Born on April 18, 1968 on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, Mary Birdsong is an actress, comedian and writer. Her silver screen credits include The Daily Show, Crossballs and Stroker and Hoop. She also starred in the Broadway show Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Deputy Cheresa Kimball is played by Mary Birdsong on the Comedy Central series Reno 911! She is a competent rookie cop with a mysterious past, and her colleagues suspect that she is lesbian. She believes that law enforcement can help balance her karma in life. She bluntly denied her supposed homosexuality when she was asked about it directly during a morning meeting.