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.

Filmography

• 2026Scary Movie — Agent Berger
• The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — Tisha Basmati
• Good Times — White Lady (voice), Elon's Mama / Zombie (voice), Brittany / Guests (voice), Kari (voice)
• 2023Leo — Eli’s Mom (voice)
• Shrinking — Grace
• 2022Hustle — Kat Merrick
• 2022Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Last Baker (voice)
• Girls5eva — Cara
• 2021See You in the Sky — Woman
• Close Enough — Becca (voice)
• 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend — Jenny
• Alien News Desk — Tuva Van Void (voice)
• 2019Making Babies — Meg
• 2019Otherhood — Erin
• The Other Two — Mona
• 2018Life of the Party — Leonor
• You — Kim Kramer
• SuperMansion — Cooch
• Superstore — Colleen
• 2014Dibs! — Erica
• 2013Übermansion — Cooch
• Veep — Amanda White
• American Dad! — Realtor / Daughter on Pier (voice)
• Judgment Day
• The Sham
• The Swimming Lesson — Tay
• Transcending

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026Lorne — Self (uncredited)
• 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... — Self
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story — Self
• Second Chance Stage — Self - Judge
• Is It Cake? — Self - Judge
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Beat Bobby Flay — Self - Guest Judge
• Conan — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters