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Heather Anne Campbell

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Heather Anne Campbell
Campbell in 2013
BornChicago, Illinois, U.S.
MediumStage, television, film, podcasting
GenresImprovisational comedy
Spouse
Mary Laws
(m. 2023)
Notable works and rolesSaturday Night Live
MADtv
Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Websiteheatherannecampbell.com

Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, podcast host, and actress.

Life and career

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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]

Personal life

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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]

Filmography

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Film

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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

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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

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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

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Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Sequence Jane

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "About". heatherannecampbell.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Roe, Mike (April 12, 2013). "Interview: LA comedian Heather Campbell gets to join the future before you with Google Glass Explorer program (audio)". 89.3 KPCC. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  5. ^ "Video: Comedian Heather Anne Campbell Talks Fox Show ADHD, Comedy, and Libertarianism". reason.com. July 23, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Wright, Megh (June 6, 2014). "Paul F. Tompkins, Brett Gelman, and Heather Anne Campbell Caption Some Bad Engagement Photos". Vulture. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Food Court Musical". Improv Everywhere. March 9, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  8. ^ "Fran Kranz is Blue in Megabot (NSFW)". whedonesque.com. September 23, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "MegaBot Trailer". YouTube. July 26, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  10. ^ Heather Campbell (September 23, 2009). "MEGABOT PREMIERES ONLINE!". heatherannecampbell.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  11. ^ "The comic's comic: Meet two more new writers for SNL's 36th season: Heather Anne Campbell and Tom Flanigan". www.thecomicscomic.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010.
  12. ^ "Twilight - with Cheeseburgers!". PerezHilton.com. April 28, 2009. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "Arno River, Florence". nationalgeographic.com. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  15. ^ "Video games, Gaming News, Video Game Reviews, Video Game Previews & Game Trailers and Random Geekery". EGMNOW. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  16. ^ Campbell, Heather Anne (May 18, 2022). "Season 6 of Rick and Morty". Twitter. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  17. ^ "How Did This Get Played? podcast on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  18. ^ "Get Played is creating Anime Podcasts". Patreon. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Comedian Heather Anne Campbell Talks Fox Show ADHD, Comedy, and Libertarianism". Reason. July 23, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  21. ^ "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. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  22. ^ "Congrats to my girlfriend, the incredible Mary Laws, who had her show picked up by Hulu". Twitter. Retrieved May 8, 2023. [better source needed]
  23. ^ ""The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Music Theory of Zelda with Zane Carney (podcast episode)"". Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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