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}}}}Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, podcast host, 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.WEB,weblink Heather Anne Campbell, UCB Comedy, October 18, 2018, WEB,weblink Heather Anne Campbell, The Pack Theater, October 18, 2018, 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. In 2005, Campbell moved to Los Angeles and found work with multiple comedy clubs such as The Groundlings and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.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.WEB,weblink About, heatherannecampbell.com, April 3, 2022, 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,WEB,weblink Video: Comedian Heather Anne Campbell Talks Fox Show ADHD, Comedy, and Libertarianismdate=July 23, 2013TITLE=INTERVIEW: LA COMEDIAN HEATHER CAMPBELL GETS TO JOIN THE FUTURE BEFORE YOU WITH GOOGLE GLASS EXPLORER PROGRAM (AUDIO) WEBSITE=89.3 KPCC DATE=APRIL 12, 2013, and is a voice talent behind various short clips on Fox's Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD). She was a recurring guest on Comedy Central's @midnight.WRIGHT >FIRST1=MEGH URL=HTTPS://WWW.VULTURE.COM/2014/06/PAUL-F-TOMPKINS-BRETT-GELMAN-AND-HEATHER-ANNE-CAMPBELL-CAPTION-SOME-BAD-ENGAGEMENT-PHOTOS.HTML DATE=JUNE 6, 2014, 3 April 2022, Campbell appeared on MADtv and was the featured singer in Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical.WEB,weblink Food Court Musical, Improv Everywhere, March 9, 2008, February 13, 2012, In 2009, Campbell played a featured character named "Pink" in the web series MegaBot.WEB,weblink Fran Kranz is Blue in Megabot (NSFW), whedonesque.com, September 23, 2009, April 17, 2016, WEB,weblinkweblink 2021-12-15, live, MegaBot Trailer, YouTube, July 26, 2009, April 17, 2016, {{cbignore}}WEB,weblink MEGABOT PREMIERES ONLINE!, Heather Campbell, heatherannecampbell.com, September 23, 2009, April 17, 2016, In September 2010, Campbell was hired as a writer for Season 36 of Saturday Night Live.WEB,weblink The comic's comic: Meet two more new writers for SNL's 36th season: Heather Anne Campbell and Tom Flanigan, www.thecomicscomic.com,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100902045740weblink">weblink September 2, 2010, 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|date=April 2016}} She has written several viral internet videos for The Midnight Show, including "Twilight with Cheeseburgers",WEB,weblink Twilight - with Cheeseburgers!, PerezHilton.com, April 28, 2009, February 13, 2012, February 29, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120229152308weblink">weblink dead, "Bavatar",NEWS, First Posted: 4/20/10 Updated: 5/25/11,weblink Avatar Gets Spoofed...With Babies (VIDEO), Huffingtonpost.com, February 18, 2010, February 13, 2012, 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,WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130216102912weblink">weblink dead, February 16, 2013, nationalgeographic.com, Arno River, Florence, February 13, 2013, April 17, 2016, and her poster design work was featured as the back cover of Adbusters.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}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|date=April 2016}} 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.WEB,weblink Video games, Gaming News, Video Game Reviews, Video Game Previews & Game Trailers and Random Geekery, EGMNOW, February 13, 2012, {{failed verification|date=October 2018}}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.WEB, Campbell, Heather Anne, May 18, 2022, Season 6 of Rick and Morty,weblink 2022-07-28, Twitter, en, 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.WEB,weblink How Did This Get Played? podcast on Earwolf, www.earwolf.com, July 24, 2019, In June 2022, Campbell began co-hosting spin-off podcast Get Anime'd!, with Get Played co-hosts Nick Wiger and Matt Apodaca.WEB, Get Played is creating Anime Podcasts,weblink 2022-07-28, Patreon, en-GB, Though once a libertarian, she has since renounced the label.TWEET, Heather Anne Campbell, Heather Anne Campbell, heathercampbell, 934608620859228161, 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?, en, June 21, 2021, 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."WEB, Comedian Heather Anne Campbell Talks Fox Show ADHD, Comedy, and Libertarianism,weblink 2024-01-29, Reason, July 23, 2013, en,

Personal life

In October 2018, she came out on Instagram as part of National Coming Out Day.WEB,weblinkweblink December 24, 2021, registration, 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, en, 2019-06-24, {{cbignore}} She has been in a relationship with screenwriter, playwright, and showrunner Mary Laws since 2019,WEB, Congrats to my girlfriend, the incredible Mary Laws, who had her show picked up by Hulu.,weblink 2023-05-08, Twitter, en, {{better source|date=April 2024}} and announced in 2023 on her podcast Get Played that the two had gotten married.WEB, "The Legend of Zelda: A Pod to the Cast: Music Theory of Zelda with Zane Carney (podcast episode)",weblink May 8, 2023,

Filmography

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! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film align="center"! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | 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| DocumentaryPost-production

Television{| class"wikitable"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television align="center"! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | 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| {{NA}}| Writer; 22 episodes2011| Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza| Herself| 8 episodes| KFC: PTSD| {{NA}}| 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 episodes2013–2015| Key and Peele| Writer #6 / Math Teacher| 2 episodesADHD Shorts>Scientifically Accurate|| Voice; 5 episodes Writer; 10 episodes| 2013–2021Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)>Whose Line Is It Anyway?| Herself| 14 episodes| 2014| The Eric Andre Show| {{NA}}| Writer; 20 episodes2015| Trevor Moore: High in Church| Sycophant|Major Lazer (TV series)>Major Lazer| Video Game Tournament Worker | Voice Episode 8: "I, Killscreen"(Rooster Teeth>Rooster Teeth: Entertainment System Originals)| Mom / Pinky Pop| 4 episodes Writer; 3 episodesRooster Teeth>Rooster Teeth Entertainment System| Herself/Panelist| Season 1 episode 4: "DLC Fuckfest" Writer; 3 episodes| Open Carrie| Mitch| Short| 2015–2017| @midnight| Herself| 8 episodes2016| Party Over Here| Doctor / Various| 2 episodes Writer| Trump vs. Bernie: Shout the Vote| {{NA}}| Consultant Consultant writerComedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)>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| {{NA}}| Short Writer2016–2017| 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 episodes2017| Final Fantasy XV Road Trip IRL| {{NA}}| 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| 2018–2020Corporate (TV series)>Corporate| Kara| 2 episodes Writer; 2 episodes| 2019Miracle Workers (2019 TV series)>Miracle Workers| {{NA}}| Writer; season 1 episode 4: "6 Days"| 2019–2020The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)>The Twilight Zone| {{NA}}| 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"

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! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Podcasts align="center"! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes|2015Doughboys (podcast)>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{| class"wikitable"

! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Video games align="center"! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes| 2011| Sequence| Jane|

See also

• List of Whose Line Is It Anyway? performers

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Heather Anne Campbell}}

• Official website
• {{IMDb name|id=2216111}}

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