Acting · Gainesville, Florida, USA · Born July 27, 1972
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.
MoviePlaying POTUS
2026
as Self
MovieLorne
2026
as Self
MovieThe Muppet Show
2026
as Maya Rudolph
MovieDowney Wrote That
2025
as Self
TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self - SNL Cast Member 2000 - 2007
TVDream Productions
2024
as Jean Dewberry (voice)
MovieIF
2024
as Alligator (voice)
TVThe Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy
2024
as Dr. Vlam (voice)
TVDinner Time Live with David Chang
2024
as Self
TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MovieGood Burger 2
2023
as Maya Rudolph
MovieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Cynthia Utrom (voice)
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
TVDigman!
2023
as G.A.W.D. (voice)
MovieWho Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
2022
as Maya Rudolph
MovieDisenchanted
2022
as Malvina Monroe
TVBaymax!
2022
as Aunt Cass (voice)
TVLoot
2022
as Molly Wells
TVHuman Resources
2022
as Bonnie LaCienega (voice)
TVMacGruber
2021
as Casey Janine Fitzpatrick
MovieA Clüsterfünke Christmas
2021
as Shania Gary (Angel)
TVBaking It
2021
as Self - Host
MovieLicorice Pizza
2021
as Gale
MovieLuca
2021
as Daniela Paguro (voice)
MovieThe Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
as Linda (voice)
TVEater's Guide to the World
2020
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Andrea Steele
MovieHubie Halloween
2020
as Mrs. Hennessey
MovieThe Willoughbys
2020
as Nanny (voice)
MovieLet's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
2020
as Self
TVBless the Harts
2019
as Betty Hart (voice)
MovieThirsty
2019
as The Mosquito
MovieThe Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
as Matilda (voice)
TVLights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
MovieBooksmart
2019
as Motivational Voice (voice)
MovieThe Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
as Val Gal
MovieWine Country
2019
as Naomi
MovieThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Mom
TVForever
2018
as June
MovieThe Happytime Murders
2018
as Bubbles
MovieLife of the Party
2018
as Christine Davenport
MovieLove, Gilda
2018
as Self
MovieA Christmas Story Live!
2017
as Mother Parker
TVBig Hero 6 The Series
2017
as Aunt Cass (voice)
MovieNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
TVBig Mouth
2017
as Diane Birch / Connie the Hormone Monstress (voice)
MovieCabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017
as Chastity
MovieThe Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
as Precious (voice)
TVCarpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
MovieThe Emoji Movie
2017
as Smiler (voice)
MovieTour de Pharmacy
2017
as Lucy Flerng
TVThe Gong Show
2017
as Self - Judge
MovieWe Don't Belong Here
2017
as Joanne
MovieCHiPs
2017
as Sgt. Hernandez
MovieMichael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
as Maya Rudolph
TVThe Good Place
2016
as Judge Gen
MovieMy Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016
as Verti (voice)
MovieMr. Pig
2016
as Eunice
MoviePopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Deborah
TVMaya & Marty
2016
as Self - Host
MovieThe Angry Birds Movie
2016
as Matilda (voice)
MovieMaggie's Plan
2016
as Felicia
TVAngie Tribeca
2016
as Jackie Wilder
MovieSisters
2015
as Brinda
MovieA Very Murray Christmas
2015
as The Lounge Singer
TVThe Grinder
2015
as Jillian
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVDocumentary Now!
2015
as Anita
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TVThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Fresno Foxglove
MovieLive from New York!
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
TVUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Dionne Warwick
MovieStevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
as Self
MovieStrange Magic
2015
as Griselda (voice)
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieInherent Vice
2014
as Petunia Leeway
MovieBig Hero 6
2014
as Aunt Cass (voice)
MovieWe the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014
as Self
MovieThe Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas
2014
as Giggles
MovieThe Maya Rudolph Show
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Nut Job
2014
as Precious (voice)
TVBrooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as U.S. Marshal Karen Haas
MovieTurbo
2013
as Burn (voice)
MovieGrown Ups 2
2013
as Deanne McKenzie
TVHollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
TVDrunk History
2013
as Griselda Blanco
MovieThe Way Way Back
2013
as Caitlyn
TVComedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieFriends with Kids
2012
as Leslie
TVBilly on the Street
2011
as Self
TVUp All Night
2011
as Ava Alexander
MovieZookeeper
2011
as Mollie the Giraffe (voice)
MovieBridesmaids
2011
as Lillian
MovieFight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Girl in Limo 3
MovieWhen Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011
as Maya Rudolph
TVPortlandia
2011
as Anita
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieThe Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
MovieGrown Ups
2010
as Deanne McKenzie
MovieMacGruber
2010
as Casey
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
as Self
MoviePresidential Reunion
2010
as Michelle Obama
TVCubed
2009
as Maya Rudolph
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Minnie Riperton Story
2009
MovieAway We Go
2009
as Verona De Tessant
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Various (archive footage)
TVLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
MovieThe Black List: Volume Two
2009
as Self
MovieProp 8: The Musical
2008
as California Gays and The People That Love Them
TVUnsung
2008
TVSaturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
as Oprah Winfrey
TVKath & Kim
2008
as Athena Scooberman
MovieShrek the Third
2007
as Rapunzel (voice)
MovieIdiocracy
2006
as Rita
MovieA Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Molly
TVCampus Ladies
2006
MovieWake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Kanshasha X
Movie50 First Dates
2004
as Stacy
MovieDuplex
2003
as Tara
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Religetables
2002
MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
TVTV Funhouse
2000
as Oprah Winfrey (voice)
MovieDuets
2000
as Omaha Karaoke Hostess
MovieChuck & Buck
2000
as Jamila
TVCity of Angels
2000
as Grace Patterson
TVAction
1999
as Phina
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Chloe (voice)
MovieAs Good as It Gets
1997
as Policewoman
MovieThe Devil's Child
1997
as Holly
MovieGattaca
1997
as Delivery Nurse
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Leah Martine
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Julia (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
The Nut Job 3
as Precious (voice)
MovieGrown Ups 3
as Deanne McKenzie
