Heidi Lynn Gardner is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for eight seasons from season 43 in 2017 until season 50 in 2025. She was promoted to repertory status on the show in 2019. 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.
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Cast Credits
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (2026)
Guest starring as Tisha Basmati
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Mischief and Memories (Apr 13, 2026)
- Episode 1x05: You May Hug Your Hero (Mar 16, 2026)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 1x01: Five Minutes (Jan 16, 2025)
Good Times Black Again (2024)
Guest starring as White Lady
- Episode 1x01: Meet the Evans of New (Apr 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Brittany
- Episode 1x03: Grey's Anatomy (Apr 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Guests
- Episode 1x03: Grey's Anatomy (Apr 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Elon's Mama
- Episode 1x04: They Came Before Elon (Apr 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Zombie
- Episode 1x04: They Came Before Elon (Apr 12, 2024)
Guest starring as Kari
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Projects Divided (Apr 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: #BlackLoveDay (Apr 12, 2024)
- Episode 1x06: The Red Treaty (Apr 12, 2024)
Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x79: Heidi Gardner (Dec 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x205: John Stamos, Heidi Gardner (Jun 20, 2024)
- Episode 2x36: Heidi Gardner (Oct 24, 2023)
Shrinking (2023)
Guest starring as Grace
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: The Drugs Don't Work (Dec 18, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Psychological Something-ism (Oct 23, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: I Love Pain (Oct 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Jimmying (Oct 16, 2024)
- Episode 1x10: Closure (Mar 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Boop (Mar 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Woof (Feb 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Fifteen Minutes (Feb 3, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Fortress of Solitude (Jan 27, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Coin Flip (Jan 27, 2023)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 5x107: Sheryl Crow, Heidi Gardner, Justin Willman, Marcus King (Apr 1, 2024)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x07: Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Mitch Albom, Samara Joy (Sep 27, 2022)
- Episode 4x09: Nate Berkus, Jeremiah Brent, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim (Sep 30, 2021)
- Episode 3x53: Meghan Trainor, Heidi Gardner, Farah Merhi (Dec 2, 2020)
Alien News Desk (2019)
Starring as Tuva Van Void
(12 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: The Ultimate Shape-Shifter Shaft (May 4, 2019)
- Episode 1x11: Princes of Mange (May 4, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Bloated Acquisition Piles (Apr 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Cumbersome Dongles (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: A Wasteland of Rehashed Dreck (Apr 17, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Corrupt, Bloviating Narcissists (Apr 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: A Very Norffy Gronksmas (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: A Bunch of Space Bums (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Simultaneous Vortex Exit (Mar 23, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Udder Madness (Mar 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Inane Utterings of a Brainwashed People (Mar 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Ungrateful Wads of Protein (Feb 27, 2019)
Today 3rd Hour (2018)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 2025-02-13: Heidi Gardner, Monica Barbaro, Alessia Cara (Feb 13, 2025)
Live with Kelly & Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 7x145: Penn Badgley, Kal Penn, Heidi Gardner (Apr 5, 2023)
