Heather Anne Campbell

Heather Anne Campbell
Born Chicago, Illinois
Medium Stage, television, film
Genres Improvisational comedy
Notable works and roles Saturday Night Live
MADtv
Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza
Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Heather Anne Campbell is an American Emmy nominated writer, sketch comedian, and improv comedy performer.

Life and career

Born in Chicago, IL, she began studying improvisational comedy at i.O. when she was 14, learning under such notable alumni as Del Close.[1]

Campbell is an alumna of Amsterdam's Boom Chicago,[2] Northwestern University's The Mee-Ow Show, i.O., i.O. West, and Los Angeles' The Groundlings Sunday Company. Heather performs in and writes for The Midnight Show,[2] a monthly sketch showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, UCB's Last Day of School, and is a performer on the CW's Whose Line Is It Anyway.[3] Campbell was also writer on Cartoon Network's Incredible Crew. From 2013, she began writing for Adult Swim's The Eric Andre Show. She also currently writes for FOX's Animation Domination,[4] and is a voice talent behind various short clips on Fox's Animation Domination High-Definition (ADHD) airing on Saturday nights. She has appeared on Comedy Central's @midnight four times.

Campbell appeared on MADtv and was the featured singer in Improv Everywhere's Food Court Musical.[5]

In 2009 Campbell played a featured character named Pink in the Web series MegaBot.[6][7][8]

In September 2010, Campbell was hired as a writer for Season 36 of Saturday Night Live.[9] In March 2011, Campbell appeared in Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza, a shortform improv show on GSN.

Campbell has also appeared in commercials for Cici's Pizza, Wendy's, Toyota, and was featured in Activision's "Mapathy" campaign for the video-game Modern Warfare 2. She has written several viral internet videos for The Midnight Show, including Twilight with Cheeseburgers,[10] Bavatar,[11] and Drive Recklessly, which was nominated for The Comedy Awards on Comedy Central in 2012.

Campbell's photography has been selected by National Geographic as Photo of the Day,[12] and her poster design work was featured as the back cover of Adbusters.

In addition, Campbell is also a video-games journalist, and was editor of Dave Halverson's Play Magazine as well as Jeff Bond's Geek Monthly until their closure in 2010. Formerly, Campbell was also the Executive Editor of Fusion Publishing's Rocket Magazine, in addition to being a freelance contributor for Edge Online, Action Button, and EGM.[13]

Political views

Heather identifies as a libertarian and has expressed interest in cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "BA #047: Heather Anne Campbell". Box Angeles podcast.
  2. 1 2 "Heather Anne Campbell – Profile". ucbtheatre.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". IMDb.com.
  4. ↑ "Incredible Crew: Series Cast". IMDb.com.
  5. ↑ "Food Court Musical". Improv Everywhere. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Fran Kranz is Blue in Megabot (NSFW)". whedonesque.com. September 23, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "MegaBot Trailer". YouTube. July 26, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Heather Campbell (September 23, 2009). "MEGABOT PREMIERES ONLINE!". heatherannecampbell.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ Archived September 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Twilight - with Cheeseburgers!". PerezHilton.com. 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  11. ↑ First Posted: 4/20/10 Updated: 5/25/11 (2010-02-18). "Avatar Gets Spoofed...With Babies (VIDEO)". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  12. ↑ "Arno River, Florence". nationalgeographic.com. February 13, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Video games, Gaming News, Video Game Reviews, Video Game Previews & Game Trailers and Random Geekery". EGMNOW. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
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