# Heidi Swedberg

Heidi Swedberg is an American actress and musician, best known for playing Susan Ross, the fiancée of George Costanza, on the television sitcom Seinfeld.

## Early life

Swedberg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in New Mexico. She attended Sandia High School in Albuquerque from 1980 to 1984.

## Career
### Acting

After graduation, Swedberg moved to Kentucky, where she spent a year at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her first film role was in Norman Jewison's In Country (1989). She then appeared in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael and Kindergarten Cop (both 1990); and in Too Much Sun, and the Jim Abrahams comedy spoof Hot Shots! (both 1991).
She also had guest roles in a number of television series, including Matlock, Thirtysomething, Quantum Leap, Brooklyn Bridge, Northern Exposure, Sisters, Roc and Touched by an Angel.
She then took on the role of Susan Ross in the long-running TV comedy Seinfeld (11 episodes in season four, 16 episodes in season seven, and in a flashback in season nine's 'backward' episode).
Swedberg appeared regularly in other television shows, including Empty Nest, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Grace Under Fire. She also made a guest appearance in Wizards of Waverly Place as Jennifer Majorheely.
After acting, Heidi taught music at Saint Brendan Elementary School in the Los Angeles Hancock Park neighborhood. While living in Hawaii, Swedberg grew up playing the ukulele. In 1992, when playing a singer/songwriter for a television pilot, she began playing the instrument again. She plays it and sings in her band, Heidi Swedberg and The Sukey Jump Band, with whom she has released the albums PLAY! (2009) and My Cup of Tea (2013).
Swedberg appears at ukulele festivals and nightclubs with her other band, The Smoking Jackets, with multi-instrumentalists Daniel Ward, Craig McClelland and John Bartlit.

## Personal life

Swedberg was married to Philip Holahan from 1994 until their divorce in 2019. They have two daughters.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | In Country | Dawn | |
| 1990 | Too Much Sun | Sister Agnes | |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Andrea Stein | |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Joshua’s Mother | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Mary Thompson | |
| 1996 | Up Close & Personal | Sheila | |
| 1997 | A Parking Lot Story | Car Owner | Short film |
| 1998 | Dennis the Menace Strikes Again | Alice Mitchell | Video |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Brandon's mother | |
| 2000 | 75 Degrees in July | Kay Colburn | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Matlock | Sister Katherine | "The Priest" |
| 1990 | Thirtysomething | Miss Jackie | "The Guilty Party" |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Valerie Nevski | "Private Dancer" |
| 1991 | Northern Exposure | Linda | "Only You" |
| 1991-92 | Brooklyn Bridge | Miss McCullough | "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", "The Gift" |
| 1992 | Sisters | Jill Parkins | "Troubled Waters", "Working Girls" |
| 1992 | Roc | Helen | "Roc Throws Joey Out", "Joey Messes Up" |
| 1992–1997 | Seinfeld | Susan Ross | Recurring role in 29 episodes |
| 1993 | Roc | Helen | "You Don't Send Me No Flowers" |
| 1994 | Empty Nest | Patty Olsen | "Love a la Mode" |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Lorna Thompson | "Proof in the Pudding" |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Rekelen | "Profit and Loss" |
| 1994 | Father and Scout | Donna Paley | TV film |
| 1994 | Grace Under Fire | Ramona | "Jimmy's Girl", "Cold Turkey" |
| 1995 | If Not for You | Melanie McKee | "Pilot" |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Marty Dillard | "Secret Service" |
| 1997 | The Ticket | Rita | TV film |
| 1997 | Breast Men | Eileen | TV film |
| 1999 | Evolution's Child | Elaine Cordell | TV film |
| 2001 | Roswell | Meredith Dupree | "Disturbing Behavior", "How the Other Half Lives" |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Mrs. Cabochon | "Flashpoint" |
| 2001 | Strong Medicine | Celia Farber | "Rebirth" |
| 2002 | ER | Robin Turner | "Lockdown", "Chaos Theory" |
| 2002 | Gilmore Girls | Debbie Fincher | "One's Got Class and the Other Ones Dyes" |
| 2003 | Oliver Beene | Cynthia Vogel | "A Day at the Beach" |
| 2003 | Becker | Mrs. Whitford | "Mr. and Ms. Conception" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Laura Worth | "911" |
| 2008 | Bones | Alice Elliot | "The Finger in the Nest" |
| 2009 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Miss Majorhealey | "Art Teacher" |
| 2010 | Hawthorne | Olivia Maxwell | "Hidden Truths" |