Riki Lindhome
Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born 1978 or 1979) is an American actress, comedian and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci. After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in the series Titus and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she guest-starred on the WB series Gilmore Girls (2005–2006), the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2008; 2017) and the HBO series Enlightened (2011).
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Riki Lindhome

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- United States.
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- actress, guitarist, podcaster, comedian and film director.
- Education
- Syracuse University.
- Languages
- English.
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Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born 1978 or 1979) is an American actress, comedian and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci. After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in the series Titus and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she guest-starred on the WB series Gilmore Girls (2005–2006), the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2008; 2017) and the HBO series Enlightened (2011).
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Early life
Early life
She co-created and starred in the Comedy Central period sitcom Another Period (2015–2018) with Natasha Leggero. She voiced the recurring role of Kimberly Harris in the Fox animated sitcom series Duncanville (2020–2022), and in 2022 she starred as Dr. Valerie Kinbott in the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday. Lindhome made her feature film debut in the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby as Mardell Fitzgerald, and went on to star in the comedy horror films Hell Baby (2013) and The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020). In 2007, she formed Garfunkel and Oates with actress Kate Micucci. They wrote, produced and starred in an eponymous television series on IFC, which aired for one season in 2014. Their 2016 Vimeo comedy special Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
Erika Lindhome is a native of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and raised in Portville, New York. She is primarily of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry. Lindhome graduated from Portville High School in 1997. She majored in communications and film at Syracuse University, where she graduated in 2000. In 1997, Lindhome won first prize in the JFK Profiles in Courage essay contest awarded by the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. Her subject was United States Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), whose outrage at the murder of her husband during the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting compelled her to challenge and win the seat held by her congressman, who had voted to repeal the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
Acting
Acting
Without an agent, Lindhome started her acting career with a role in a short film Backseat Detour (as a backseat passenger), and as Charlie in the sitcom Titus. In a season seven episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer she was the crutches-using student Cheryl in 2002. In 2003, she joined The Actors' Gang and appeared in the play Embedded in two roles (a commedia dell'arte of Condoleezza Rice, and a reporter) and was one of four actors from the play to be cast in the 2004 Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby, where she played Mardell Fitzgerald, the trailer-living sister of Maggie, the film's lead. Lindhome briefly appeared as a nameless inquisitive student in a season three episode of the television series Gilmore Girls in 2002 before later guest-starring as calorie-counter Juliet on the show's fifth and sixth seasons. She also appeared as Janelle in the 2006 techno-horror film Pulse and as a cruel nurse in the 2008 crime drama film Changeling. She guest-starred on the television series The Big Bang Theory as Ramona Nowitzki, a controlling graduate student obsessed with Sheldon Cooper, in seasons two, ten and eleven (2008, 2017). She guest-starred in the television series Pushing Daisies as the pie-loving Jeanine. In 2008, she played Hilary, a devout Christian girl who has a purposely disastrous date with Dane Cook in My Best Friend's Girl; and had a minor role as murder victim Vanessa Holden on the crime drama series Criminal Minds. In 2009, she starred as the vicious, amoral Sadie in The Last House on the Left, a remake of the 1972 horror film of the same name. In 2011, Lindhome was featured alongside Heather Morris, Sofía Vergara and Ashley Lendzion in "Nuthin' But a Glee Thang", a Glee-themed Funny or Die parody of the Dr. Dre song "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang". From 2010 to 2013, she developed and hosted the Nerdist podcast Making It with Riki Lindhome, interviewing people in the entertainment industry about their rise to fame. From 2011 to 2013, she guest-starred as Harper on the HBO television series Enlightened. She played a female version of Conrade, one of Don John's followers with whom he has a steamy relationship in Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, and