Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 27, 1972
Place of Birth:
Gainesville, Florida, USA
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.
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2025 | SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night | Self |
2025 | Good Hang with Amy Poehler | |
2024 | The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy | Dr. Vlam (voice) |
2024 | Dinner Time Live with David Chang | Self |
2024 | Dream Productions | Jean Dewberry (voice) |
2023 | Digman! | G.A.W.D. (voice) |
2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
2022 | Human Resources | Grace (voice) |
2022 | Human Resources | Bonnie LaCienega (voice) |
2022 | Human Resources | Dante's Dick (voice) |
2022 | Human Resources | Traci (voice) |
2022 | Human Resources | Connie LaCienega (voice) |
2022 | Loot | Molly Wells / Molly Novak |
2022 | Baymax! | Cass (voice) |
2022 | Baymax! | Aunt Cass |
2021 | Baking It | Self - Host |
2021 | MacGruber | Casey Janine Fitzpatrick |
2020 | Eater's Guide to the World | Narrator (voice) |
2019 | Bless the Harts | Betty Hart (voice) |
2019 | Lights Out with David Spade | Self - Panelist |
2018 | Forever | June |
2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self |
2017 | Big Hero 6 The Series | Aunt Cass (voice) |
2017 | The Gong Show | Self - Judge |
2017 | Big Mouth | Diane Birch / Constance the Hormone Monstress (voice) |
2016 | Maya & Marty | Self - Host |
2016 | Angie Tribeca | Jackie Wilder |
2016 | The Good Place | Judge Gen |
2015 | The Spoils Before Dying | Fresno Foxglove |
2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Dionne Warwick |
2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
2015 | Documentary Now! | Anita |
2015 | The Grinder | Jillian |
2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
2013 | Drunk History | Griselda Blanco |
2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | U.S. Marshal Karen Haas |
2013 | Hollywood Game Night | Self |
2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Self |
2011 | Up All Night | Ava Alexander |
2011 | Portlandia | Anita |
2011 | Billy on the Street | Self |
2010 | Conan | Self |
2009 | Cubed | Maya Rudolph |
2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self |
2008 | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | Oprah Winfrey |
2008 | Kath & Kim | Athena Scooberman |
2006 | Campus Ladies | |
2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
2000 | City of Angels | Grace Patterson |
2000 | TV Funhouse | Oprah Winfrey (voice) |
1999 | Family Guy | Chloe (voice) |
1999 | Action | Phina |
1994 | Chicago Hope | Leah Martine |
1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
1989 | The Simpsons | Julia (voice) |
1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self |
1953 | The Oscars | Self |