Nobodies (2017)
Guest starring as Hostess
- Episode 1x06: Too Much of a Good Thing (May 3, 2017) [Co-Star]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
Guest starring as Jenny
- Episode S04 Special: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Vs. The Reverend (May 12, 2020)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2026-01-20: Billy Bob Thornton, Heidi Gardner, Molly Baz (Jan 20, 2026)
- Episode 2019-02-26: Patton Oswalt, Heidi Gardner, Elle King (Feb 26, 2019)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 2023-03-22: Brian Cox, Heidi Gardner, Mikaela Shiffrin, Caroline Polachek (Mar 22, 2023)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
(3 episodes)
- Episode 21x105: Rachel Fuda & Heidi Gardner (Jun 23, 2024)
- Episode 20x51: Paris Hilton, Heidi Gardner (Mar 16, 2023)
- Episode 16x157: Heidi Gardner & Mark Consuelos (Oct 7, 2019)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Starring as Heidi Gardner
(118 episodes)
- Episode 50x20: Scarlett Johansson / Bad Bunny (May 17, 2025)
- Episode 50x19: Walton Goggins / Arcade Fire (May 10, 2025)
- Episode 50x18: Quinta Brunson / Benson Boone (May 3, 2025)
- Episode 50x17: Jon Hamm / Lizzo (Apr 12, 2025)
- Episode 50x16: Jack Black / Elton John & Brandi Carlile (Apr 5, 2025)
- Episode 50x15: Mikey Madison / Morgan Wallen (Mar 29, 2025)
- Episode 50x14: Lady Gaga (Mar 8, 2025)
- Episode 50x13: Shane Gillis / Tate McRae (Mar 1, 2025)
- Episode 50x12: Timothée Chalamet (Jan 25, 2025)
- Episode 50x10: Martin Short / Hozier (Dec 21, 2024)
- Episode 50x09: Chris Rock / Gracie Abrams (Dec 14, 2024)
- Episode 50x08: Paul Mescal / Shaboozey (Dec 7, 2024)
- Episode 50x07: Charli XCX (Nov 16, 2024)
- Episode 50x06: Bill Burr / Mk.gee (Nov 9, 2024)
- Episode 50x05: John Mulaney / Chappell Roan (Nov 2, 2024)
- Episode 50x04: Michael Keaton / Billie Eilish (Oct 19, 2024)
- Episode 50x03: Ariana Grande / Stevie Nicks (Oct 12, 2024)
- Episode 50x02: Nate Bargatze / Coldplay (Oct 5, 2024)
- Episode 50x01: Jean Smart / Jelly Roll (Sep 28, 2024)
- Episode 49x20: Jake Gyllenhaal / Sabrina Carpenter (May 18, 2024)
- Episode 49x19: Maya Rudolph / Vampire Weekend (May 11, 2024)
- Episode 49x18: Dua Lipa (May 4, 2024)
- Episode 49x17: Ryan Gosling / Chris Stapleton (Apr 13, 2024)
- Episode 49x16: Kristen Wiig / Raye (Apr 6, 2024)
- Episode 49x15: Ramy Youssef / Travis Scott (Mar 30, 2024)
- Episode 49x14: Josh Brolin / Ariana Grande (Mar 9, 2024)
- Episode 49x13: Sydney Sweeney / Kacey Musgraves (Mar 2, 2024)
- Episode 49x12: Shane Gillis / 21 Savage (Feb 24, 2024)
- Episode 49x11: Ayo Edebiri / Jennifer Lopez (Feb 3, 2024)
- Episode 49x10: Dakota Johnson / Justin Timberlake (Jan 27, 2024)
- Episode 49x09: Jacob Elordi / Reneé Rapp (Jan 20, 2024)
- Episode 49x08: Kate McKinnon / Billie Eilish (Dec 16, 2023)
- Episode 49x07: Adam Driver / Olivia Rodrigo (Dec 9, 2023)
- Episode 49x06: Emma Stone / Noah Kahan (Dec 2, 2023)
- Episode 49x05: Jason Momoa / Tate McRae (Nov 18, 2023)
- Episode 49x04: Timothée Chalamet / boygenius (Nov 11, 2023)
- Episode 49x03: Nate Bargatze / Foo Fighters (Oct 28, 2023)
- Episode 49x02: Bad Bunny (Oct 21, 2023)
- Episode 49x01: Pete Davidson / Ice Spice (Oct 14, 2023)
- Episode 48x18: Ana de Armas / Karol G (Apr 15, 2023)
- Episode 48x17: Molly Shannon / Jonas Brothers (Apr 8, 2023)
- Episode 48x16: Quinta Brunson / Lil Yachty (Apr 1, 2023)
- Episode 48x15: Jenna Ortega / The 1975 (Mar 11, 2023)
- Episode 48x14: Travis Kelce / Kelsea Ballerini (Mar 4, 2023)
- Episode 48x13: Woody Harrelson / Jack White (Feb 25, 2023)
- Episode 48x12: Pedro Pascal / Coldplay (Feb 4, 2023)
- Episode 48x11: Michael B. Jordan / Lil Baby (Jan 28, 2023)
- Episode 48x10: Aubrey Plaza / Sam Smith (Jan 21, 2023)
- Episode 48x09: Austin Butler / Lizzo (Dec 17, 2022)
- Episode 48x07: Keke Palmer / SZA (Dec 3, 2022)
- Episode 48x06: Dave Chappelle / Black Star (Nov 12, 2022)
- Episode 48x05: Amy Schumer / Steve Lacy (Nov 5, 2022)
- Episode 48x04: Jack Harlow (Oct 29, 2022)
- Episode 48x03: Megan Thee Stallion (Oct 15, 2022)
