Heidi Gardner
American comedian (born 1983)
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- Heidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress, comedian, and writer.
- She was promoted to repertory status on the show in 2019.
- She has an older brother, Justin.
- She later credited the theater as "setting the tone in her life".
- She graduated from the all-girls Catholic high school Notre Dame de Sion in southern Kansas City in 2001.
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WikipediaHeidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) 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.
Heidi Gardner was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She has an older brother, Justin.
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". 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. 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".
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