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Heidi Gardner
Gardner being interviewed for SuperMansion at the 2016 New York Comic Con
Born
Heidi Lynn Gardner[1]

(1983-07-27) July 27, 1983 (age 41)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Kansas
University of Missouri
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active2011–present
Spouse
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(m. 2010; div. 2023)​
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Heidi Lynn Gardner[3] (born July 27, 1983)[4] 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. She was promoted to repertory status on the show in 2019.

Early life

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Gardner was born and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri.[5] She has an older brother, Justin.[6]

Heidi Gardner worked part-time at the Tivoli Theater in Kansas City as a child, where she did everything "from selling tickets to making popcorn". She later credited the theater as "setting the tone in her life".[7] She was not interested in acting as a teenager, only performing on stage as a flautist for the school band and doing comedy sketches in school talent shows.[8] She graduated from the all-girls Catholic high school Notre Dame de Sion in southern Kansas City in 2001. In her senior year, her classmates voted her "most likely to be a cast member of Saturday Night Live".[6] After graduation, Gardner followed in a friend's footsteps and enrolled at the University of Kansas for two years before transferring to the University of Missouri for a semester. At the time she was uninterested in school and often skipped classes, but discovered a fondness for haircutting.[8]

Career

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At age 21, Gardner dropped out of college and left Kansas City for Los Angeles, where she worked at a hair salon for nine years.[9] Before moving, she saved $600 over one summer.[10] A friend encouraged her to attend a performance at The Groundlings theater, where she became inspired to become an actress.[9] Lacking acting experience, Gardner enrolled in community workshops to learn the basics of improvisation. Once she was comfortable performing, Gardner auditioned for the Groundlings basic class and was accepted.[8]

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.[8] During that time, she became a voice actress,[11] regularly appearing on animated series including Bratz, SuperMansion, and Mike Tyson Mysteries.[12] In 2017, she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) along with Luke Null and Chris Redd for its forty-third season, as featured players.[10]

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.[8] 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.[13] In 2019, Gardner made her stage debut in Michael Frayn's Noises Off at The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.[14] That same year, her and SNL castmate Redd were promoted to Repertory Status for SNL's 45th season.[15]

By the time of season 47, which was her fifth season on SNL, she still felt like "the new kid", because by that point, as outside of Leslie Jones, most of the senior cast members from her first season were still there.[16] This was due in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic preventing those said senior cast members from leaving the show earlier.[17] By the time time season 47 had concluded, said senior cast members (such as Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, and Cecily Strong - who left midway through season 48,) had left the show, and Gardner (who, by season 48, was in her sixth season) talked about being greatful for now being one of the senior cast members, and has enjoyed being "passed the ball more."[18][19]

Gardner, who had never broken character in seven seasons on SNL, cracked while playing NewsNation host Bobbi Moore in a Beavis and Butt-Head-centered sketch on April 13, 2024.[20] Vulture magazine described the moment as breaking in "spectacularly charming fashion".[21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Recurring characters on Saturday Night Live[28]
  • Angel (Every Boxer's Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever), a distressed woman who tries to give "Weekend Update's Good News Report" but inevitably derails into melodramatic rants about her boyfriend's dangerous boxing career
  • Bailey Gismert, a teen film critic who gives awkward reviews
  • Brie Bacardi, one half of a shallow couple always on the brink of an argument, who runs a relationship-themed Instagram account with her boyfriend Nico Slobkin (Mikey Day)
  • Baskin Johns, a woman who works for Goop and gets worried that she will be fired by Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Mandy, a cousin of a celebrity who shames their movie careers
  • Sandy, a joyful cook on a baking reality competition show who is qualified and skilled but often gets passed over as a winner for more poorly-constructed and eccentric cakes
  • Tamra, an intern who pitches Instagram captions for Mattel's Barbie account
  • Deidre, one half of a couple who describes their vacation to their friends, naïvely misinterpreting poor experiences as prestigious culture
  • Crystal (Your Co-Worker Who is Extremely Busy Doing Seemingly Nothing), who comes to Weekend Update to complain about her job, although it's unclear what she actually does

Personal life

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Gardner is a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals.[7] From 2010 to 2023, she was married to Marvel Comics creator Zeb Wells, whom she met while she was a member of the Groundlings.[29][30] She lives in Leawood, Kansas which is south of Kansas City in a mid-century modern home she purchased in 2021.[31][32][33][34]

Filmography

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Dibs! Erica
2018 Life of the Party Leonor
Making Babies Meg
2019 Otherhood Erin
2022 Hustle Kat Merrick
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Last Baker Voice role
2023 Leo Eli's mom Voice role[35]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2017, 2019 Mike Tyson Mysteries Old Woman, Jennifer 2 episodes
2017–present Saturday Night Live Various
2019 The Other Two Mona Episode: "Chase Turns Fourteen"
Veep Amanda White Episode: "Discovery Weekend"
Alien News Desk Tuva Van Void (voice) 12 episodes
American Dad! Various voices Episode: "Lost Boys"
Superstore Colleen Episode: "Forced Hire"
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jenny Special: "Kimmy vs the Reverend"
2021 Close Enough Becca (voice) Episode: "Houseguest From Hell"
Crank Yankers Herself (voice) Episode: "Chelsea Peretti, Heidi Gardner & J.B. Smoove"
2022 Is It Cake? Herself (Judge) Episode: "Toying Around"
Girls5eva Cara Episode: "Album Mode"
That Damn Michael Che Episode: "Higher Power"
2023–2024 Shrinking Grace 10 episodes

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Adult Wednesday Hairdresser Episode: "The Haircut"
Bratz Yasmin (voice) 8 episodes
2015–19 SuperMansion Cooch, Various voices 46 episodes
2016 CollegeHumor Originals Patient Episode: "Why Are My Nipples Pixelated?"