appeared as the "Galaxy Scout" costume-wearing Denise in the 2012 comedy film Fun Size. In 2013, she starred in the horror-comedy film Hell Baby as Marjorie, the protagonist's Wiccan sister, a role for which she did a full frontal nude scene that attracted attention for being unusually lengthy. In 2015, Lindhome and Natasha Leggero created the Comedy Central series Another Period, in which Lindhome also starred as Beatrice Bellacourt. The show, which focuses on the Bellacourts, a fictional aristocratic family living in Newport, Rhode Island at the turn of the 20th century, premiered in June 2015. She had a recurring role on the television series The Muppets in 2015 as Becky, Fozzie Bear's human girlfriend. Also in 2015, she appeared in a season two episode of Fresh Off the Boat as Arielle, a resort masseuse, and Agneta, a Swedish Detective in Brooklyn Nine-Nine's season three episode "The Swedes". She voiced Poison Ivy in the 2017 animated film The Lego Batman Movie. In 2018, Lindhome guest-starred as Shaina, a recovering drug addict, in an episode of the comedy-drama television series Kidding., and later in 2018, Lindhome played "The Actress" who has casual sex with the "aimless" Sam in the neo-noir black comedy Under the Silver Lake. In October 2019, she was featured in SoulPancake's short documentary film Laughing Matters. The next month, she appeared in the ensemble cast of the 2019 mystery film Knives Out as faithful wife Donna Thrombey. She began starring in the Fox animated sitcom series Duncanville in February 2020, voicing the character Kimberly Harris, the emotional 12-year-old sister of the protagonist, Duncan Harris. In October 2020, she starred in the comedy thriller film The Wolf of Snow Hollow, directed by Jim Cummings, as sympathetic yet professional local police officer Julia Robson. In 2022, she voiced Royal Assistant Beep Beep in the Warner Brothers animated comedy film King Tweety, and starred as Dr. Valerie Kinbott, Wednesday Addams's strict but understanding court-ordered therapist, in the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday. In 2023, she guest-starred as Justine the Belieber, a fan of Justin Bieber who steals Dr. Teeth's van in Disney's The Muppets Mayhem. In 2024, she appeared as Maud in the horror film Afraid.
Music
Music
Lindhome performs as "Garfunkel" in the comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates, with her friend and fellow songwriter Kate Micucci.
Other work
Other work
As of November 2021, Lindhome was set to write the script for the upcoming animated musical film Steps; she would also executive-produce, and would co-write the lyrics with Micucci. In August 2024, Lindhome premiered a one-woman musical called "Dead Inside" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She brought the musical to the US and in July 2025 performed it at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
Personal life
Personal life
Lindhome has a son, who was born via surrogate in March 2022; she is unable to give birth due to silent endometriosis. She has been married to Fred Armisen since June 1, 2022. On the April 27, 2025, episode of The Adam Carolla Podcast, Lindhome corrected a widespread misconception about the parentage of her child, stating, "...I started dating Fred [Armisen] when the child was in utero, so Fred's....not the biological dad."
Discography
Yell at Me from Your Car EP (2011) No Worries If Not (2025)

Riki Lindhome and Monica Potter at the Last House on the Left after party, 2009
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Riki Lindhome speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Big Bang Theory", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
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- 1.Nerdist Industries. Making It with Riki Lindhome #27 Timecode 0:02:32.
- 2.Endeavor News. Coudersport native hits the 'big time'. December 26, 2009.
- 3.Portville's Lindhome gets laughs on Leno. Olean Times Herald. December 15, 2009.
- 4.The Nerdist. Making It Podcast: Episode 17. November 8, 2011.
- 5.Herbert, Geoff. The 101 most famous Syracuse University alumni: Who bleeds Orange?. The Post-Standard. March 19, 2021.
- 6.JFK Library. John F. Kennedy Library Newsletter Summer 1997. May 2018.
- 7.Earwolf. Million Dollar Baby with Riki Lindhome. I Was There Too. February 13, 2018.
- 8.Danko, Meredith. 20 Future Stars Who Appeared on Gilmore Girls. Mental Floss. November 24, 2016.
- 9.Nemetz, Dave. 'Gilmore Girls': Guest Stars Who Became Famous. TVLine. November 13, 2016.
- 10.Floyd, Nigel. Pulse. Time Out. September 5, 2006.
- 11.State & Union: Portville's Lindhome working on comedy for Fox. Olean Times Herald. October 27, 2018.
- 12.Mathews, Liam. The Big Bang Theory Showrunner Steven Molaro Previews the "Exciting" Season 10 Finale. TV Guide. May 10, 2017.
- 13.Han, Angie. Casting Bits: Jason Momoa Cast in Untitled Walter Hill Project, Riki Lindhome Joins 'Fun Size', 'The Walking Dead' Gets a New Survivor. /Film. June 22, 2011.
- 14.Shaffer, R.L. The Last House on the Left (Unrated) Blu-ray Review. IGN. August 14, 2009.
- 15.Bierly, Mandi. Sofia Vergara guests in Heather Morris rap video, 'Nuthin' But a Glee thing'. Entertainment Weekly. January 11, 2011.
- 16.Things I Read That I Loved #181: Things I Listened To That I Loved. Autostraddle. August 7, 2015.
- 17.Highfill, Samantha. Ben McKenzie on young fame, 'The O.C.': 'Of course you make mistakes'. Entertainment Weekly. November 11, 2013.
- 18.O'Malley, Sheila. Much Ado About Nothing movie review (2013). RogerEbert.com. June 21, 2013.
- 19.Kroll, Justin. Lindhome joins 'Fun Size' cast. Variety. June 21, 2011.
- 20.Schaefer, Stephen. Riki Lindhome showers praise on horror spoof role. Boston Herald. September 3, 2013.
- 21.Lazar, Shira. Riki Lindhome On Shooting World's Longest Nude Scene For 'Hell Baby'. HuffPost. July 24, 2013.
- 22.Zemler, Emily. The Greatest Jokes (According to Riki Lindhome). Esquire. May 28, 2015.
- 23.Egner, Jeremy. Should You Watch ABC's 'The Muppets'?. The New York Times. September 22, 2015. 0362-4331.
- 24.Jaffe, Jenny. The Muppets Recap: Joke's on You. Vulture. October 28, 2015.
- 25.Roots, Kimberly. 2015 in Review: TV's 28 MVPs. TVLine. December 29, 2015.
- 26.Pape, Allie. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: Ready to Get Squashed?. Vulture. December 7, 2015.
- 27.Robinson, Will. 'Fresh Off the Boat' premiere recap: The Huangs take their first family vacation. Entertainment Weekly. September 23, 2015.
- 28.Loughrey, Clarisse. The full, totally insane voice cast for The LEGO Batman Movie has been unveiled. The Independent. February 6, 2017.
- 29.Hooton, Christopher. How 'Kidding' turned a character's life around in one long take. The Independent. October 1, 2018.
- 30.Sorokach, Josh. 'Laughing Matters' Is A Fascinating Look At The Relationship Between Comedy And Mental Health. Decider. October 10, 2019.
- 31.Grebey, James. The 'Knives Out' Family Members, Ranked By How Horrible They Are. GQ. December 2, 2019.
- 32.Eakin, Marah. Duncanville's Riki Lindhome on cartoons and record-setting KFCs. The A.V. Club. February 21, 2020.
- 33.Petski, Denise. 'Duncanville': Riki Lindhome Joins Amy Poehler In Fox Animated Comedy Series. Deadline. June 6, 2019.
- 34.Orion Classic Acquires 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow'. Deadline Hollywood. September 4, 2020.
- 35.Crust, Kevin. Review: Jim Cummings' 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow' takes aim at monsters and men. Los Angeles Times. October 9, 2020.
- 36.Hailu, Selome. Netflix's 'Wednesday' Adds Riki Lindhome, Hunter Doohan, More to Cast. Variety. August 27, 2021.
- 37.Kit, Borys. 'Wednesday' Actress Riki Lindhome Joins Blumhouse Horror Thriller 'They Listen' (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. February 24, 2023.
- 38.Grobar, Matt. Sony Pushes 'Harold And The Purple Crayon' And 'They Listen' To 2024, Sets Dates For 'My Ex-Friend's Wedding,' 'Horrorscope' And 'Psycho-Pass: Providence'. Deadline. May 16, 2023.
- 39.Lauer-Williams, Kathy. 'Garfunkel and Oates' show with Nazareth's Kate Micucci to premiere Aug. 7. The Morning Call. June 5, 2014.
- 40.Kroll, Justin. Netflix and Amy Poehler's Paper Kite Team on New Animated Feature 'Steps'; Newcomer Alyce Tzue to Direct. Deadline. March 29, 2021.
- 41.Dead Inside. FringeReview. 7 August 2024.
- 42.Dead Inside. Woolly Mammoth. 23 May 2025.
- 43.Instagram. Riki Lindhome's New Baby Boy. March 2022.
- 44.Floyd, Thomas. She went through hell to have a child. Now, she sings about it. The Washington Post. 2025-07-17.
- 45.Bacher, Danielle. Riki Lindhome Married Fred Armisen 2 Years Ago — and She Welcomed a Son Weeks After Their First Date (Exclusive). People.com. July 17, 2024.
- 46.Gray, Delilah. Fred Armisen & Riki Lindhome Snagged This Magical & Lush Cottage for $4 Million — See the Photos!. SheKnows. 2022-12-11.
- 47.Behind The Voice Actors. Riki Lindhome (visual voices guide).
- 48.George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (Official Music Video). December 15, 2021.
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