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
Beautiful (2000 film) Beautiful (2000 film) Beautiful is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Sally Field (in her feature film directorial debut), starring Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Herta Ware, and Kathleen Turner. The plot deals with the sacrifices that contestants in the Miss America pageant typically must make. The film was both a critical and a commercial failure. Mona Hibbard (Driver) is a young woman from a troubled home who has one overarching goal: to become the winner of the Miss America pageant. Her mother is an alcoholic who graduates from berating her young daughter for not doing