Maya Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in the films 50 First Dates, A Prairie Home Companion, and Idiocracy. After leaving SNL in 2007, Rudolph appeared in more films, including Grown Ups, Bridesmaids, Grown Ups 2, Inherent Vice, Sisters, Life of the Party, and Disenchanted. She also provided voice acting roles in the animated films Shrek the Third, Turbo, Big Hero 6, The Angry Birds Movie, The Emoji Movie and Luca. Rudolph starred on Up All Night and co-hosted the variety show Maya & Marty. Since 2022, she has produced and starred on Loot. Rudolph has voiced various characters for the animated sitcom Big Mouth which won her four Primetime Emmy Awards. For her portrayal of politician Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Rudolph received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for The Good Place. She is the daughter of singer Minnie Riperton and composer Richard Rudolph, as well as the stepdaughter of Japanese jazz singer Kimiko Kasai.

Filmography

• 2026The Angry Birds Movie 3 — Matilda (voice)
• 2026The Muppet Show — Maya Rudolph
• 2025One Battle After Another — Thanks
• Dream Productions — Jean Dewberry (voice)
• 2024His Three Daughters — Executive Producer
• 2024IF — Alligator (voice)
• The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy — Dr. Vlam (voice), Executive Producer
• Digman! — G.A.W.D. (voice)
• 2023Good Burger 2 — Maya Rudolph
• Poker Face — Co-Executive Producer
• 2023Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — Cynthia Utrom (voice)
• Baymax! — Aunt Cass (voice)
• 2022Crush — Producer
• 2022Disenchanted — Malvina Monroe
• Human Resources — Grace (voice), Bonnie LaCienega (voice), Dante's Dick (voice), Traci (voice), Connie LaCienega (voice)
• Loot — Molly Wells, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2022Sirens — Executive Producer
• 2022Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery — Maya Rudolph
• 2021A Clüsterfünke Christmas — Shania Gary (Angel)
• 2021Licorice Pizza — Gale
• 2021Luca — Daniela Paguro (voice)
• MacGruber — Casey Janine Fitzpatrick
• 2021The Mitchells vs. the Machines — Linda (voice)
• Eater's Guide to the World — Narrator (voice)
• 2020Hubie Halloween — Mrs. Hennessey
• 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine — Andrea Steele, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2020The Willoughbys — Nanny (voice)
• Bless the Harts — Betty Hart (voice)
• 2019Booksmart — Motivational Voice (voice)
• 2019The Angry Birds Movie 2 — Matilda (voice)
• 2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — Mom
• 2019The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience — Val Gal
• 2019Thirsty — The Mosquito
• 2019Wine Country — Naomi
• Forever — June, Executive Producer
• 2018Life of the Party — Christine Davenport
• 2018The Happytime Murders — Bubbles
• 2017A Christmas Story Live! — Mother Parker
• Big Hero 6 The Series — Aunt Cass (voice)
• Big Mouth — Diane Birch / Connie the Hormone Monstress (voice)
• 2017CHiPs — Sgt. Hernandez
• 2017Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special — Maya Rudolph
• 2017The Emoji Movie — Smiler (voice)
• 2017The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature — Precious (voice)
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — Lucy Flerng
• 2017We Don't Belong Here — Joanne
• Angie Tribeca — Jackie Wilder
• 2016Maggie's Plan — Felicia
• 2016Mr. Pig — Eunice
• 2016My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea — Verti (voice)
• 2016Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping — Deborah
• 2016The Angry Birds Movie — Matilda (voice)
• The Good Place — Judge Gen
• 2015A Very Murray Christmas — The Lounge Singer
• 2015An SNL Valentine — (archive footage)
• Documentary Now! — Anita
• 2015Sisters — Brinda
• 2015Strange Magic — Griselda (voice)
• The Grinder — Jillian
• The Spoils Before Dying — Fresno Foxglove
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Dionne Warwick
• 2014Big Hero 6 — Aunt Cass (voice)
• 2014Inherent Vice — Petunia Leeway
• 2014The Maya Rudolph Show — Self, Producer
• 2014The Nut Job — Precious (voice)
• 2014The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas — Giggles
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — U.S. Marshal Karen Haas
• Drunk History — Griselda Blanco
• 2013Grown Ups 2 — Deanne McKenzie
• 2013The Way Way Back — Caitlyn
• 2013Turbo — Burn (voice)
• 2012Friends with Kids — Leslie
• 2011Bridesmaids — Lillian
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — Girl in Limo 3
• Portlandia — Anita
• Up All Night — Ava Alexander
• 2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren — Maya Rudolph
• 2011Zookeeper — Mollie the Giraffe (voice)
• 2010Grown Ups — Deanne McKenzie
• 2010MacGruber — Casey
• 2010Presidential Reunion — Michelle Obama
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• 2009Away We Go — Verona De Tessant
• Cubed — Maya Rudolph
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Various (archive footage)
• 2009The Minnie Riperton Story
• Kath & Kim — Athena Scooberman
• 2008Prop 8: The Musical — California Gays and The People That Love Them
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday — Oprah Winfrey
• Unsung
• 2007Shrek the Third — Rapunzel (voice)
• 2006A Prairie Home Companion — Molly
• Campus Ladies
• 2006Idiocracy — Rita
• 200450 First Dates — Stacy
• 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie — Kanshasha X
• 2003Duplex — Tara
• 2002The Religetables
• 2000Chuck & Buck — Jamila
• City of Angels — Grace Patterson
• 2000Duets — Omaha Karaoke Hostess
• TV Funhouse — Oprah Winfrey (voice)
• Action — Phina
• Family Guy — Chloe (voice)
• 1997As Good as It Gets — Policewoman
• 1997Gattaca — Delivery Nurse
• 1997The Devil's Child — Holly
• Chicago Hope — Leah Martine
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Julia (voice)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Annunale Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Michelle Obama (uncredited), Jodi Dietz (uncredited), Glenda Goodwin / Self (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Jodi Deitz (uncredited), Self / Leilani (uncredited)
• Grown Ups 3 — Deanne McKenzie

Appearances as themselves (42)

• 2026Lorne — Self
• 2026Playing POTUS — Self
• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Cast Member 2000 - 2007
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Baking It — Self - Host
• 2020Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self - Panelist
• 2018Love, Gilda — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs — Self
• The Gong Show — Self - Judge
• Maya & Marty — Self - Host
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Live from New York! — Self
• 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss — Self
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• Billy on the Street — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2009The Black List: Volume Two — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self, Self - Presenter