History Creator / KateMcKinnon

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (Denny Dillon, from the show's poorly-received 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, but wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history,[[note]]joining Creator/DennyDillon, Creator/TerrySweeney, Creator/DanitraVance, and later, Creator/JohnMilhiser, Creator/BowenYang, and Creator/PunkieJohnson[[/note]] the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white.[[note]]Joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser.[[/note]]

[=McKinnon=] is also known for her dead-on celebrity impressions (specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others) that push gender boundaries (and the boundaries of just how good ''SNL'''s hair, make-up, and costume people are when it comes to making cast members look like real-world figures). [=McKinnon=] also has a good-sized arsenal of memorable recurring characters: Olya Povlotsky;[[note]]a Russian woman who voices her opinions on current events, comparing them to the outrageous struggles she faces in her village. She also appeared in a cold open with Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin reading a prepared statement against her will[[/note]] Debette Goldry;[[note]]a senile elderly actress whose harsh experiences with being an actress in old Hollywood (including the ongoing issues of equal pay, sexual harassment and abuse, racial diversity in film roles, double standards, [[PlayingAgainstType actresses playing roles that don't involve them playing second fiddle to a man]], and actresses getting involved behind the camera as directors and writers) are more outrageous than what modern actresses have gone through[[/note]] Barbara [=DeDrew=];[[note]]the owner of a cat shelter called "Whiskers R We", with whichever female celebrity is hosting as the co-owner who falls for Barbara, even though Barbara isn't interested. One notable installment of "Whiskers R We" had Kate's own pet cat, Nino Positano, as the only cat she's trying to give away since her shelter shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic[[/note]] Colleen Rafferty;[[note]]a twenty-seven-year-old woman (despite looking middle-aged, impliedly due to her repeated traumas and constant cigarette smoking) who appears in panels with two of her friends (played by Cecily Strong as a hippie named Sharon, alongside the episode's host). The three friends recount their experience of a shared paranormal event (such as being abducted by aliens, having a near-death experience, discovering that Santa Claus is real, being visited by ghosts, and discovering that time travel is possible). The other two friends always have an idyllic experience, while Rafferty instead goes through a different, traumatic experience during the event and always loses her pants[[/note]] and Shud.[[note]]a crass mermaid who is based on a blobfish, and makes sexual advances on an unfortunate marooned sailor[[/note]]

For all of this, from 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (Denny Dillon, from the show's poorly-received 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, but wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history,[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Creator/TerrySweeney, Creator/DanitraVance, and later, Creator/JohnMilhiser, Creator/BowenYang, and Punkie Johnson[[/note]] the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white.[[note]]Joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser.[[/note]]

[=McKinnon=] is also known for her dead-on celebrity impressions (specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others) that push gender boundaries (and the boundaries of just how good ''SNL'''s hair, make-up, and costume people are when it comes to making cast members look like real-world figures). [=McKinnon=] also has a good-sized arsenal of memorable recurring characters: Olya Povlotsky;[[note]]a Russian woman who voices her opinions on current events, comparing them to the outrageous struggles she faces in her village. She also appeared in a cold open with Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin reading a prepared statement against her will[[/note]] Debette Goldry;[[note]]a senile elderly actress whose harsh experiences with being an actress in old Hollywood (including the on-going issues of equal pay, sexual harassment and abuse, racial diversity in film roles, double standards, [[PlayingAgainstType actresses playing roles that don't involve them playing second fiddle to a man]], and actresses getting involved behind the camera as directors and writers) are more outrageous than what modern actresses have gone through[[/note]] Barbara [=DeDrew=];[[note]]the owner of a cat shelter called "Whiskers R We", with whichever female celebrity is hosting as the co-owner who falls for Barbara, even though Barbara isn't interested. One notable installment of "Whiskers R We" had Kate's own pet cat, Nino Positano, as the only cat she's trying to give away since her shelter shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic[[/note]] Colleen Rafferty;[[note]]a twenty-seven-year-old woman (despite looking middle-aged, impliedly due to her repeated traumas and constant cigarette smoking) who appears in panels with two of her friends (played by Cecily Strong as a hippie named Sharon, alongside the episode's host). The three friends recount their experience of a shared paranormal event (such as being abducted by aliens, having a near-death experience, discovering that Santa Claus is real, being visited by ghosts, and discovering that time travel is possible). The other two friends always have an idyllic experience, while Rafferty instead goes through a different, traumatic experience during the event and always loses her pants[[/note]] and Shud.[[note]]a crass mermaid who is based on a blobfish, and makes sexual advances on an unfortunate marooned sailor[[/note]]

