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
Gracie (film) her grief into a resolution to play on the all-male varsity team, even her best friend is horrified. As everyone knows, only lesbians play soccer." The film closes with the following remarks: "Thanks to Title IX and brave girls like Gracie, there are over 5 million girls who play soccer in America. Since 1991 the U.S. Women's National team has won Soccer's World Championships two times." (FIFA Women's World Cup Champions 1991, 1999) The film is loosely based on life events concerning the Shue family. Former "Melrose Place" star Andrew Shue, who developed the film, was one of its producers,