Heather Burns
Actress
Known for
Heather Burns is the sort of actress whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Playing Jill in 'Manchester by the Sea' put her in front of the widest audience of the career. She appears in 'Miss Congeniality' too. 39 credits across 28 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Heather Burns
Actress
Heather Burns is the sort of actress whose accumulated screen time beats that of most leading names. Playing Jill in 'Manchester by the Sea' put her in front of the widest audience of the career. She appears in 'Miss Congeniality' too. 39 credits across 28 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Movies (25 titles)
Plays Jill
Manchester by the Sea
2016
Plays Christina Plutzker
You've Got Mail
1998
Plays Meryl Brooks
Two Weeks Notice
2002
Plays Cheryl "Rhode Island"
Miss Congeniality
2000
Plays Eileen
What's Your Number?
2011
Plays Nina
Bewitched
2005
Plays Cheryl Frasier
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Plays Rosemary
The Best You Can
2025
Plays Internet Date / Gwen
Choke
2008
Plays Denise
Watching the Detectives
2007
Plays Ms. Johansen
Brenda
2026
Plays Ramona
Perception
2005
Plays Jules
The Groomsmen
2006
Plays Lorraine Davison
Brave New Jersey
2017
Plays Scarlet
Kill the Poor
2003
Plays Lobster Claw
Beer for My Horses
2008
Plays Julia
Weakness
2010
Plays Erin Fitzgerald
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
Plays Betsy
Valley of the Sun
2011
Plays Hannah
Breaking Upwards
2009
Plays Kerry Miller
Brooklyn Lobster
2005
TV Shows (14 titles)
Plays Leah
Bored to Death
2009
Plays Stella Mason
Twenty Good Years
2006
Plays Jenna Dennings
Save Me
2013
Plays Beatrice Felsen
The Beat
2000
Plays Joanne Sacker
The $treet
2000
Plays Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
Blindspot
2015
Plays Trish
Sneaky Pete
2015
Plays Deb
Social Distance
2020
Plays Toni Hedger
The Good Fight
2017
Plays Chloe Butler
Elementary
2012
Plays Sister Mary
Blue Bloods
2010
Plays Lana Madison
Law & Order
1990
Plays Claire Quinn
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Plays Mary McCutcheon
The Politician
2019
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The Best You Can
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Brenda
Ms. Johansen
2026
The Best You Can
Rosemary
2025
Princeton's in the Mix
Beth
2023
The Good Fight
Toni Hedger
2021Season 5
Social Distance
Deb
2020Season 1
The Politician
Mary McCutcheon
2020Season 2
Blindspot
Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2020Season 5
Sneaky Pete
Trish
2018
Blindspot
Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
2018Season 4
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Heather Burns and where are they from?
Heather Burns is 51 years old, born on April 7, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Heather Burns?
Heather Burns is best known for roles in Manchester by the Sea, Miss Congeniality, You've Got Mail.
How many movies has Heather Burns been in?
Over a 28-year career (since 1998), Heather Burns has appeared in 25 movies and 14 TV shows.
What was Heather Burns's first movie?
The career of Heather Burns began with You've Got Mail (1998).
What is Heather Burns's most recent movie or series?
Heather Burns's most recent release is Brenda, which premiered on April 20, 2026.
What TV shows has Heather Burns appeared in?
On television, Heather Burns has appeared in Blindspot, Elementary, Blue Bloods, Law & Order.
Heather Burns
1975-04-07 · 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.
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).