Film and television Birdsong made her on-screen debut in the 1996 TV film
Live On Tape. She is best known as Deputy Cherisha Kimball on the comedy series
Reno 911! (2005–2007, 2020–2022) and its two spin-off movies in 2007 and 2021. She is also known for playing Nancy McDonald in
Rob Zombie's
Halloween II and Kai Mitchell opposite
George Clooney in the
Alexander Payne film
The Descendants. She appeared alongside
Adrien Brody in the stoner comedy
High School (2010), playing Mrs. Gordon, a high school dean's promiscuous wife. She has also made numerous cameos on film and television, including in the major productions
Made of Honor and
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, and the psychological thriller
Buried. She is a former correspondent on
The Daily Show and
Crossballs. As a voice actress, she has appeared in animated series such as
Goldie and Bear,
Stroker and Hoop,
Little Bill (as Dorado's mom in the episode "New Foods"),
Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law,
Tak & the Power of Juju,
T.U.F.F. Puppy and
Stroker and Hoop, as well as the video game
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, and animated film
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe. Birdsong appeared in season 1 (2018) and season 4 (2023) of the
HBO series
Succession. She played Marianne Hirsch, the mother of fan favorite
Greg Hirsch (played by
Nicolas Braun), and niece of family patriarch
Logan Roy (
Brian Cox).
Broadway and live theater From July 2006 to January 2007, Birdsong performed in the
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me comedy musical, alongside
Martin Short,
Marc Shaiman,
Nicole Parker,
Brooks Ashmanskas, and
Capathia Jenkins, winning a
Theatre World Award for her performance. On January 29, 2008, Birdsong joined the
Broadway cast of the musical,
Hairspray. She played the role of Velma Von Tussle, the bigoted, pushy stage mother and television producer. Birdsong left the production on April 6, 2008. She then performed her one-woman show
3 Days in the Tub: A Mama Drama in Los Angeles at Comedy Central Stage (September 2010) & the Fake Gallery (November 2010), and in New York City at
Joe's Pub (January 2011). before going to San Francisco to play Mona Ramsey in
ACT's adaptation of
Armistead Maupin's
Tales of the City. She is also known for her
Judy Garland impression. == Filmography ==