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, and then acted in her first film role, Norman Jewison's 1989 film In Country. She followed that with roles in two 1990 movies, Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael and Kindergarten Cop, and in two 1991 movies Too Much Sun and in the popular Jim Abrahams comedy spoof Hot Shots!. During this time she also had guest roles in a number of different popular television series, including Matlock, thirtysomething, Quantum Leap, Brooklyn Bridge, Northern Exposure, Sisters, and Roc. The following year she took on the role of Susan Ross. She played Ross in 11 episodes of Seinfeld's fourth season, 16 episodes of Seinfeld's seventh season, and one episode of Seinfeld's ninth season (via flashback, in the 'backward' episode).
Swedberg did not feature in any episodes of Seinfeld's fifth season, in 1994, but she acted regularly in parts on other popular television shows, including Empty Nest, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Grace Under Fire.
Swedberg has two daughters.
Heidi Swedberg also played in a supporting role as "Brandon's Mother", in the movie Galaxy Quest, starring Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver. "Brandon" was the 'Questarian', who knew the ships schematics inside and out.
References
^ Heidi Swedberg Biography (1966-)
External links
Heidi Swedberg at the Internet Movie Database
Heidi Swedberg article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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