Kate McKinnon

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Kate McKinnon, 2018

Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984 in Sea Cliff , New York ) is an American actress and comedian .

She belongs to the regular cast of the American comedy show Saturday Night Live and is known for her imitations of Justin Bieber , Ellen DeGeneres , Hillary Clinton , Jeff Sessions and Angela Merkel, among others .

Life

McKinnon was born and raised in Sea Cliff, New York . She is the daughter of Laura Campbell, an educator, and Michael Thomas Berthold († 2002), an architect. She has a younger sister. As a child she played the piano, cello and guitar. She graduated from North Shore High School in New York in 2002 and Columbia University in 2006 , where she also co-founded a comedy group.

From 2006 to 2010 she was part of the cast of The Big Gay Sketch Show . In 2012 she made her debut on Saturday Night Live . She was nominated for “Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series” for Saturday Night Live at the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards . In 2016 and 2017 she won the award.

In 2016, she starred alongside Kristen Wiig , Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones in the film Ghostbusters , the reboot of the 1984 cult film of the same name . Wiig and Jones were both part of the Saturday Night Live ensemble. In 2017 she starred in Girls' Night Out .

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography

  • 2006–2010: The Big Gay Sketch Show (TV series, 23 episodes)
  • 2009–2012: UCB Comedy Originals (TV series, 16 episodes)
  • 2010: Vag Magazine (TV series, six episodes)
  • 2010–2011: Robotomy (TV series, five episodes)
  • 2010-2016: The Venture Bros. (TV series, seven episodes, voice)
  • 2011: I Wanna Have Your Baby (TV series, episode)
  • 2012: My Best Day
  • since 2012: Saturday Night Live (TV series,> 116 episodes)
  • 2013: Hudson Valley Ballers (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2014: Life Partners
  • 2014: Balls Out
  • 2014–2015: The Awesomes (TV series, seven episodes, voice)
  • 2015: China, IL (TV series, five episodes, voice)
  • 2015-2016: Family Guy (TV series, five episodes, voice)
  • 2015–2018, 2020: Nature Cat (TV series, voice)
  • 2016: Finding Dory ( Finding Dory , Voice)
  • 2016: Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters: Answer the Call)
  • 2016: Office Christmas Party
  • 2017: Girls' Night Out (Rough Night)
  • 2017: The Magic School Bus is on the move again ( The Magic School Bus Rides Again , TV series, 13 episodes, voice)
  • 2017: Ferdinand - Go bullish! ( Ferdinand , voice)
  • 2018: Family
  • 2018: Irreplaceable You
  • 2018: Bad Spies (The Spy Who Dumped Me)
  • 2019: Yesterday
  • 2019: Bombshell - The End of Silence (Bombshell)
  • 2020: The Magic School Bus Rides Again - Kids in Space (voice)

Awards and nominations

Emmy

  • 2014 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live
  • 2015 : Nomination for best supporting actress in a comedy series for Saturday Night Live
  • 2016 : Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live
  • 2017 : Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live
  • 2018 : Nomination for best supporting actress in a comedy series for Saturday Night Live

Daytime Emmy Award

  • 2017: Nomination as Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Nature Cat

Critics' Choice Television Award

Saturn Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
personal data
SURNAME McKinnon, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKinnon Berthold, Kate (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Sea Cliff , New York