Riki Lindhome

Riki Lindhome
Lindhome at the 2013 WonderCon
Born	Erika Lindhome (1979-03-05) March 5, 1979 (age 38) Coudersport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, musician, comedian
Years active	2001–present

Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She is best known for roles in television shows including Garfunkel and Oates, Gilmore Girls, House, The Big Bang Theory, and United States of Tara, and for the comedy music duo Garfunkel and Oates, which she formed with Kate Micucci. She also hosts the Nerdist podcast Making It. She currently stars alongside Natasha Leggero in the Comedy Central series Another Period.

Lindhome was born on March 5, 1979 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Portville, New York. She is primarily of Swedish ancestry. She studied at Syracuse University and was part of the sketch comedy group known as Syracuse Live. After graduating in 2000, she embarked on an acting career.

After graduating from university, despite not having an agent, Lindhome was able to land a small role on the sitcom Titus and a minor role in the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In 2003, Lindhome got her first big break, earning a spot in Tim Robbins' 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 the main character.