Heidi Swedberg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, following which she acted in her first film role, Norman Jewison's 1989 In Country. She followed that with roles in 1990 movies Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael and Kindergarten Cop, and 1991 movies Too Much Sun and Jim Abrahams comedy spoof Hot Shots! During this time she also had guest roles in a number of popular television series, including Matlock, Thirtysomething, Quantum Leap, Brooklyn Bridge, Northern Exposure, Sisters, Roc and Touched By An Angel. The following year she took on the role of Susan Ross in 11 episodes of Seinfeld's fourth season, 17 episodes of the seventh season and one episode of the ninth (via flashback in the 'backward' episode). She made a guest appearance in Wizards of Waverly Place as Jennifer Majorheely. Swedberg was not in Seinfeld's fifth season in 1994 but acted regularly in parts on other television shows, including Empty Nest, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Grace Under Fire. Heidi Swedberg played in ...

Galaxy Quest (1999)

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For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Tim Allen  •  Sigourney Weaver  •  Alan Rickman  •  Tony Shalhoub

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Tim Allen  •  Sigourney Weaver  •  Alan Rickman  •  Tony Shalhoub

Dragonfly (2002)

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Shadyac
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Joe Morton  •  Ron Rifkin  •  Susanna Thompson

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Shadyac
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Joe Morton  •  Ron Rifkin  •  Susanna Thompson

Hot Shots! (1991)

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The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an ax to grind: clearing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Cary Elwes  •  Valeria Golino  •  Lloyd Bridges

The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an ax to grind: clearing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Cary Elwes  •  Valeria Golino  •  Lloyd Bridges

In Country (1989)

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Joan Allen  •  Kevin Anderson

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Jewison
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Emily Lloyd  •  Joan Allen  •  Kevin Anderson

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Reitman
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Pamela Reed  •  Linda Hunt

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Reitman
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Pamela Reed  •  Linda Hunt

Up Close & Personal (1996)

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Avnet
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Stockard Channing  •  Joe Mantegna

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Avnet
CAST:  Robert Redford  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Stockard Channing  •  Joe Mantegna

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Dinah Manoff

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Jeff Daniels  •  Stephen Tobolowsky  •  Dinah Manoff

Evolution's Child (1999)

Dr. James Mydell is involved in an unfortunate incident of assisted reproduction. For one has to deal with extracting semen of a Bronze Age men recently found in a glacier. On the other, he have to help a couple of friends, the Cordell, solve their fertility ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Reiner
CAST:  Ken Olin  •  Taylor Nichols  •  Heidi Swedberg  •  Christopher Gaze

Dr. James Mydell is involved in an unfortunate incident of assisted reproduction. For one has to deal with extracting semen of a Bronze Age men recently found in a glacier. On the other, he have to help a couple of friends, the Cordell, solve their fertility ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey Reiner
CAST:  Ken Olin  •  Taylor Nichols  •  Heidi Swedberg  •  Christopher Gaze

The Ticket (1997)

Cee Cee and her family crash land in the middle of the wilderness while on the way to collect a $23 million lottery win, and must flee for their lives after being set upon by criminals eager to steal the money for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Cooper
CAST:  Shannen Doherty  •  James Marshall

Cee Cee and her family crash land in the middle of the wilderness while on the way to collect a $23 million lottery win, and must flee for their lives after being set upon by criminals eager to steal the money for themselves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Cooper
CAST:  Shannen Doherty  •  James Marshall

Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theater," a young woman attends a movie theater only to find that her life story is being revealed on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Markowitz
CAST:  James Earl Jones  •  Gary Cole  •  Amy Irving  •  Patrick Bergin

James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theater," a young woman attends a movie theater only to find that her life story is being revealed on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Markowitz
CAST:  James Earl Jones  •  Gary Cole  •  Amy Irving  •  Patrick Bergin

75 Degrees in July (2000)

Sibling rivalry and other conflicts are revealed as one daughter, now a successful modern artist living in New York, returns to visit her Texas family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hyatt Bass
CAST:  Shirley Knight  •  William R. Moses  •  Karen Sillas  •  Heidi Swedberg

Sibling rivalry and other conflicts are revealed as one daughter, now a successful modern artist living in New York, returns to visit her Texas family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hyatt Bass
CAST:  Shirley Knight  •  William R. Moses  •  Karen Sillas  •  Heidi Swedberg

The Cold Equations (1996)

Lieutenant John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough fuel to carry himself and his precious cargo, and Lee's added weight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Geiger
CAST:  William R. Moses  •  Billy Campbell  •  Poppy Montgomery  •  Daniel Roebuck

Lieutenant John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough fuel to carry himself and his precious cargo, and Lee's added weight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Geiger
CAST:  William R. Moses  •  Billy Campbell  •  Poppy Montgomery  •  Daniel Roebuck

Father and Scout (1994)

A father gets a crash course in the outdoors in this made for television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. Poor dad is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Michaels
CAST:  Bob Saget  •  Brian Bonsall  •  Stuart Pankin  •  Denver Pyle

A father gets a crash course in the outdoors in this made for television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. Poor dad is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Michaels
CAST:  Bob Saget  •  Brian Bonsall  •  Stuart Pankin  •  Denver Pyle

Breast Men (1997)

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the other's career ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence O'Neil
CAST:  David Schwimmer  •  Chris Cooper  •  Emily Procter  •  Matt Frewer

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the other's career ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence O'Neil
CAST:  David Schwimmer  •  Chris Cooper  •  Emily Procter  •  Matt Frewer

Moving Alan (2003)

The story follows the two sisters Melissa and Emily, the former who accidentally killed her husband Alan and the latter who agrees to help her bury her husband in the desert. While there, they encounter a trucker who hates his dogs and takes a special dislike to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Shelton
CAST:  Misha Collins  •  Marley Shelton  •  Samantha Shelton  •  Mark Pellegrino

The story follows the two sisters Melissa and Emily, the former who accidentally killed her husband Alan and the latter who agrees to help her bury her husband in the desert. While there, they encounter a trucker who hates his dogs and takes a special dislike to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Shelton
CAST:  Misha Collins  •  Marley Shelton  •  Samantha Shelton  •  Mark Pellegrino

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998)

Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the potentially lethal prank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles T. Kanganis
CAST:  Don Rickles  •  George Kennedy  •  Justin Cooper  •  Betty White

Barricade the doors. Lock the windows. Because he's baaaack. That one-boy wrecking crew, Dennis the Menace, returns for more mischief and mayhem. Based on the comic strip and TV show about a mischievous little boy with a gift for the potentially lethal prank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles T. Kanganis
CAST:  Don Rickles  •  George Kennedy  •  Justin Cooper  •  Betty White