "They Say It's Your Birthday"
2000	The $treet	Joanne Sacker	Episode: "Rebound"
2001	The $treet	Joanne Sacker	Episodes: "Turf Wars", "Past Performance", "Junk Bonds", "Framed"
2003	With You in Spirit	Emily Burke	TV film
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Claire Quinn	Episode: "Dollhouse"
2006–2008	Twenty Good Years	Stella	Main role
2008	Puppy Love	Ricki	TV series
2009	The Unusuals	Bridget Demopolis	Episodes: "Crime Slut", "42", "The Circle Line"
2009–2011	Bored to Death	Leah	Main role
2013	Save Me	Jenna Derring	TV series
2013	Elementary	Chloe Butler	Episode: "Internal Audit"
2014	Blue Bloods	Sister Mary	Episode: "Burning Bridges"
2017, 2019, 2020	Blindspot	Kathy Gustafson aka Electra	4 episodes
2018	Sneaky Pete	Trish	Episodes: "Maggie", "Buffalo Soldiers"
2020	The Politician	Mary Moskowitz McCutcheon	Episode: "Hail Mary"
2021	The Good Fight	Toni Hedger	Episode: "Once There Was A Court"
2022	Julia	Claire Foster	Episode: "Crepes Suzette"

^ Lang, George. "Blu-ray review: 'Bored to Death: The Complete Third Season'". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ Sorokach, Josh. "'Sneaky Pete' Season 2: Here's Why Sara Tomko Looks So Familiar". Decider. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ Shoemaker, Allison. "The Politician Recap: Operation Spicy Lube". Vulture. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ Iskander, Cristina. "The Politician Season 2 Review: A Disappointing Second Term". Tell Tale TV. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ Daniel Maurer."Tribeca: The Party Report" Archived July 20, 2012, at archive.today.Metro New York. April 26, 2006. Retrieved August 5, 2006.

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