Early life

Lindhome was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania in 1979 and grew up in Portville, New York. She is primarily of Swedish heritage, but also about one-third Irish. She studied at Syracuse University and was part of the sketch comedy group "Syracuse Live". After graduating in 2000, Lindhome embarked on an acting career and, without an agent, was able to land a small role on the sitcom Titus and a minor role in the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Career

In 2003 Lindhome got her first big break, earning a spot in Tim Robbins's Actor's Gang theater group and appearing in the play Embedded. She was one of four actors from the play to then be cast in the Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby, where she played Mardell Fitzgerald, the sister of main character Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank).

In 2005 Lindhome played a recurring role on Gilmore Girls as Juliet, a friend and classmate of Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), and then Rory's (Alexis Bledel). In 2006 she wrote, produced and co-directed an award-winning short film, Life is Short, starring herself, Alexis Bledel, Samm Levine and Seth MacFarlane. She also appeared in the 2006 film Pulse and in 2007 was one of many actresses to appear in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar".

In 2008 Lindhome had a minor role in the Angelina Jolie film Changeling playing an Examination Nurse. She continued to guest star on several popular television series including The Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds and Pushing Daisies. In 2009, she starred in the feature film remake of the Wes Craven classic The Last House on the Left.

During the 2007 writer's strike, Lindhome pursued more writing and directing opportunities. She performs as "Garfunkel" in the Los Angeles area comedy-folk duo Garfunkel and Oates, with her friend and fellow songwriter Kate Micucci. In 2011 she co-wrote a video with Glee castmember Heather Morris for Funny or Die called "Nuthin' But A Glee Thang", a parody of the Dr. Dre song "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" featuring Snoop Dogg, co-starring Sofia Vergara and Glee castmembers Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Harry Shum, Jr. and Naya Rivera. She also hosts a Nerdist Industries podcast called "Making It".

In 2012, Lindhome turned her hand to Shakespeare, appearing as a villain in Joss Whedon's adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.

In 2015, Lindhome and Natasha Leggero created the Comedy Central series Another Period, which they also star in together. She also plays the girlfriend of Fozzie Bear on the series The Muppets.

Discography

Yell At Me From Your Car EP (2011)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Beige Curtains"	2:27
2.	"Accidental Slut"	2:28
3.	"Self Esteem"	2:12
4.	"Pretty in Buffalo"	2:37
5.	"Just Because You're Not"	1:31
Total length:		11:15

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Backseat Detour	Catie	Short
2004	Seeing Other People	Girl Kissing Ed	Uncredited
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Mardell Fitzgerald
2005	All In	Marsha
2005	Embedded	Gondola & Journalist	Video
2005	Berkeley	Fighting Girl
2006	Pulse	Janelle
2006	Life is Short	Lilly	Short
2007	Girltrash!	LouAnne Dubois	Video
2008	Wednesday Again	Carli
2008	Changeling	Examination Nurse
2008	My Best Friend's Girl	Hilary
2009	The Last House on the Left	Sadie
2009	Powder Blue	Nicole
2009	Say Hello to Stan Talmadge	Polly Talmadge
2009	Imaginary Larry	Betsy	Short
2011	A Good Funeral	Polly
2012	Much Ado About Nothing	Conrade
2012	Fun Size	Denise
2013	Hell Baby	Marjorie
2014	Search Party	Singer at the weddings
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Popsicle	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Titus	Charlie	1 episode ("Errrr")
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Cheryl	1 episode ("Him")
2002-2006	Gilmore Girls	Girl #2 / Juliet	5 episodes
2006	Heroes	Car Rental Girl	1 episode ("Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap'")
2007	The Minister of Divine	Sally	1 episode ("Pilot")
2007	Raines	Tammy	1 episode ("Reconstructing Alice")
2008	Pushing Daisies	Jeanine	1 episode ("Dummy")
2008	The Big Bang Theory	Ramona Nowitzki	1 episode ("The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem")
2008	Criminal Minds	Vanessa Holden	1 episode ("52 Pickup")
2009	Bones	Mandy Summers	1 episode ("The Bond in the Boot")
2009	Three Rivers	Beth	1 episode ("The Kindness of Strangers")
2009	Nip/Tuck	McKenzie	1 episode ("Willow Banks")
2010	House	Sarah	1 episode ("Lockdown")
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Marjorie Little	1 episode ("Begin Again")
2011	$h*! My Dad Says	Laura Griffin	1 episode ("Who's Your Daddy?")
2011	United States of Tara	Daisy	1 episode ("Dr. Hatteras' Miracle Elixir")
2011	Traffic Light	Amy	1 episode ("Credit Balance")
2011	Happy Endings	Angie	1 episode ("The Code War")
2011	Enlightened	Harper	5 episodes
2012	Garfunkel and Oates	Riki	1 episode ("Pilot")
2012	Sketchy	Female Announcer	1 episode ("Junk Pump")
2012	Staged	Ryda	1 episode ("Flo Rida")
2013	King of the Nerds	Herself	1 episode ("Nerdy Dancing")
2013	House of Lies: Flight Club	Melanie	1 episode ("Rom Com")
2013-2014	Monsters vs. Aliens	Susan Murphy	Series regular (voice)
2013	Adventure Time	Island lady (voice)	1 episode ("Party's Over, Isla de Señorita")
2013	New Girl	Kylie	1 episode ("The Captain")
2013	Super Fun Night	Hayle	recurring character
2014-2015	@midnight	Herself	4 episodes (1 win)
2014	Garfunkel and Oates	Riki (Garfunkel)	Lead role
2015	Another Period	Beatrice	Main cast
2015	The Muppets	Becky	3 episodes
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Arielle (The Masseuse)	1 episode ("Family Business Trip")
2015	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Agneta	1 episode ("The Swedes")

[ Source: Wikipedia ]