Kate McKinnon
Acting
- Born:
- 1984-01-06
- Place of birth:
- Sea Cliff, New York, USA
Biography
Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022, where she became known for her character work and celebrity impressions. For her work on the series, she was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and nine for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 2016 and 2017. McKinnon starred in the Logo sketch comedy series The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007–2010), voiced lead roles in the PBS Kids animated series Nature Cat (2015–2025) and the Netflix animated series The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017–2021), and portrayed Carole Baskin in the Peacock miniseries Joe vs. Carole (2022). McKinnon has appeared in films, including Sisters (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), Rough Night (2017), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Yesterday (2019), Bombshell (2019), The Bubble (2022), Barbie (2023), and The Roses (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate McKinnon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Wrong Girls
Lorne
In the Blink of an Eye
The Roses
A Minecraft Movie
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
An SNL Thanksgiving
Barbie
DC League of Super-Pets
The Bubble
Joe vs Carole
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space
Celebrity Escape Room
Hillary
Bombshell
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Yesterday
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Family
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Irreplaceable You
Ferdinand
The Magic School Bus Rides Again
Friends from College
Rough Night
Detroiters
Ballerina
Office Christmas Party
Masterminds
Ghostbusters
Finding Dory
The Angry Birds Movie
Sisters
Nature Cat
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Difficult People
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Spoils Before Dying
Staten Island Summer
Ted 2
China, Il The Musical
Hot Ones
Giant Sloth
Life Partners
Balls Out
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Toy Story of Terror!
Hannah Has a Ho-Phase
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedy Bang! Bang!
My Best Day
China, IL
Robotomy
Mr. Ross
Concierge: The Series
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
The Big Gay Sketch Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Venture Bros.
Family Guy
The View
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Lunch Witch
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One Attempt Remaining
Dedicated to Morris Burke