Cast & creator
Kate McKinnon
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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
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film credits
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television credits
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1953–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (91)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Simpsons
Hettie Mae Boggs (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Family Guy
Philippa (voice)
1999Family Guy
Farmer's Date (voice)
1999Family Guy
Karen Griffin (Heavy Flo) (voice)
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self / Colleen Rafferty
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Effie Villalopolus
2012
Barbie
Barbie
2023
A Minecraft Movie
Alex (voice) (uncredited)
2025
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
The Venture Bros.
Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Nikki Fictel (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Thalia / Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Warriana / Dot Comm (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Redusa (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Warriana (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Warriana / Alexis Warrington (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.
Eenie-Meanie (voice)
2004
Ted 2
Kate McKinnon
2015
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
2012
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Self
2019
Difficult People
Abra Cadouglas
2015
China, IL
Sunshine (voice)
2011
Finding Dory
Wife Fish (voice)
2016
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Nature Cat
Squeeks (voice)
2015
The Angry Birds Movie
Stella / Eva the Birthday Mom (voice)
2016
The Roses
Amy
2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
Ferdinand
Lupe (voice)
2017
Rough Night
Pippa
2017
Ballerina
Regine / Mother Superior / Felicie's Mother (US version)
2016
Ghostbusters
Jillian Holtzmann
2016
Detroiters
Lindsay (voice)
2017
DC League of Super-Pets
Lulu (voice)
2022
Friends from College
Shawna
2017
Bombshell
Jess Carr
2019
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Morgan
2018
In the Blink of an Eye
Coakley
2026
Sisters
Sam
2015
The Magic School Bus Rides Again
Ms. Frizzle (voice)
2017
The Spoils Before Dying
Dallas Boudreau
2015
Joe vs Carole
Carole Baskin
2022Joe vs Carole
Executive Producer
2022
Yesterday
Debra Hammer
2019
The Big Gay Sketch Show
2007
Office Christmas Party
Mary
2016
The Wrong Girls
Dr. Olsen
2026
Masterminds
Jandice
2016
Lorne
Self
2026
The Bubble
Paula the Studio Head
2022
Hillary
Self (archive footage)
2020
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Robotomy
2010Robotomy
Mrs. Crunshine
2010
Irreplaceable You
Glass Half Full Kate
2018
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Self
2019
Family
Jill
2018
China, Il The Musical
Sunshine
2015
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
2024
Life Partners
Trace
2014Dedicated to Morris Burke
Staten Island Summer
Mrs. Bandini Jr.
2015
Celebrity Escape Room
Self
2020
Balls Out
Vicky
2014
Giant Sloth
Nina
2015Thumb
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space
Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
2020One Attempt Remaining
Hannah Has a Ho-Phase
Nicky
2013Concierge: The Series
Mary
2010
My Best Day
Heather
2012
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection
Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
2020Mr. Ross
Debby
2010The Lunch Witch
Grunhilda
Toy Story of Terror!
PEZ Cat (voice)
2013