- Episode 48x02: Brendan Gleeson / Willow (Oct 8, 2022)
- Episode 48x01: Miles Teller / Kendrick Lamar (Oct 1, 2022)
- Episode 47x21: Natasha Lyonne / Japanese Breakfast (May 21, 2022)
- Episode 47x20: Selena Gomez / Post Malone (May 14, 2022)
- Episode 47x19: Benedict Cumberbatch / Arcade Fire (May 7, 2022)
- Episode 47x18: Lizzo (Apr 16, 2022)
- Episode 47x17: Jake Gyllenhaal / Camila Cabello (Apr 9, 2022)
- Episode 47x16: Jerrod Carmichael / Gunna (Apr 2, 2022)
- Episode 47x15: Zoë Kravitz / Rosalía (Mar 12, 2022)
- Episode 47x13: John Mulaney / LCD Soundsystem (Feb 26, 2022)
- Episode 47x12: Willem Dafoe / Katy Perry (Jan 29, 2022)
- Episode 47x11: Will Forte / Måneskin (Jan 22, 2022)
- Episode 47x10: Ariana DeBose / Bleachers (Jan 15, 2022)
- Episode 47x09: Paul Rudd (Dec 18, 2021)
- Episode 47x08: Billie Eilish (Dec 11, 2021)
- Episode 47x07: Simu Liu / Saweetie (Nov 20, 2021)
- Episode 47x06: Jonathan Majors / Taylor Swift (Nov 13, 2021)
- Episode 47x05: Kieran Culkin / Ed Sheeran (Nov 6, 2021)
- Episode 47x04: Jason Sudeikis / Brandi Carlile (Oct 23, 2021)
- Episode 47x03: Rami Malek / Young Thug (Oct 16, 2021)
- Episode 47x02: Kim Kardashian West / Halsey (Oct 9, 2021)
- Episode 47x01: Owen Wilson / Kacey Musgraves (Oct 2, 2021)
- Episode 46x20: Anya Taylor-Joy / Lil Nas X (May 22, 2021)
- Episode 46x19: Keegan-Michael Key / Olivia Rodrigo (May 15, 2021)
- Episode 46x18: Elon Musk / Miley Cyrus (May 8, 2021)
- Episode 46x16: Daniel Kaluuya / St. Vincent (Apr 3, 2021)
- Episode 46x15: Maya Rudolph / Jack Harlow (Mar 27, 2021)
- Episode 46x14: Nick Jonas (Feb 27, 2021)
- Episode 46x13: Regé-Jean Page / Bad Bunny (Feb 20, 2021)
- Episode 46x12: Regina King / Nathaniel Rateliff (Feb 13, 2021)
- Episode 46x11: Dan Levy / Phoebe Bridgers (Feb 6, 2021)
- Episode 46x10: John Krasinski / Machine Gun Kelly (Jan 30, 2021)
- Episode 46x09: Kristen Wiig / Dua Lipa (Dec 19, 2020)
- Episode 46x08: Timothée Chalamet / Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Dec 12, 2020)
- Episode 46x07: Jason Bateman / Morgan Wallen (Dec 5, 2020)
- Episode 46x06: Dave Chappelle / Foo Fighters (Nov 7, 2020)
- Episode 46x05: John Mulaney / The Strokes (Oct 31, 2020)
- Episode 46x04: Adele / H.E.R. (Oct 24, 2020)
- Episode 46x03: Issa Rae / Justin Bieber (Oct 17, 2020)
- Episode 46x02: Bill Burr / Jack White (Oct 10, 2020)
- Episode 46x01: Chris Rock / Megan Thee Stallion (Oct 3, 2020)
- Episode 45x18: SNL at Home: Kristen Wiig / Boyz II Men (May 9, 2020)
- Episode 45x17: SNL at Home: Brad Pitt / Miley Cyrus (Apr 25, 2020)
- Episode 45x16: SNL at Home: Tom Hanks / Chris Martin (Apr 11, 2020)
- Episode 45x15: Daniel Craig / The Weeknd (Mar 7, 2020)
- Episode 45x13: RuPaul / Justin Bieber (Feb 8, 2020)
- Episode 45x11: Adam Driver / Halsey (Jan 25, 2020)
- Episode 45x10: Eddie Murphy / Lizzo (Dec 21, 2019)
- Episode 45x09: Scarlett Johansson / Niall Horan (Dec 14, 2019)
- Episode 45x08: Jennifer Lopez / DaBaby (Dec 7, 2019)
- Episode 45x07: Will Ferrell / King Princess (Nov 23, 2019)
- Episode 45x06: Harry Styles (Nov 16, 2019)
- Episode 45x05: Kristen Stewart / Coldplay (Nov 2, 2019)
- Episode 45x04: Chance the Rapper (Oct 26, 2019)
- Episode 45x02: Phoebe Waller-Bridge / Taylor Swift (Oct 5, 2019)
- Episode 45x01: Woody Harrelson / Billie Eilish (Sep 28, 2019)
- Episode 44x18: Emma Stone / BTS (Apr 13, 2019)
- Episode 44x16: Sandra Oh / Tame Impala (Mar 30, 2019)
- Episode 44x13: Don Cheadle / Gary Clark, Jr. (Feb 16, 2019)
- Episode 44x08: Jason Momoa / Mumford & Sons (Dec 8, 2018)
- Episode 44x02: Awkwafina / Travis Scott (Oct 6, 2018)
- Episode 43x16: Bill Hader / Arcade Fire (Mar 17, 2018)
- Episode 43x02: Gal Gadot / Sam Smith (Oct 7, 2017)
- Episode 43x01: Ryan Gosling / Jay Z (Sep 30, 2017)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
(2 episodes)
- Episode S50 Special: SNL50: The Anniversary Special (Feb 16, 2025)
- Episode S50 Special: SNL50: The Red Carpet (Feb 16, 2025)
Today (1952)
Guest starring as Heidi Gardner
- Episode 2024-05-03: Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Kate Hudson, Heidi Gardner, Damaris Phillips (May 3, 2024)