 |
| Heather Anne Campbell | |
|---|---|
 Campbell in 2013 | |
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Medium | Stage, television, film, podcasting |
| Genres | Improvisational comedy |
| Spouse | Mary Laws (m. 2023) |
| Notable works and roles | Saturday Night Live MADtv Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
| Website | heatherannecampbell |
Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, podcast host, and actress.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Campbell began studying improvisational comedy at iO Theater at the age of fifteen, under the tutelage of Del Close. [1] [2] Following a four-year stint of performing in Northwestern University's Mee-Ow Show , she relocated to Amsterdam in 2002 for three years as part of the comedy group Boom Chicago. [1] In 2005, Campbell moved to Los Angeles and found work with multiple comedy clubs such as The Groundlings and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. [1]
Campbell is an alumna of The Midnight Show, a monthly sketch showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and is a recurring performer on The CW's Whose Line Is It Anyway. [3] [4] Campbell was also a writer on Cartoon Network's Incredible Crew . In 2013, she began writing for Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show . She has also written for Fox's Animation Domination, [5] [4] and is a voice talent behind various short clips on Fox's Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD). [4] She was a recurring guest on Comedy Central's @midnight . [3] [6]
Campbell appeared on MADtv and was the featured singer in Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical. [7]
In 2009, Campbell played a featured character named "Pink" in the web series MegaBot. [8] [9] [10]
In September 2010, Campbell was hired as a writer for Season 36 of Saturday Night Live . [11] In March 2011, Campbell appeared in Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza , a shortform improv show that aired on GSN.
Campbell has also appeared in commercials for CiCi's Pizza, Wendy's, Toyota, and was featured in Activision's "Mapathy" campaign for the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 .[ citation needed ] She has written several viral internet videos for The Midnight Show, including "Twilight with Cheeseburgers", [12] "Bavatar", [13] and "Drive Recklessly", which was nominated for The Comedy Awards on Comedy Central in 2012.
Campbell's photography has been selected by National Geographic as Photo of the Day, [14] and her poster design work was featured as the back cover of Adbusters .[ citation needed ]
In addition, Campbell is also a video game journalist, and was editor of Dave Halverson's Play Magazine as well as Jeff Bond's Geek Monthly until their closure in 2010.[ citation needed ] Formerly, Campbell was also the Executive Editor of Fusion Publishing's Rocket Magazine, in addition to being a freelance contributor for Edge Online, Action Button, and EGM . [15] [ failed verification ] She has written or co-written three episodes of the 2019 Twilight Zone series. Campbell was also hired as a writer for the sixth season of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty . [16]
In June 2019, Campbell began co-hosting Get Played (formerly How Did This Get Played?), a podcast focused on unusual or poorly rated video games. [17] In June 2022, Campbell began co-hosting spin-off podcast Get Anime'd!, with Get Played co-hosts Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca. [18]
Though once a libertarian, she has since renounced the label. [19] Asked in a 2013 interview how her politics inform her writing, Campbell answered: "I don't go into pieces thinking 'how can I make a libertarian sketch. I never think that. It's what's funniest. And I think the best way to serve political Libertarianism is to just do the best work." [20]
In October 2018, she came out on Instagram as part of National Coming Out Day. [21] She has been in a relationship with screenwriter, playwright, and showrunner Mary Laws since 2019, [22] and announced in 2023 on her podcast Get Played that the two had gotten married. [23]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Newscaster | Credited as Heather Campbell |
| 2015 | Decision Election 2016 All-Star Clusterfuck | Hillary Clinton | Short |
| 2017 | Love In The Last Five Days | Ellie | Short film |
| 2020 | Crossing Over: Living in the Twilight Zone | Herself | Documentary |
| TBA | Underground Comedy | Herself | Documentary Post-production |
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Mad TV | Theater Manager | Season 11, episode 15: "Film Preview" |
| 2008 | Musicals in Real Life | Fast Food Worker | Season 1, episode 1: "Food Court Musical" |
