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Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon

Highest Rated: 88% Barbie (2023)

Lowest Rated: 32% Irreplaceable You (2018)

Birthday: Jan 6, 1984

Birthplace: Sea Cliff, New York, USA

Kate McKinnon made history of a sort when she joined "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ) as a featured player in 2012, as the first "out" lesbian to join the cast. (After 1985-86 cast member Danitra Vance's death in 1994, it was revealed that she was also a lesbian.) Kate McKinnon Berthold was born in New York's Nassau County and raised on Long Island. After graduating from Columbia University, McKinnon started performing improv comedy in and around New York, eventually appearing regularly at the prominent Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, performing one-woman shows with titles like "Kate McKinnon On Ice." In 2007, she joined the cast of "The Big Gay Sketch Show" (LOGO 2007-2010), spending three seasons on the show honing her original characters and impressions. McKinnon joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in the spring of 2012, replacing featured cast member Paul Brittain, who had left the show suddenly earlier in the season. Seen by many as a designated replacement for the departing Kristen Wiig, McKinnon was an immediate success on the show. Her specialty quickly became tightly wound characters with an antic edge, such as Russian immigrant Olya Povlatsky; a 2015 sketch with host Ryan Gosling in which she described her unsavory experiences following an alien abduction became one of the show's most immediate viral hits. Impressions ranging from Ellen DeGeneres to Shakira to a frighteningly accurate Justin Bieber and a superlative Hillary Clinton (whom she played opposite the real thing in a memorable sketch early in the 2016 election season) were part of her arsenal as well. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for her work on the show in 2014 and 2015. McKinnon branched into film work with supporting roles in the romantic comedy "Life Partners" (2014) and the sports comedy "Intramural" (aka "Balls Out") (2014). Higher profile roles in SNL-affiliated features like "Staten Island Summer" (2015), written by Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost, and "Sisters" (2015), starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, followed. Soon, McKinnon graduated to major films such as Pixar's "Finding Dory" (2016) and Paul Feig's "Ghostbusters" (2016), in which she starred alongside Melissa McCarthy and fellow SNL vets Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones.

Highest rated movies

88% 83% Barbie 81% 55% Balls Out 77% 77% Family 74% 49% Ghostbusters
70% 47% Life Partners
68% 84% Bombshell 63% 89% Yesterday 60% 52% Sisters

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Minecraft Movie Unknown (Character) - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Blink of an Eye Unknown (Character) - 2025
88% 83% Barbie Barbie (Character) $636.2M 2023
72% 88% DC League of Super-Pets Lulu (Voice) $93.7M 2022
68% 84% Bombshell Jess Carr (Character) $31.7M 2019
63% 89% Yesterday Debra (Character) $73.2M 2019
77% 77% Family Jill (Character) $126.5K 2018
49% 58% The Spy Who Dumped Me Morgan (Character) $33.5M 2018
32% 61% Irreplaceable You Glass Half Full Kate (Character) - 2018
71% 52% Ferdinand Lupe (Voice) $84.2M 2017
45% 29% Rough Night Kiwi/Pippa (Character) $22.1M 2017
52% 63% Leap! Regine/Mother Superior/Felicie's Mother (Voice) $21.8M 2016
40% 41% Office Christmas Party Mary Winetoss (Character) $54.1M 2016
34% 35% Masterminds Jandice (Character) $17.3M 2016
74% 49% Ghostbusters Jillian Holtzmann (Character) - 2016
44% 47% The Angry Birds Movie Stella, Eva the Birthday Mom (Voice) $107.5M 2016
60% 52% Sisters Sam (Character) - 2015
33% 38% Staten Island Summer Unknown (Character) - 2015
44% 50% Ted 2 Self $81.3M 2015
81% 55% Balls Out Vicky (Character) - 2014
70% 47% Life Partners Trace (Character) $7.6K 2014
No Score Yet 90% Hannah Has a Ho-Phase Nicky (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 73% My Best Day Heather (Character) - 2012

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 62% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2023-2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014 2016-2019 2023-2024
No Score Yet 14% The View Guest 2024
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016-2019 2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nature Cat Squeeks (Voice) 2015-2024
No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Character),
Host
2012-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2013-2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
33% 86% Joe vs Carole Carole Baskin (Character),
Executive Producer
2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic School Bus Rides Again Ms. Fiona Frizzle (Voice) 2017-2018 2021
80% 65% Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Guest 2019
No Score Yet 87% Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy karen/Heavy Flo (Guest Voice) 2015-2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2016
No Score Yet 41% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2016
85% 76% The Simpsons Hettie (Guest Voice) 2016
No Score Yet 68% The Awesomes Lola Gold (Guest Voice),
Unknown (Voice)
2014-2015
96% 84% Difficult People Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
81% 67% The Spoils of Babylon Unknown (Character) 2015
No Score Yet 92% Comedy Bang! Bang! Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday Unknown (Character) 2009 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Big Gay Sketch Show Unknown (Character) 2003 2007-2008 2010