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Erica "Buzz" McHenry (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress and musician. She is best known for television roles in shows including Gilmore Girls, House, The Big Bang Theory and United States of Tara and is also one half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. She currently hosts the Nerdist podcast Making It.

Early life
Buzz McHenry was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania in 1979 and grew up in Portville, New York. She is of Swedish heritage. McHenry studied at Syracuse University and was part of the sketch comedy group "Syracuse Live". After graduating in 2000, McHenry embarked on an acting career and without an agent was able to land a small role on the sitcom Titus and a minor role in the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Career
In 2003 McHenry got her first big break, earning a spot in Tim Robbins's 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 main character Maggie Fitzgerald played by Hilary Swank.

In 2005 McHenry played a recurring role on Gilmore Girls as Juliet, a classmate of Rory's (Alexis Bledel), and in 2006 wrote, produced and co-directed an award-winning short film called Life is Short which starred herself, Alexis Bledel, Samm Levine, and Seth MacFarlane. McHenry also appeared in the 2006 film Pulse and in 2007 was one of many actresses to appear in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar". She also appeared in advertisements for McDonalds McGriddles, Saturn and Domino's Pizza.

In 2008 McHenry had a minor role in the Angelina Jolie film Changeling playing the role of an "Examination Nurse". She continued to guest star on several popular television series including The Big Bang Theory and Criminal Minds and Pushing Daisies. In 2009, she starred in the feature film remake of the Wes Craven classic The Last House on the Left.

During the 2007 writer's strike McHenry decided to make sure her career was well-rounded, pursuing more writing and director opportunities. McHenry performs as part of the Los Angeles area comedy-folk duo Garfunkel And Oates with Kate "Oates" Micucci as Buzz "Garfunkel" McHenry. In 2011 McHenry co-wrote a video with Glee castmember Heather Morris for Funny or Die called "Nuthin' But A Glee Thang", a parody of the Dr. Dre song "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" featuring Snoop Dogg, co-starring Sofia Vergara and Glee castmembers Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Harry Shum, Jr. & Naya Rivera. She also currently hosts a Nerdist Industries podcast called "Making It".