Riki Lindhome
Acting · Writing
Born March 5, 1979, Coudersport, Pennsylvania, USA
Riki Lindhome was born on March 5, 1979 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania but grew up primarily in Portville, New York (near Buffalo). Her first break came when Tim Robbins cast her in his hit play, Embedded, which played at the Public Theater in New York City, Riverside Studios in London and The Actor's Gang Theater in Los Angeles. Shortly after, Clint Eastwood cast her in her first film role, as Mardell Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby. She also wrote and directed the award-winning short, Life is Short. Since then, she has found work in film, TV and commercials and performs in the LA-based comedy duo, Garfunkel and Oates.
Filmography
- 2026Steps — Story, Songs, Executive Producer
- 2026Stop! That! Train! — Reporter 2
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — Ramona Nowitzki
- 2026The Napa Boys — Monica
- 2026Wake
- Haunted Hotel — Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025Queens of the Dead — Lizzy
- 2025The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — Bethanny
- 2024Afraid — Maud / RV Woman
- Matlock — Izzy Dominguez
- 2023Candy Cane Lane — Suz
- Strange Planet — Lonely, Early Being #3 (voice)
- The Muppets Mayhem — Justine the Belieber
- 2022King Tweety — Beep Beep (voice)
- Monster High — Purrsephone (voice)
- Roar — Lil
- Wednesday — Valerie Kinbott
- Just Beyond — Bonnie
- 2021Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon — QAnon Cruise Check-In Person
- United States of Al — Chloe
- Duncanville — Kimberly (voice)
- 2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics — Emily
- 2020I'm Alright If You're Alright — Aurora
- 2020The Wolf of Snow Hollow — Julia Robson
- 2019Knives Out — Donna Thrombrey
- Kidding — Shaina
- The Neighborhood — Kristen
- 2018Under the Silver Lake — Actress
- DuckTales — May (voice)
- 2017Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? — Poison Ivy (voice)
- 2017Newly Single — Riki
- 2017The Lego Batman Movie — Poison Ivy (voice)
- Ask the Storybots
- 2016Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to be Special — Herself, Director, Writer
- Morris and the Cow — Florence (voice)
- 2016Nerdland — Linda (voice)
- Another Period — Beatrice Tiffani Amber Thiessen Downsy, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- Con Man — Janet Carney, Janet Carney (uncredited)
- Difficult People — Hostess
- Fresh Off the Boat — Arielle
- 2015The Dramatics: A Comedy — Abigail
- The Muppets — Becky
- 2015The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water — Popsicle (voice)
- 2014A Better You — Neighbour's Wife
- Garfunkel and Oates — Garfunkel, Executive Producer, Music, Writer, Creator
- 2014Search Party — Garfunkel
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Agneta
- 2013Escape from Polygamy — Kayla
- 2013Hell Baby — Marjorie
- Jon Davis Gets A Sex Robot — Layla Davis
- 2013Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around — Susan Murphy/Ginormica (voice)
- Monsters vs. Aliens — Susan Murphy
- 2013Much Ado About Nothing — Conrade
- Super Fun Night — Hayley
- The Birthday Boys
- 2012Bink & Gollie
- 2012Fun Size — Denise (Galaxy Scout)
- Garfunkel and Oates — Garfunkel, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- House of Lies — Joy
- 2011Andy Made a Friend — Olivia
- Happy Endings — Angie
- Love Bites — Alexis
- New Girl — Kylie
- 2011Nuthin' But a Glee Thang — Herself, Writer
- Traffic Light — Amy
- $#*! My Dad Says — Laura Griffin
- Adventure Time — Island Lady (voice), Ice Cream (voice)
- 2009A Good Funeral — Polly
- Drop Dead Diva — Marjorie Little
- 2009Imaginary Larry — Betsy, Director, Writer
- Modern Family — Poet
- 2009Powder Blue — Nicole
- 2009The Last House on the Left — Sadie
- 2008Changeling — Examination Nurse
- 2008My Best Friend's Girl — Hilary
- 2007Girltrash! — LouAnne Dubois
- Girltrash!
- Pushing Daisies — Jeanine
- The Big Bang Theory — Ramona Nowitzki
- Heroes — Car Rental Lady
- 2006Life Is Short — Lilly, Writer, Director
- 2006Pulse — Janelle
- 2005Berkeley — Fighting Girl
- Bones — Mandy Summers
- 2005Embedded Live — Gondola / Journalist
- House — Sarah
- 2004Million Dollar Baby — Mardell Fitzgerald
- 2004Seeing Other People — Girl Kissing Ed (uncredited)
- Nip/Tuck — McKenzie
- 2001Backseat Detour — Catie
- Gilmore Girls — Girl #2, Juliet
- Titus — Charlie
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Irena Nowak
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Cheryl
Appearances as themselves (11)
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast — Self
- The Puzzle Room with David Kwong — Self - Guest
- 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
- After Midnight — Self
- Grave Conversations — Self
- 2019Laughing Matters — Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
- 2014Lennon or McCartney — Self
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
- 2012Garfunkel and Oates: The Half Hour — Self
- The Soup — Self