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Heidi Swedberg

Heidi Swedberg

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Heidi Swedberg (born March 3, 1966) is an American actress known for her role as Susan Ross, the fiancée of George Costanza on the television sitcom Seinfeld.

Swedberg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Kay, a high school English teacher and Jim Swedberg, a laser physicist. She was raised in New Mexico and attended Sandia High School in Albuquerque from 1980 to 1984.

Following graduation she moved to Kentucky where she spent a year at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, following which she acted in her first film role, Norman Jewison's 1989 In Country. She followed that with roles in 1990 movies Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael and Kindergarten Cop, and 1991 movies Too Much Sun and Jim Abrahams comedy spoof Hot Shots!

During this time she also had guest roles in a number of popular television series, including Matlock, Thirtysomething, Quantum Leap, Brooklyn Bridge, Northern Exposure, Sisters, Roc and Touched By An Angel. The following year she took on the role of Susan Ross in 11 episodes of Seinfeld's fourth season, 17 episodes of the seventh season and one episode of the ninth (via flashback in the 'backward' episode). She made a guest appearance in Wizards of Waverly Place as Jennifer Majorheely.

Swedberg was not in Seinfeld's fifth season in 1994 but acted regularly in parts on other television shows, including Empty Nest, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Grace Under Fire.

Heidi Swedberg played in a supporting role as "Brandon's Mother" in the movie Galaxy Quest.

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  • BIRTH 03/03/1966
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 11
  • MOVIES 11

Shows (11)

Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
Debbie Fincher
Bones
Bones
Alice Elliot
Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Susan Ross
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Miss Majorhealey
ER
ER
Robin Turner
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap
Valerie Nevsky
Roswell
Roswell
Meredith Dupree
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rekelen
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Laura Worth
Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure
Linda
Becker
Becker
Mrs. Whitford

Movies (11)

Galaxy Quest
Galaxy Quest
Brandon's Mom
Kindergarten Cop
Kindergarten Cop
Joshua's Mother
Hot Shots!
Hot Shots!
Mrs. 'Dead Meat' Thompson
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Surgical Nurse
Up Close & Personal
Up Close & Personal
Sheila
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
Alice Mitchell
In Country
In Country
Dawn
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
(segment "The Theatre")
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Andrea Stein
The Ticket
The Ticket
Rita
Moving Alan
Moving Alan
Female Ranger