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name: "Heather Burns"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
updated: "2026-09-17T01:12:59.569596+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Heather Burns

Actor. Born 7 April 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 April 1975, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2009–2016
- **Also known as:** Χέδερ Μπερνς, Хезер Бёрнс

## Biography

Heather Burns is an American actress. Born on 7 April 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, she is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

She is known for supporting roles in romantic comedies such as *You've Got Mail* (1998), *Miss Congeniality* (2000) and *Two Weeks Notice* (2002). Burns played Jill in the 2016 drama *Manchester by the Sea*. She has also appeared in television series including *Blindspot* and *Sneaky Pete*. Burns is married to actor Ajay Naidu.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Manchester by the Sea* (2016), Fi1m 89, as Jill — [page](https://film.one/film/manchester-by-the-sea.md)
- *Bored to Death* (2009), Fi1m 50, as Leah — [page](https://film.one/tv/bored-to-death.md)

## Also known for

- *Miss Congeniality* (2000), Cheryl 'New York'
- *You've Got Mail* (1998), Christina Plutzker
- *Blindspot* (2015), Kathy Gustafson aka Electra
- *What's Your Number?* (2011), Eileen
- *Two Weeks Notice* (2002), Meryl Brooks
- *Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous* (2005), Cheryl Frasier
- *Elementary* (2012), Chloe Butler
- *Bewitched* (2005), Nina

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