Heidi Gardner
Biography
Heidi Lynn Gardner is an American actress, comedian, and writer born on July 27, 1983, in Kansas City, Missouri. She joined the Sunday Company in 2014 and was promoted to the Main Company a year later, at which point she left her job as a hairstylist to pursue acting. During that time, she worked as a voice actress, making regular appearances on animated series such as Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries. In 2017, she joined the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live as a featured player for its forty-third season, alongside Luke Null and Chris Redd. Her acting career includes forty known credits on the Movie Database platform.
Career overview
Heidi Lynn Gardner is an American actress, comedian, and writer born on July 27, 1983, in Kansas City, Missouri. Her career includes extensive work in television, voice acting, and sketch comedy.
In 2014, Gardner joined the Sunday Company and was later promoted to the Main Company a year afterward, at which point she quit her hairstylist job to focus entirely on acting. During this period, she established herself as a voice actress, making regular appearances on animated series such as Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries.
In 2017, Gardner joined the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live as a featured player for its forty-third season, alongside Luke Null and Chris Redd. Her tenure on the program continued into subsequent seasons.
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- Scary Movie (2026) as Agent Berger
- Lorne (2026) as Self (uncredited)
- The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (2026) as Tisha Basmati
- You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2026) as Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self
- Good Times (2024) as White Lady (voice)
- Good Times (2024) as Brittany / Guests (voice)
- Good Times (2024) as Elon's Mama / Zombie (voice)
- Good Times (2024) as Kari (voice)
- Second Chance Stage (2024) as Self - Judge
- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024) as Self
- Shrinking (2023) as Grace
- Leo (2023) as Eli’s Mom (voice)
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) as Last Baker (voice)
- Is It Cake? (2022) as Self - Judge
- Hustle (2022) as Kat Merrick
- Girls5eva (2021) as Cara
- See You in the Sky (2021) as Woman
- Close Enough (2020) as Becca (voice)
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (2020) as Jenny
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Other Two (2019) as Mona
- Otherhood (2019) as Erin
- Alien News Desk (2019) as Tuva Van Void (voice)
- Making Babies (2019) as Meg
- You (2018) as Kim Kramer
- Life of the Party (2018) as Leonor
- Superstore (2015) as Colleen
- SuperMansion (2015) as Cooch
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Beat Bobby Flay (2013) as Self - Guest Judge
- Übermansion (2013) as Cooch
- Veep (2012) as Amanda White
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- American Dad! (2005) as Realtor / Daughter on Pier (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Various Characters
- The Sham
- Judgment Day
- The Swimming Lesson as Tay
- Transcending