| 2008–2013 | The Midnight Show | Jacqueline Kennedy / Dianne Feinstein | 25 episodes Writer; 14 episodes Producer; 1 episode Director; 1 episode |
| 2010–2011 | Saturday Night Live | — | Writer; 22 episodes |
| 2011 | Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza | Herself | 8 episodes |
| KFC: PTSD | — | Short Cinematographer | |
| 2012 | First Dates with Toby Harris | Janene | Season 1, episode 11: "Actors" |
| 2012–2013 | Incredible Crew | News Reporter / Teacher | 2 episodes Writer; 13 episodes |
| 2012–2016 | Animation Domination High-Def | Various / Ash Ketchum / Pikachu | Voice; 53 episodes |
| 2013–2015 | Key and Peele | Writer #6 / Math Teacher | 2 episodes |
| Scientifically Accurate | Voice; 5 episodes Writer; 10 episodes | ||
| 2013–2021 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Herself | 14 episodes |
| 2014 | The Eric Andre Show | — | Writer; 20 episodes |
| 2015 | Trevor Moore: High in Church | Sycophant | |
| Major Lazer | Video Game Tournament Worker | Voice Episode 8: "I, Killscreen" | |
| Rooster Teeth: Entertainment System Originals | Mom / Pinky Pop | 4 episodes Writer; 3 episodes | |
| Rooster Teeth Entertainment System | Herself/Panelist | Season 1 episode 4: "DLC Fuckfest" Writer; 3 episodes | |
| Open Carrie | Mitch | Short | |
| 2015–2017 | @midnight | Herself | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Party Over Here | Doctor / Various | 2 episodes Writer |
| Trump vs. Bernie: Shout the Vote | — | Consultant Consultant writer | |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Dr. D. N. Ay | Season 5, episode 5: "T-Pain Wears Shredded Jeans and a Printed Shirt" | |
| The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush | Maria | Voice; episode 2: "The Deadly Brothel" | |
| Power Rangers Hurt Something | — | Short Writer | |
| 2016–2017 | AOK | Mrs. Potts / Toad / Judge Bowser Jr. / Piccolo / Gohan Doctor / Teacher / Woman | Live action; 10 episodes Voice; 3 episodes Writer; 28 episodes |
| Brian Remus: Science Genius | Claire / Claire Burton | 5 episodes | |
| 2016–2020 | American Dad! | Chopper / Airport Terminal Announcer / Demolition Donkey The Babe / Gina | Voice; 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Final Fantasy XV Road Trip IRL | — | Short Writer |
| How to Video Games | Herself | 17 episodes Writer; 1 episode | |
| Drive Share | Driver | 8 episodes | |
| Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Script Supervisor | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Ghost Writer | Demon Child | Episode 1: Holy LaCroix |
| 2018–2020 | Corporate | Kara | 2 episodes Writer; 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Miracle Workers | — | Writer; season 1 episode 4: "6 Days" |
| 2019–2020 | The Twilight Zone | — | Co-executive producer; 10 episodes Writer; 3 episodes |
| 2022–present | Rick and Morty | Co-executive producer Writer; 3 episodes Voice; Season 6, Episode 5: "Final Desmithation" | |
| Podcasts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Doughboys | Guest | Episode: "Umami Burger with Heather Anne Campbell" |
| 2017 | Doughboys | Guest | Episode: "Claim Jumper with Heather Anne Campbell" |
| 2019–present | Get Played | Co-host | |
| 2020 | Hello from the Magic Tavern | Couch the Sentient Couch | Season 3, episode 62: "Couch" |
| 2021 | Harmontown | Guest | Episode: "Harmontown Reunion!" |
| Going Deep | Guest | Episode: "Culture Shock Catharsis with Nick Wiger & Heather Anne Campbell" | |
| 2022 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Guest | Episode: 756 |
| The Neighborhood Listen | Louise | Episode: "The Confusing Gathering with Heather Anne Campbell" | |
| Doughboys | Guest | Episode: "Cold Stone Nintendo with Heather Anne Campbell and Matt Apodaca" | |
| 2022–present | Get Anime'd | Co-host | |
| Video games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Sequence | Jane | |
Matthew Gregory Besser is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, and one of the four founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe, who had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000. He hosts the improvisation-based podcast Improv4humans, previously on the Earwolf network, but now solely operated by himself and Brett Morris.
Robert Anderson Huebel is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant and for his role of Dr. Owen Maestro on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. He also appeared as Russell on the FX/FXX series The League and as Len Novak on the Amazon Prime Video series Transparent. In December 2022, Entertainment Weekly called Huebel "the premier d-bag character actor of his generation".
Paul Rust is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred in the 2009 film I Love You, Beth Cooper and in the Netflix series Love.
The Midnight Show was a Los Angeles–based sketch comedy group which performed monthly at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Founded in 2008, the show owed its notoriety not only to production of several viral and mature-themed internet videos on Funny or Die and YouTube, but also to the fact that the show has functioned as a feeder of talent to the cast and writing staff of Saturday Night Live. The show contained both live and pre-filmed sketch material, guided by a celebrity host. Past hosts have included Drew Carey, Andy Richter, Dax Shepard, Fred Willard, Jerry O'Connell, Trevor Moore, Jerry Minor, Jordan Peele, Michaela Watkins, Matt Walsh, Paul F. Tompkins, Steve Agee, James Van Der Beek and John Ennis.
Earwolf is an American comedy podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich in August 2010. In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die. It merged with podcast advertising network The Mid Roll in 2014, a separate company founded by Ullrich, to form Midroll Media. Midroll was acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company in 2015. In July 2020, Sirius XM acquired Midroll Media, which includes Stitcher Radio and Earwolf, for $325 million.
Adam Saul Pally is an American comedian and actor. He first earned recognition for starring as Max Blum in Happy Endings, as Dr. Peter Prentice in The Mindy Project, and as Wade Whipple in Sonic the Hedgehog, its sequels, and the spin-off series Knuckles. He also starred in Making History and was an executive producer of The President Show.
Jason "Zouks" Mantzoukas is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and podcaster. He is best known for his recurring role as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League, his role as Nadal in The Dictator, and as one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael.
Walter Kamau Bell is an American stand-up comic and television host. He has hosted the CNN series United Shades of America since 2016, and hosted FXX television series Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell from 2012 to 2013. He is the host of the live radio show and podcast Kamau Right Now on KALW, and also co-hosts the podcasts Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period with Kevin Avery (comedian) and Politically Re-Active with Hari Kondabolu. In 2022, Bell directed and produced the documentary miniseries We Need to Talk About Cosby.
Dorthea Lauren Allegra Lapkus is an American actress and comedian, known for portraying Susan Fischer in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Jess in the HBO comedy-drama series Crashing (2017–2019). She has also appeared in the television series Are You There, Chelsea? (2012), Hot in Cleveland (2012), Clipped (2015), The Big Bang Theory (2018–2019), and Good Girls (2020–2021) and in the films Jurassic World (2015), The Unicorn (2018), and The Wrong Missy (2020). She played the voice role of Lotta in the animated comedy series Harvey Girls Forever! (2018–2020).
Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series Kroll Show. In 2013, he starred as Hobbes in the Amazon Studios original series Betas, and also played Agent Filippo in Zoolander 2 (2016).
How Did This Get Made? (HDTGM) is a podcast on the Earwolf network. It is hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas with occasional substitutes and/or guest hosts. Each episode features the deconstruction and mockery of outlandish films that are widely considered to be the worst.
Matthew James Gourley is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster best known for his work on the Superego and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcasts and Drunk History.
Nicole Byer is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She is known as the host of the Netflix comedic reality bake-off series Nailed It! (2018–present), for which she has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Andrew Tarver is an American actor and comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He is known for starring as Cary Dubek on the comedy series The Other Two, his role on the Seeso show Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, and for his appearances on comedy podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang! and Big Grande's The Teachers Lounge.
Maria Blasucci is an American actress and comedy writer. She is best known for roles in television shows including Family Tree on HBO and Ghost Ghirls on Yahoo Screen.
Jessica McKenna is an American actress, comedian and singer. McKenna trained with The Groundlings and at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where she regularly performs. McKenna was one of the stars of Fox's Party Over Here, alongside Nicole Byer and Alison Rich, and hosted the podcast Off Book: The Improvised Musical until 2023.
Nicholas Wiger is an American comedian, improviser, podcast personality, and television writer. He is the co-host of the popular weekly podcast Doughboys, which reviews chain restaurants with guests and includes additional segments centered around snack food and related topics. He is also the co-host of Get Played, a podcast about video games.
Mitra Jouhari is an Iranian-American comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for starring in the television series Three Busy Debras, based on the sketch comedy group she co-founded, and voicing Cleopatra "Cleo" Smith in the second and third seasons of Clone High. Jouhari has written for the television series Big Mouth, High Maintenance, and Miracle Workers.
Get Played is an audio podcast that follows Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca as they discuss and review video games, with early episodes focusing on weird or bad games. In January 2022, the podcast changed formats to shift away from intentionally playing bad games, in part to improve the experience for guests and the hosts.
Laci Risë Mosley is an American actress, comedian and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and co-starred in the Pop comedy series Florida Girls. Mosley is best known for her podcast Scam Goddess, which focuses on historical and contemporary scams and cons. She was a cast member on Florida Girls, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Lopez vs Lopez, and the iCarly revival series.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)