Acting

Kate McKinnon

Born Jan 6, 1984 · 42 years74 titles 40 movies · 34 TV

Biography

Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022, where she became known for her character work and celebrity impressions. For her work on the series, she was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and nine for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 2016 and 2017. McKinnon starred in the Logo sketch comedy series The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007–2010), voiced lead roles in the PBS Kids animated series Nature Cat (2015–2025) and the Netflix animated series The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017–2021), and portrayed Carole Baskin in the Peacock miniseries Joe vs. Carole (2022). McKinnon has appeared in films, including Sisters (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), Rough Night (2017), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Yesterday (2019), Bombshell (2019), The Bubble (2022), Barbie (2023), and The Roses (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate McKinnon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as

Kate McKinnon Berthold · Kathryn McKinnon Berthold

Born

Jan 6, 1984

Sea Cliff, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

74

Acting credits

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Directing

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Writing

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Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

1953 1 title(s)

The Oscars
tv · as Self - Presenter · ★ 7.0

1975 1 title(s)

Saturday Night Live
tv · as Self - Various Characters, as Self - Host, as Self - Cameo (uncredited), as Self / Colleen Rafferty · ★ 6.9

1981 1 title(s)

Entertainment Tonight
tv · as Self · ★ 4.3

1988 1 title(s)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
tv · as Self, as Self - Guest · ★ 5.6

1989 1 title(s)

The Simpsons
tv · as Hettie Mae Boggs (voice) · ★ 8.0

1997 1 title(s)

The View
tv · as Self · ★ 4.3

1999 1 title(s)

Family Guy
tv · as Philippa (voice), as Farmer's Date (voice), as Karen Griffin (Heavy Flo) (voice) · ★ 7.4

2004 1 title(s)

The Venture Bros.
tv · as Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice), as Nikki Fictel (voice), as Thalia / Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice), as Warriana / Dot Comm (voice), as Redusa (voice), as Warriana (voice), as Warriana / Alexis Warrington (voice), as Eenie-Meanie (voice) · ★ 7.8

2007 2 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
tv · Acting · ★ 6.6

2010 3 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

China, IL
tv · as Sunshine (voice) · ★ 6.8

2012 3 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 11 title(s)

2016 7 title(s)

2017 5 title(s)

2018 3 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 4 title(s)

2022 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

Barbie
movie · as Barbie · ★ 6.9

2025 5 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 3 title(s)