Heidi Swedberg

Heidi Swedberg (born ) is an American former actress, best known for playing Susan Ross, the fiancée of George Costanza, on the television sitcom Seinfeld. She has not performed as an actress since 2010, and has worked as a musician and educator.

Early life Swedberg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating from Sandia High School in 1984. She taught music at Saint Brendan Elementary School in the Los Angeles Hancock Park neighborhood. While living in Hawaii, Swedberg grew up playing the ukulele. In 1992, when playing a singer/songwriter for a television pilot, she began playing the instrument again. She plays it and sings in her band, Heidi Swedberg and The Sukey Jump Band, with whom she has released the albums PLAY! (2009) and My Cup of Tea (2013).

Swedberg appears at ukulele festivals and nightclubs with her other band, the Smoking Jackets, with multi-instrumentalists Daniel Ward, Craig McClelland and John Bartlit. She regularly teaches music at the John C. Campbell Folk School.

Personal life Swedberg was married to Philip Holahan from 1994 until their divorce in 2019. Together they have two daughters.

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