Heidi Swedberg

• Name — Heidi Swedberg • Birthplace — Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1989–2010 • Children — 2 • Website — www.sukeyjumpmusic.com

Swedberg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating from Sandia High School in 1984.

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 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). She acted in many other television shows both before and after her appearances on Seinfeld.

Swedberg's last acting credit was in 2010, after which she shifted her career toward music and education. She 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. She regularly teaches music at the John C. Campbell Folk School.

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

• 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 — 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"