Gardner grew up in KCMO and graduated from Notre Dame de Sion, where she was voted “Most likely to be a cast member of Saturday Night Live.” She spent time at both the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri before leaving the midwest for LA.
Gardner began acting full time in 2015. After finding success as a voice actress, she joined the cast of SNL in 2017.
You can find Gardner on NBC every Saturday Night. She stays busy as an SNL cast member, yet still finds time to make appearances on podcasts and TV shows each year. You may have seen her on AppleTV’s newly released “Shrinking.”
Her five-year (and counting) stint on SNL keeps us laughing week after week. She’s been seen alongside Adam Sandler in Netflix’s “Hustle,” spotted in the HBO Max exclusive “That Damn Michael Che,” and helped bring stories to life in podcast series. Plus, she’s brave enough to take on Big Slick. And we definitely love her for that.
