Riki Lindhome | |
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 Lindhome at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Erika Lindhome March 5, 1979 |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Member of | Garfunkel and Oates |
Erika "Riki" Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian and musician. She is best known as a singer and songwriter for the comedy folk duo Garfunkel and Oates with Kate Micucci.
After making her television debut in 2002 with minor roles in the series Titus and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she guest-starred on the WB series Gilmore Girls (2005–2006), the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2008; 2017) and the HBO series Enlightened (2011). She co-created and starred in the Comedy Central period sitcom Another Period (2015–2018) with Natasha Leggero. She voiced the recurring role of Kimberly Harris in the Fox animated sitcom series Duncanville (2020–2022) and in 2022, starred as Dr. Valerie Kinbott in the Netflix comedy horror series Wednesday. In 2023, she guest-starred in the Disney+ series The Muppets Mayhem.
Lindhome made her feature film debut in the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby as Mardell Fitzgerald, and went on to star in the comedy horror films Hell Baby (2013) and The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020). She also had supporting roles in the films Pulse (2006), My Best Friend's Girl (2008), The Last House on the Left and in Powder Blue (2009), Much Ado About Nothing (2012), Fun Size (2012), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), Under the Silver Lake (2018), Knives Out (2019), King Tweety (2020), and Afraid (2024).
In 2007, she formed Garfunkel and Oates with actress Kate Micucci. They wrote, produced and starred in an eponymous television series on IFC, which aired for one season in 2014. Their 2016 Vimeo comedy special Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.