Heather Burns Heather Burns Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island in the 2000 film "Miss Congeniality". Her other film appearances include "You've Got Mail" (1998), "Two Weeks Notice" (2002) and "Bewitched" (2005). Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is married to actor Ajay Naidu. She graduated from Evanston Township High School. 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 "" (2005). More recently she
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