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.

Filmography

• 2026In the Blink of an Eye — Coakley
• 2026The Wrong Girls — Dr. Olsen
• 2025A Minecraft Movie — Alex (voice) (uncredited)
• 2025The Roses — Amy
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• 2023Barbie — Barbie
• 2022DC League of Super-Pets — Lulu (voice)
• Joe vs Carole — Carole Baskin, Executive Producer
• 2022The Bubble — Paula the Studio Head
• 2020The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space — Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
• 2020The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection — Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
• 2019Bombshell — Jess Carr
• 2019Yesterday — Debra Hammer
• 2018Family — Jill
• 2018Irreplaceable You — Glass Half Full Kate
• 2018The Spy Who Dumped Me — Morgan
• Detroiters — Lindsay (voice)
• 2017Ferdinand — Lupe (voice)
• Friends from College — Shawna
• 2017Rough Night — Pippa
• The Magic School Bus Rides Again — Ms. Frizzle (voice)
• 2016Ballerina — Regine / Mother Superior / Felicie's Mother (US version)
• 2016Finding Dory — Wife Fish (voice)
• 2016Ghostbusters — Jillian Holtzmann
• 2016Masterminds — Jandice
• 2016Office Christmas Party — Mary
• 2016The Angry Birds Movie — Stella / Eva the Birthday Mom (voice)
• 2015China, Il The Musical — Sunshine
• Difficult People — Abra Cadouglas
• 2015Giant Sloth — Nina
• Nature Cat — Squeeks (voice)
• 2015Sisters — Sam
• 2015Staten Island Summer — Mrs. Bandini Jr.
• 2015Ted 2 — Kate McKinnon
• The Spoils Before Dying — Dallas Boudreau
• 2014Balls Out — Vicky
• 2014Life Partners — Trace
• 2013Hannah Has a Ho-Phase — Nicky
• 2013Toy Story of Terror! — PEZ Cat (voice)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Effie Villalopolus
• 2012My Best Day — Heather
• China, IL — Sunshine (voice)
• Concierge: The Series — Mary
• 2010Mr. Ross — Debby
• Robotomy — Mrs. Crunshine
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• The Big Gay Sketch Show
• The Venture Bros. — Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice), Nikki Fictel (voice), Thalia / Nikki Fictel / Mrs. Fictel (voice), Warriana / Dot Comm (voice), Redusa (voice), Warriana (voice), Warriana / Alexis Warrington (voice), Eenie-Meanie (voice)
• Family Guy — Philippa (voice), Farmer's Date (voice), Karen Griffin (Heavy Flo) (voice)
• The Simpsons — Hettie Mae Boggs (voice)
• Dedicated to Morris Burke
• One Attempt Remaining
• The Lunch Witch — Grunhilda
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Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2026Lorne — Self
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2020Celebrity Escape Room — Self
• Hillary — Self (archive footage)
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The View — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self / Colleen Rafferty
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter