Maya Rudolph
Born: 1972-07-27 in Gainesville, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL), and later played supporting roles in the films 50 First Dates (2004), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and Idiocracy (2006). Since leaving SNL in 2007, Rudolph has appeared in various films, including Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel, Bridesmaids (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), Sisters (2015), CHiPs (2017), Life of the Party (2018), Wine Country (2019), and Disenchanted (2022). She has also provided voice acting roles for the animated films Shrek the Third (2007), Big Hero 6 (2014), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), The Emoji Movie (2017), The Willoughbys (2020), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), and Luca (2021). From 2011 to 2012, Rudolph starred as Ava Alexander in the NBC sitcom Up All Night. In 2016, she co-hosted the variety series Maya & Marty with Martin Short. Since 2017, she has voiced various characters in the Netflix animated sitcom Big Mouth, including Connie the Hormone Monstress, which won her Primetime Emmy Awards in 2020 and 2021. For her portrayal of United States senator and vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Rudolph appeared in the NBC fantasy comedy series The Good Place (2018–2020), for which she received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in the Fox animated sitcom Bless the Harts. In 2022, she began starring in the comedy series Loot, also serving as an executive producer.
Filmography
2026
- The Muppet Show as Maya Rudolph
- Lorne as Self
2025
- One Battle After Another ... (Thanks)
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self - SNL Cast Member 2000 - 2007
- Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Heroin / Statue of Liberty / Jodi Deitz
- Downey Wrote That as Self
2024
- IF as Alligator (voice)
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy as Dr. Vlam (voice)
- Dinner Time Live with David Chang as Self
- Dream Productions as Jean Dewberry (voice)
- His Three Daughters ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Poker Face ... (Co-Executive Producer)
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Digman! as G.A.W.D. (voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Cynthia Utrom (voice)
- Good Burger 2 as Maya Rudolph
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2022
- Loot as Molly Wells
- Human Resources as Bonnie LaCienega (voice)
- Baymax! as Aunt Cass (voice)
- Disenchanted as Malvina Monroe
- Crush ... (Producer)
- Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery as Maya Rudolph
- Sirens ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Luca as Daniela Paguro (voice)
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines as Linda (voice)
- Licorice Pizza as Gale
- MacGruber as Casey Janine Fitzpatrick
- Baking It as Self - Host
- A Clüsterfünke Christmas as Shania Gary (Angel)
2020
- Hubie Halloween as Mrs. Hennessey
- The Willoughbys as Nanny (voice)
- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Andrea Steele
- Eater's Guide to the World as Narrator (voice)
- Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince as Self
2019
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Matilda (voice)
- Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
- Bless the Harts as Betty Hart (voice)
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Mom
- Booksmart as Motivational Voice (voice)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco ... (Associate Producer)
- Wine Country as Naomi
- The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience as Val Gal
- Thirsty as The Mosquito
2018
- Life of the Party as Christine Davenport
- Forever as June
- The Happytime Murders as Bubbles
- Love, Gilda as Self
2017
- Big Mouth as Diane Birch / Connie the Hormone Monstress (voice)
- Big Hero 6 The Series as Aunt Cass (voice)
- The Emoji Movie as Smiler (voice)
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- The Gong Show as Self - Judge
- CHiPs as Sgt. Hernandez
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature as Precious (voice)
- Tour de Pharmacy as Lucy Flerng
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs as Self
- A Christmas Story Live! as Mother Parker
- Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special as Maya Rudolph
- We Don't Belong Here as Joanne
- Cabiria, Charity, Chastity as Chastity
2016
- The Good Place as Judge Gen
- Angie Tribeca as Jackie Wilder
- The Angry Birds Movie as Matilda (voice)
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as Deborah
- Maya & Marty as Self - Host
- Maggie's Plan as Felicia
- Mr. Pig as Eunice
- My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea as Verti (voice)
- Final Transmission as Anita
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Dionne Warwick
- Documentary Now! as Anita
- The Grinder as Jillian
- Sisters as Brinda
- The Spoils Before Dying as Fresno Foxglove
- Strange Magic as Griselda (voice)
- A Very Murray Christmas as The Lounge Singer
- Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute as Self
- Live from New York! as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Big Hero 6 as Aunt Cass (voice)
- Inherent Vice as Petunia Leeway
- The Nut Job as Precious (voice)
- We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss as Self
- The Maya Rudolph Show as Self
- The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas as Giggles
2013
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as U.S. Marshal Karen Haas
- Drunk History as Griselda Blanco
- Grown Ups 2 as Deanne McKenzie
- Hollywood Game Night as Self
- Turbo as Burn (voice)
- The Way Way Back as Caitlyn
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Friends with Kids as Leslie
2011
- Portlandia as Anita
- Bridesmaids as Lillian
- Up All Night as Ava Alexander
- Billy on the Street as Self
- Zookeeper as Mollie the Giraffe (voice)
- Fight for Your Right Revisited as Girl in Limo 3
- When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Maya Rudolph
2010
- Conan as Self
- Grown Ups as Deanne McKenzie
- MacGruber as Casey
- The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
- Presidential Reunion as Michelle Obama
- Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Away We Go as Verona De Tessant
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Various (archive footage)
- Cubed as Maya Rudolph
- The Black List: Volume Two as Self
- The Minnie Riperton Story
2008
- Kath & Kim as Athena Scooberman
- Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday as Oprah Winfrey
- Unsung
- Prop 8: The Musical as California Gays and The People That Love Them
2007
- Shrek the Third as Rapunzel (voice)
2006
- Idiocracy as Rita
- Campus Ladies
- A Prairie Home Companion as Molly
2004
- 50 First Dates as Stacy
- Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Kanshasha X
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Duplex as Tara
2002
2000
- City of Angels as Grace Patterson
- TV Funhouse as Oprah Winfrey (voice)
- Duets as Omaha Karaoke Hostess
- Chuck & Buck as Jamila
1999
- Family Guy as Chloe (voice)
- Action as Phina
1997
- Gattaca as Delivery Nurse
- As Good as It Gets as Policewoman
- The Devil's Child as Holly
1994
- Chicago Hope as Leah Martine
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989
- The Simpsons as Julia (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self