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Heather Anne Campbell
BornChicago, Illinois, United States
MediumStage, television, film
GenresImprovisational comedy
Notable works and rolesSaturday Night Live
MADtv
Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, improv comedy performer, voice actress, and actress.

Life and career

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 currently performs in and writes for 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][better source needed] 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,[4][better source needed] and is a voice talent behind various short clips on Fox's Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) airing on Saturday nights. She appeared on Comedy Central's @midnight four times. Campbell also wrote and performed in animated sketches for the YouTube channel AOK, in a similar capacity to ADHD cartoons.[5]

Campbell appeared on MADtv and was the featured singer in Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical.[6]

In 2009, Campbell played a featured character named "Pink" in the web series MegaBot.[7][8][9]

In September 2010, Campbell was hired as a writer for Season 36 of Saturday Night Live.[10] 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",[11] "Bavatar",[12] 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,[13] 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.[14][failed verification] She has written or co-written three episodes of the 2019 Twilight Zone series.

In June 2019, Campbell began co-hosting How Did This Get Played?, a podcast focused on poorly-rated video games.[15]

Though once a libertarian, she has since renounced that political label.[16]

Personal life

In October 2018, she came out on Instagram as part of National Coming Out Day.[17] She is married to screenwriter and playwright Mary Laws.[18]

Filmography

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
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 3 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–present How Did This Get Played? Co-host
2019 Miracle Workers Writer; season 1 episode 4: "6 Days"
2019-2020 The Twilight Zone Co-executive produce; 10 episodes
Writer; 3 episodes
2021 Harmontown Guest Speaker Episode: Harmontown Reunion!
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Sequence Jane

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Heather Anne Campbell". UCB Comedy. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Heather Anne Campbell". The Pack Theater. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". IMDb.com. July 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Incredible Crew: Series Cast". IMDb.com.
  5. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2EpGGJSIEY
  6. ^ "Food Court Musical". Improv Everywhere. March 9, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  7. ^ "Fran Kranz is Blue in Megabot (NSFW)". whedonesque.com. September 23, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "MegaBot Trailer". YouTube. July 26, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ^ Heather Campbell (September 23, 2009). "MEGABOT PREMIERES ONLINE!". heatherannecampbell.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  10. ^ [1] Archived September 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Twilight - with Cheeseburgers!". PerezHilton.com. April 28, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  12. ^ First Posted: 4/20/10 Updated: 5/25/11 (February 18, 2010). "Avatar Gets Spoofed...With Babies (VIDEO)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved February 13, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Arno River, Florence". nationalgeographic.com. February 13, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  14. ^ "Video games, Gaming News, Video Game Reviews, Video Game Previews & Game Trailers and Random Geekery". EGMNOW. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  15. ^ "How Did This Get Played? podcast on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  16. ^ Heather Anne Campbell [@heathercampbell] (November 25, 2017). "I can't in good conscience identify as a Libertarian anymore. The entire movement has inspired sickening lunges toward fascism. Libertarians are supposed to be freedom-admiring globalists. How the hell are they producing so many young nationalists?" (Tweet). Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Heather Anne Campbell on Instagram: "I came out to my parents when I was 17. Since then, I've been pretty private about who I date. I've been terrified it would cost me jobs,…"". Instagram. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  18. ^ ""Doki Doki Literature Club (podcast episode)"". Retrieved May 14, 2020.