Kate McKinnon

Born: 1984-01-06, Sea Cliff, New York, USA

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).

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Family Guy (1999)
• A Minecraft Movie (2025)
• Ted 2 (2015)
• Barbie (2023)
• The Venture Bros. (2004)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)
• The Wrong Girls (2026)
• Finding Dory (2016)
• Detroiters (2017)
• China, IL (2011)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• The Roses (2025)
• Nature Cat (2015)
• Difficult People (2015)
• Ferdinand (2017)
• DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
• In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
• Rough Night (2017)
• The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
• Bombshell (2019)
• Masterminds (2016)
• The Spoils Before Dying (2015)
• The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017)
• Yesterday (2019)
• Joe vs Carole (2022)
• Joe vs Carole (2022)
• The Bubble (2022)
• Sisters (2015)
• The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007)