Gardner is not the first SNL player to come from a Groundlings background, with Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, and Maya Rudolph as only a few of the famous alums.
She has also been a member of the main company at the Groundlings improv and sketch comedy theater in Los Angeles.
For her part, Heidi Gardner has mostly made a TV name for herself as a voice actress, with work on Supermansion and Bratz the TV series.
If Gardner is as much of an asset to SNL as these others were, we can bet that she’ll be a good fit for the show.