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Heidi Gardner

Biography

Heidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since season 43 in 2017, when she debuted as a featured player.

In 2014, Gardner joined the Sunday Company and a year later after a promotion to the Main Company, she quit her job as a hairstylist to focus on acting. During that time, she became a voice actress, regularly appearing on animated series incuding Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries. In 2017, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) along with Luke Null and Chris Redd for its forty-third season.

After her first year on SNL, Gardner was hired to play Leonor in the Ben Falcone-directed film Life of the Party, alongside Melissa McCarthy, Falcone's wife. 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 is shut down.

Known For

Otherhood
Otherhood
Übermansion
Übermansion

Filmography

2025 SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024 Second Chance Stage
as Self - Judge
2024 Good Times
as White Lady (voice)
2024 Good Times
as Brittany / Guests (voice)
2024 Good Times
as Elon's Mama / Zombie (voice)
2024 Good Times
as Kari (voice)
2024 I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
as Self
2023 Leo
as Eli’s Mom (voice)
2023 Shrinking
as Grace
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Last Baker (voice)
2022 Hustle
as Kat Merrick
2022 Is It Cake?
as Self - Judge
2021 Girls5eva
as Cara
2021 See You in the Sky
as Woman
2020 Close Enough
as Becca (voice)
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
as Jenny
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019 Otherhood
as Erin
2019 Making Babies
as Meg
2019 Alien News Desk
as Tuva Van Void (voice)