Maya Rudolph

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

All Movies (88)

• Playing POTUS2026 · as Self
• Lorne2026 · as Self
• The Muppet Show2026 · as Maya Rudolph
• Downey Wrote That2025 · as Self
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self - SNL Cast Member 2000 - 2007
• IF2024 · as Alligator (voice)
• Good Burger 22023 · as Maya Rudolph
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem2023 · as Cynthia Utrom (voice)
• Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love2023 · as Self - Guest
• Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery2022 · as Maya Rudolph
• Disenchanted2022 · as Malvina Monroe
• A Clüsterfünke Christmas2021 · as Shania Gary (Angel)
• Licorice Pizza2021 · as Gale
• Luca2021 · as Daniela Paguro (voice)
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines2021 · as Linda (voice)
• Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine2020 · as Andrea Steele
• Hubie Halloween2020 · as Mrs. Hennessey
• The Willoughbys2020 · as Nanny (voice)
• Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince2020 · as Self
• Thirsty2019 · as The Mosquito
• The Angry Birds Movie 22019 · as Matilda (voice)
• Booksmart2019 · as Motivational Voice (voice)
• The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience2019 · as Val Gal
• Wine Country2019 · as Naomi
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part2019 · as Mom
• The Happytime Murders2018 · as Bubbles
• Life of the Party2018 · as Christine Davenport
• Love, Gilda2018 · as Self
• A Christmas Story Live!2017 · as Mother Parker
• Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs2017 · as Self
• Cabiria, Charity, Chastity2017 · as Chastity
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature2017 · as Precious (voice)
• The Emoji Movie2017 · as Smiler (voice)
• Tour de Pharmacy2017 · as Lucy Flerng
• We Don't Belong Here2017 · as Joanne
• CHiPs2017 · as Sgt. Hernandez
• Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special2017 · as Maya Rudolph
• Final Transmission2016 · as Anita
• My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea2016 · as Verti (voice)
• Mr. Pig2016 · as Eunice
• Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping2016 · as Deborah
• The Angry Birds Movie2016 · as Matilda (voice)
• Maggie's Plan2016 · as Felicia
• Sisters2015 · as Brinda
• A Very Murray Christmas2015 · as The Lounge Singer
• Live from New York!2015 · as Self
• Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute2015 · as Self
• Strange Magic2015 · as Griselda (voice)
• Inherent Vice2014 · as Petunia Leeway
• Big Hero 62014 · as Aunt Cass (voice)
• We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss2014 · as Self
• The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas2014 · as Giggles
• The Maya Rudolph Show2014 · as Self
• The Nut Job2014 · as Precious (voice)
• Turbo2013 · as Burn (voice)
• Grown Ups 22013 · as Deanne McKenzie
• The Way Way Back2013 · as Caitlyn
• Friends with Kids2012 · as Leslie
• Zookeeper2011 · as Mollie the Giraffe (voice)
• Bridesmaids2011 · as Lillian
• Fight for Your Right Revisited2011 · as Girl in Limo 3
• When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren2011 · as Maya Rudolph
• The Women of SNL2010 · as Various (archive footage)
• Grown Ups2010 · as Deanne McKenzie
• MacGruber2010 · as Casey
• Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again2010 · as Self
• Presidential Reunion2010 · as Michelle Obama
• The Minnie Riperton Story2009
• Away We Go2009 · as Verona De Tessant
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler2009 · as Various (archive footage)
• The Black List: Volume Two2009 · as Self
• Prop 8: The Musical2008 · as California Gays and The People That Love Them
• Shrek the Third2007 · as Rapunzel (voice)
• Idiocracy2006 · as Rita
• A Prairie Home Companion2006 · as Molly
• Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie2004 · as Kanshasha X
• 50 First Dates2004 · as Stacy
• Duplex2003 · as Tara
• The Religetables2002
• NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002 · as Self
• Duets2000 · as Omaha Karaoke Hostess
• Chuck & Buck2000 · as Jamila
• As Good as It Gets1997 · as Policewoman
• The Devil's Child1997 · as Holly
• Gattaca1997 · as Delivery Nurse
• The Nut Job 3— · as Precious (voice)
• Grown Ups 3— · as Deanne McKenzie

All TV Shows (73)

• Dream Productions2024 · as Jean Dewberry (voice)
• The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy2024 · as Dr. Vlam (voice)
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang2024 · as Self
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• Digman!2023 · as G.A.W.D. (voice)
• Baymax!2022 · as Aunt Cass (voice)
• Loot2022 · as Molly Wells
• Human Resources2022 · as Grace (voice)
• Human Resources2022 · as Bonnie LaCienega (voice)
• Human Resources2022 · as Dante's Dick (voice)
• Human Resources2022 · as Traci (voice)
• Human Resources2022 · as Connie LaCienega (voice)
• MacGruber2021 · as Casey Janine Fitzpatrick
• Baking It2021 · as Self - Host
• Eater's Guide to the World2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• Bless the Harts2019 · as Betty Hart (voice)
• Lights Out with David Spade2019 · as Self - Panelist
• Forever2018 · as June
• Big Hero 6 The Series2017 · as Aunt Cass (voice)
• Big Mouth2017 · as Diane Birch / Connie the Hormone Monstress (voice)
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• The Gong Show2017 · as Self - Judge
• The Good Place2016 · as Judge Gen
• Maya & Marty2016 · as Self - Host
• Angie Tribeca2016 · as Jackie Wilder
• The Grinder2015 · as Jillian
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Documentary Now!2015 · as Anita
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Spoils Before Dying2015 · as Fresno Foxglove
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt2015 · as Dionne Warwick
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as U.S. Marshal Karen Haas
• Hollywood Game Night2013 · as Self
• Drunk History2013 · as Griselda Blanco
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Billy on the Street2011 · as Self
• Up All Night2011 · as Ava Alexander
• Portlandia2011 · as Anita
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Cubed2009 · as Maya Rudolph
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• Unsung2008
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday2008 · as Oprah Winfrey
• Kath & Kim2008 · as Athena Scooberman
• Campus Ladies2006
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• TV Funhouse2000 · as Oprah Winfrey (voice)
• City of Angels2000 · as Grace Patterson
• Action1999 · as Phina
• Family Guy1999 · as Chloe (voice)
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Leah Martine
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as Julia (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Various Characters
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter