Heidi Gardner

Heidi Lynn Gardner[1] (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress and comedian, who currently works as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. She also voices the anthropomorphic cat Cooch on the Crackle series SuperMansion which was later broadcast under a secondary license by U.S. cable network Adult Swim.

Heidi Gardner
Born
Heidi Lynn Gardner

(1983-07-27) July 27, 1983
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2014–present
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2010)

Early life

Gardner is from Kansas City, Missouri, where she graduated from the all-girls Catholic high school Notre Dame de Sion in 2001.[2]

She attended the University of Kansas for two years and the University of Missouri for a semester before heading to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a hairstylist.[3]

Career

Starting in 2009, Gardner began taking classes at The Groundlings theatre in Los Angeles. In 2014, she joined the Sunday Company, and a year later she was promoted to the Main Company. During that time, she became a voice actress,[4] regularly appearing on animated series such as Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries.[5]

In 2017, Gardner joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for its forty-third season.

In 2018, she played the supporting role of Leonor in the Ben Falcone-directed film Life of the Party, alongside Melissa McCarthy.

On August 28, 2019, TVLine reported that Gardner would have a guest role on the NBC comedy series Superstore playing Dina Fox's nemesis Colleen who is transferred to Store 1217 after Cloud 9’s Bel-Ridge location gets shut down.[6]

In 2019, Gardner made her stage debut in Michael Frayn's Noises Off at The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.[7]

Personal life

Gardner has been married to Marvel Comics writer Zeb Wells since 2010.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Dibs! Erica
2018 Life of the Party Leonor
2018 Making Babies Meg
2019 Otherhood Erin

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Bratz Yasmin (voice) 8 episodes
2015–17 SuperMansion Various voices 25 episodes
2017 Mike Tyson Mysteries Old Woman (voice) Episode: "Love Letters"
2017–present Saturday Night Live Various 48 episodes
2019 The Other Two Mona Episode: "Chase Turns Fourteen"
2019 Veep Amanda White Episode: "Discovery Weekend"
2019 Alien News Desk Tuva Van Void (voice) [9][10]
2019 Superstore Colleen Episode: "Forced Hire"[11]
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jenny Special: "Kimmy vs the Reverend"

References
  1. "Meet the SuperMansion Cast with New Character Posters – SuperHeroHype". 2 September 2015.
  2. "Kansas City native Heidi Gardner joining cast of Saturday Night Live".
  3. "The 'SNL' Angel who's wickedly funny? She's Kansas City's Heidi Gardner". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. Bradley, Nina (September 26, 2017). "Who Is Heidi Gardner? The New 'SNL' Cast Member Is Someone You Should Get To Know ASAP". Bustle.
  5. Hatchett, Keisha (October 13, 2016). "TMS Interviews the SuperMansion Cast About Santa's Existential Crisis and Jordan Peele's Get Out". The Mary Sue. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  6. Schwartz, Ryan (28 August 2019). "Superstore Season 5: Justina Machado to Recur, SNL's Heidi Gardner Also Cast". TVLine. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. Gans, Andrew (August 7, 2019). "Jeremy Webb, Janine LaManna, Jennifer Cody Join SNL's Heidi Gardner in Noises Off at Cape Playhouse". Playbill. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  8. "In Conversation with Heidi Gardner".
  9. Andreeva, Nellie (November 15, 2018). "Syfy Orders 'Alien News Desk' Series From 'SNL' Team In Original Animation Push". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  10. Syfy. "Alien News Desk – Show". Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  11. Dunn, Colton (21 August 2019). "Shooting my #superstore episode this week! Look for it this fall!! pic.twitter.com/bnDG4d68zS". @captdope. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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