Heidi Gardner


Heidi Lynn Gardner 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.

Early life

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

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, regularly appearing on animated series such as Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries.
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.
In 2019, Gardner made her stage debut in Michael Frayn's Noises Off at The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Dibs!Erica
2018Life of the PartyLeonor
2018Making BabiesMeg
2019OtherhoodErin

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015BratzYasmin 8 episodes
2015–17SuperMansionVarious voices25 episodes
2017Mike Tyson MysteriesOld Woman Episode: "Love Letters"
2017–presentSaturday Night LiveVarious48 episodes
2019The Other TwoMonaEpisode: "Chase Turns Fourteen"
2019VeepAmanda WhiteEpisode: "Discovery Weekend"
2019Alien News DeskTuva Van Void
2019SuperstoreColleenEpisode: "Forced Hire"
2020Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtJennySpecial: "Kimmy vs the Reverend"