Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph, 2012

Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972 in Gainesville , Florida ) is an American actress and comedian . Notoriety she gained among other things as a cast member of the NBC telecast Saturday Night Live . She is the daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton .

biography

Private life

Maya Rudolph was born in 1972 to the soul singer Minnie Riperton and the composer, songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph . Minnie Riperton died of breast cancer shortly before her daughter's seventh birthday at the age of 31. In her youth, Maya Rudolph attended St. Augustine by the Sea School , where she befriended Gwyneth Paltrow . Later she attended in Santa Monica , the High School and then the University of California, Santa Cruz , which in 1994 with a BA in Photography left.

She lives with the director Paul Thomas Anderson , with whom she has three daughters and a son. Rudolph has residences in Los Angeles and New York .

Career

During her studies Maya Rudolph founded the jazz-funk band Supersauce , which she left after graduating from college. Then she joined the group The Rentals of Weezer -Bassisten Matt Sharp at, an album recorded and went with the band as a background singer and synthesizer player on tour. After the breakup, she devoted herself to a career as a comedian and joined the improvisation group The Groundlings .

In 2000 she appeared for the first time on the TV show Saturday Night Live and a little later became a member of The Groundlings in the show ensemble. In 2005 she took a hiatus due to her pregnancy and finally returned in February 2006. She left the show in November 2007, but still had a guest appearance in 2008. In addition to Saturday Night Live , Rudolph appeared in a number of television series such as City of Angels and Chicago Hope and has already had smaller roles in Hollywood films such as Gattaca and Bruce Paltrow's dream couple , for which she was also involved in the production of the film music with her father. In 2005 she starred in Mike Judge's sci-fi comedy Idiocracy , and the following year she appeared in the comedy Robert Altman's Last Radio Show . Rudolph was pregnant while the film was being made. She also had guest roles in the animated film Shrek the Third and an episode of the Simpsons .

In September 2016 Rudolph was a guest singer at a live concert by The Revolution , Prince's former backing band. In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

On the occasion of the Grammy Awards 2020 a tribute concert for Prince took place on January 28, 2020 in the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles under the motto "Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince", at which Maya Rudolph among others with Mavis Staples and The Revolution performed. The concert aired on U.S. television on April 21, 2020, the fourth anniversary of Prince's death.

Filmography (selection)

• 1996–1997: Chicago Hope ( Chicago Hope , TV series, 5 episodes)
• 1997: The Devil's Child (TV movie)
• 1997: It couldn't be better (As Good as It Gets)
• 2000: Chuck & Buck
• 2000: dream couples (duets)
• 2000: City of Angels (TV series, 15 episodes)
• 2001: Frank's Book (short film)
• 2003: The Schreck Apartment (Duplex)
• 2004: 50 first dates (50 first dates)
• 2004: Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
• 2006: Idiocracy
• 2006: Robert Altman's Last Radio Show (A Prairie Home Companion)
• 2007: Shrek the Third ( Shrek the Third , voice of Rapunzel)
• 2009: Away We Go - Auf nach Irgendwo (Away We Go)
• 2010: Grown Ups (Grown Ups)
• 2010: MacGruber
• 2011: Bridal Alert (Bridesmaids)
• 2011: Friends with Kids
• 2011: The zookeeper ( zookeeper , voice of Mollie)
• 2011–2012: Up All Night (TV series)
• 2013: Far Back (The Way, Way Back)
• 2013: child heads 2 (Grown Ups 2)
• 2014: Operation: Nutcracker ( The Nut Job , voice)
• 2014: Inherent Vice - Natural Defects (Inherent Vice)
• 2014: Baymax - Huge Robowabohu ( Big Hero 6 , voice of Cass Hamada )
• 2015: Strange Magic (voice of Griselda )
• 2015: Sisters
• 2015: A Very Murray Christmas
• 2016: Angry Birds - The Movie ( The Angry Birds Movie , voice of Matilda )
• 2016: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV series, episodes 4x01–4x02)
• 2017: CHiPs
• 2017: We Don't Belong Here
• 2017: Emoji - Der Film ( The Emoji Movie , voice in original)
• 2017: Big Mouth (TV series, voice)
• 2017: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV series, episode 3x08)
• 2017: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (voice)
• 2018: Forever (TV series)
• 2018: How to Party with Mom (Life of the Party)
• 2018: The Happytime Murders
• 2019: Wine Country
• 2019: Angry Birds 2 ( The Angry Birds Movie 2 , voice)

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award

• 2012 Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live
• 2019 Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The Good Place

Behind the Voice Actors Award

• 2015 Nominated Best Supporting Actress for Big Hero 6
• 2014 Best Language Ensemble in a Feature Film for Big Hero 6

Black Reel Award

• 2016 Nominated Outstanding Voice for Strange Magic
• 2015 Nominated Outstanding Voice for Big Hero 6
• 2014 Nominated Outstanding Voice for Turbo
• 2012 Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress for Bridesmaids
• 2010 Outstanding Actress nominated for Away We Go

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award

• 2007 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Ensemble A Prairie Home Companion

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

• 2012 Nominated COFCA Award Best Ensemble Bridesmaids

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

• 2009 nominated CFCA Award for Best Actress Away We Go

Gold Derby Film Award

• 2007 Nominated Gold Derby Award Best Ensemble A Prairie Home Companion

Gotham Award

• 2006 Nominated Gotham Independent Film Award Best Ensemble A Prairie Home Companion

Image Award

• 2012 Nominated Image Award Best Supporting Actress Feature Film Best Supporting Actress TV Series (Comedy) Up All Night
• 2007 Nominated Image Award Best Performance (Comedy) Saturday Night Live

Independent Spirit Award

• 2015 Robert Altman Award Inherent Vice

MTV Movie Award

• 2012 MTV Movie Award Bridesmaids Best "Gastric Turning Performance"

NAMIC Vision Award

• 2012 Nominated Vision Award Best Performance (Comedy) Up All Night

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

• 2013 Nominated PFCS Award Best Ensemble The Way Way Back
• 2011 Nominated PFCS Award Best Ensemble Bridesmaids

Satellite Award

• 2012 Satellite Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress TV Series Up All Night
• 2011 Satellite Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress, TV Show Up All Night
• 2005 Golden Satellite Award nominee for Best Actress in Comedy Saturday Night Live

Screen Actors Guild Award

• 2012 Nominated Best Ensemble Bridesmaids

St. Louis Film Critics Association

• 2009 Nominated SLFCA Award Best Actress Away We Go

Teen Choice Awards

• 2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Best Actress Bridesmaids

Utah Film Critics Association Award

• 2009 Second place UFCA Award Best Actress Away We Go

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award

• 2009 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Actress Away We Go

Web links

Commons : Maya Rudolph  - Collection of Images

• Maya Rudolph in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Maya Rudolph in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
2. ↑ Revealed: Maya Rudolph names fourth child after her late mother (who died aged 31) as she files birth certificate a year on. In: Daily Mail Online. July 29, 2014, accessed May 29, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Biography on the NBC Saturday Night Live page ( Memento from December 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
4. ↑ IMDB entry
5. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
6. ↑ Chuck Arnold: Grammy salute 'Let's Go Crazy' proves nothing compares 2 Prince. In: nypost.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
7. ↑ admin: The Best Moments From 'Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince' [Videos]. In: liveforlivemusic.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .