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.
Acting (80 movies)
50 First Dates
2004
Licorice Pizza
2021
Idiocracy
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
Chuck & Buck
2000
A Clüsterfünke Christmas
2021
Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
MacGruber
2010
Grown Ups
2010
Zookeeper
2011
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Friends with Kids
2012
Away We Go
2009
Bridesmaids
2011
Turbo
2013
Grown Ups 2
2013
The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas
2014
The Devil's Child
1997
The Way Way Back
2013
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011
IF
2024
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009
The Nut Job
2014
Inherent Vice
2014
Big Hero 6
2014
Sisters
2015
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Good Burger 2
2023
The Angry Birds Movie
2016
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014
Strange Magic
2015
Maggie's Plan
2016
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
We Don't Belong Here
2017
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
2022
As Good as It Gets
1997
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
Duplex
2003
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
The Religetables
2002
Mr. Pig
2016
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016
CHiPS
2017
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
The Emoji Movie
2017
Shrek the Third
2007
The Black List: Volume Two
2009
Life of the Party
2018
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
The Happytime Murders
2018
A Christmas Story Live!
2017
Love, Gilda
2018
Wine Country
2019
Prop 8: The Musical
2008
Gattaca
1997
The Willoughbys
2020
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
The Women of SNL
2010
Booksmart
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
Hubie Halloween
2020
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
Thirsty
2019
Duets
2000
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
Live from New York!
2015
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
Luca
2021
Disenchanted
2022
Presidential Reunion
2010
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Downey Wrote That
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Maya Rudolph Show | 2014 | Producer |
| Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | 2020 | Writer |
| Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Sirens | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Crush | 2022 | Producer |
| His Three Daughters | 2024 | Executive Producer |