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Heads Will Roll Various voices 10 episodes
2021 Batman: The Audio Adventures Harley Quinn, Miss Tuesday

Stage

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Year Title Role Locations
2019 Noises Off Brooke Ashton/Vicki The Cape Playhouse

Writing credits

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Web

Year Title Notes
2015 Bratz 3 episodes
2015–17 SuperMansion 11 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "43 for 43: Heidi Gardner - SNL". YouTube. 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Advice Ep! SNL's Heidi Gardner on Getting Through Breakups, How to Love Sports, Overcoming Public Speaking Fears, Figuring Out the Best Career & More". 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ "43 for 43: Heidi Gardner - SNL". YouTube. 18 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Almanac: Today's Birthdays". Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. July 27, 2024. p. A3. ProQuest 3085732594. Former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez is 49. Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is 47. Actor/comedian Heidi Gardner is 41. Actor Taylor Schilling is 40. Golfer Jordan Spieth is 31. See also:
    • "Today in History: Today's Birthdays". Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. July 27, 2018. p. A2. ProQuest 2077225829. Former MLB All-Star Alex Rodriguez is 43. Actor Seamus Dever is 42. Actor Jonathan Rhys (rees) Meyers is 41. Actress/comedian Heidi Gardner is 35. Actor Blair Redford is 35. Actress Taylor Schilling is 34. Singer Cheyenne Kimball is 28. Golfer Jordan Spieth is 25.
  5. ^ "Heidi Gardner". nbc.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Gutierrez, Lisa (September 27, 2017). "This KC native is being hailed as the next household name on 'Saturday Night Live'". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "My Kansas City: Interview With SNL's Heidi Gardner". visitkc.com (Interview). Interviewed by Lambdin Meyer, Diana. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d e Cizmar, Martin (August 21, 2019). "How Heidi Gardner went from a hairstylist taking improv classes to Saturday Night Live star". kansascitymag.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Coy Dugger. "How Kansas City Native Heidi Gardner Ended Up On Saturday Night Live". kcur.org. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Steinberg, Brian (November 22, 2019). "'SNL': Heidi Gardner's Kooky 'Weekend Update' Characters Make News". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. ^ Bradley, Nina (September 26, 2017). "Who Is Heidi Gardner? The New 'SNL' Cast Member Is Someone You Should Get To Know ASAP". Bustle.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Schwartz, Ryan (28 August 2019). "Superstore Season 5: Justina Machado to Recur, SNL's Heidi Gardner Also Cast". TVLine. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 24, 2019). "'SNL' Promotes Heidi Gardner & Chris Redd To Full Cast Members". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  16. ^ https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/heidi-gardner-snl-interview-2021
  17. ^ Dellatto, Marisa. "Lorne Michaels Says 'SNL' Cast Member Exodus Was A Result Of The Pandemic". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  18. ^ https://deadline.com/2023/06/heidi-gardner-is-an-snl-senior-now-she-loves-it-1235423891/
  19. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQZaV9ERbEM&t=376s
  20. ^ Tinoco, Armando (4 May 2024). "Heidi Gardner Says She Was Afraid To Break Character On 'SNL': "I Thought I'd Get Fired"". Deadline. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  21. ^ Ivie, Devon (2024-04-15). "Heidi Gardner Couldn't Prepare for What She Saw". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  22. ^ Perez, Lexy (2024-04-16). "Heidi Gardner Reacts to Breaking Character During 'SNL' 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Sketch: "I Lost It"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  23. ^ Sharf, Zack (2024-04-16). "'SNL' Star Heidi Gardner Says 'Anxiety Set in' After Breaking So Hard During 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Sketch: 'I'll Never Be Able to Shake' What I Saw". Variety. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  24. ^ "'SNL' Star Heidi Gardner Feels Terrible She Broke Character During 'Beavis And Butt-Head' Skit". HuffPost. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  25. ^ Ortiz, Andi (2024-04-16). "SNL: Heidi Gardner Explains Why She Lost It in 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Sketch". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  26. ^ "'SNL' shows behind-the-scenes footage of 'Beavis and Butt-Head' skit that broke Heidi Gardner". TODAY.com. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  27. ^ Evans, Greg (2024-04-16). "Heidi Gardner Explains Butt-Head Crack-Up On Last Saturday's 'SNL'". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  28. ^ Steinberg, Brian (2019-11-22). "'SNL': Heidi Gardner's Kooky 'Weekend Update' Characters Make News". Variety. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  29. ^ Hoedel, Cindy (August 1, 2019). "IN Conversation with Heidi Gardner". inkansascity.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  30. ^ "Advice Ep! SNL's Heidi Gardner on Getting Through Breakups, How to Love Sports, Overcoming Public Speaking Fears, Figuring Out the Best Career & More". 29 January 2024.
  31. ^ "Location Maps & Information". ims.jocogov.org. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  32. ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2024/09/06/heidi-gardner-overland-park-house.html. Retrieved 2024-10-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ^ Studach, Mel (2024-10-29). "Inside SNL Star Heidi Gardner's Midcentury Home, a Disco Fantasy Come True". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  34. ^ Architectural Digest (2024-10-29). Inside 'SNL' Star Heidi Gardner's Midcentury Kansas City Home | Open Door | Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2024-10-29 – via YouTube.
  35. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About Leo". Tudum. August 23, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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