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (Denny Dillon, from the show's poorly-received 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, but wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser, Bowen Yang, and newcomer, Punkie Johnson[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]).

[=McKinnon=] is also known for her dead-on celebrity impressions (specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others) that push gender boundaries (and the boundaries of just how good ''SNL'''s hair, make-up, and costume people are when it comes to making cast members look like real-world figures). [=McKinnon=] also has a good-sized arsenal of memorable recurring characters: Olya Povlotsky[[note]]a Russian woman who voices her opinions on current events, comparing them to the outrageous struggles she faces in her village. She also appeared in a cold open with Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin reading a prepared statement against her will[[/note]]; Debette Goldry[[note]]a senile elderly actress whose harsh experiences with being an actress in old Hollywood (including the on-going issues of equal pay, sexual harassment and abuse, racial diversity in film roles, double standards, [[PlayingAgainstType actresses playing roles that don't involve them playing second fiddle to a man]], and actresses getting involved behind the camera as directors and writers) are more outrageous than what modern actresses have gone through[[/note]]; Barbara [=DeDrew=][[note]]the owner of a cat shelter called "Whiskers R We", with whichever female celebrity is hosting as the co-owner who falls for Barbara, even though Barbara isn't interested. One notable installment of "Whiskers R We" had Kate's own pet cat, Nino Positano, as the only cat she's trying to give away since her shelter shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic[[/note]]; Colleen Rafferty, [[note]]a twenty-seven-year-old woman (despite looking middle-aged, impliedly due to her repeated traumas and constant cigarette smoking) who appears in panels with two of her friends (played by Cecily Strong as a hippie named Sharon, alongside the episode's host). The three friends recount their experience of a shared paranormal event (such as being abducted by aliens, having a near-death experience, discovering that Santa Claus is real, being visited by ghosts, and discovering that time travel is possible). The other two friends always have an idyllic experience, while Rafferty instead goes through a different, traumatic experience during the event and always loses her pants[[/note]]; and Shud[[note]]a crass mermaid who is based on a blobfish, and makes sexual advances on an unfortunate marooned sailor[[/note]].

[=McKinnon=] is also known for her dead-on celebrity impressions (specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others) that push gender boundaries (and the boundaries of just how good ''SNL'''s hair, make-up, and costume people are when it comes to making cast members look like real-world figures). From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (Denny Dillon, from the show's poorly-received 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, but wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser, Bowen Yang, and newcomer, Punkie Johnson[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

* CrossCastRole: She portrayed several men on SNL, most notably Jeff Sessions but also Julian Assange, Lindsey Graham, Robert Mueller, Wilbur Ross, Music/JustinBieber, Music/EdSheeran and Rudy Giuliani.

* AscendedFanboy:
** She has been an ''SNL'' fan since she was 12.
** She had made her love for Creator/GillianAnderson known to the public well before the two worked together on ''The Spy Who Dumped Me''.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (recently, it's been discovered that Denny Dillon, from the show's poorly-received 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, though Dillon wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser, Bowen Yang, and newcomer, Punkie Johnson[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

* KindheartedCatLover: She has one cat, [[PunnyName Nino Positano]], who is often brought up in interviews and whom she refers to as 'My son'. She also has a recurring series of ''SNL'' sketches, "Whiskers 'R' We", in which she plays the elderly owner of a DysfunctionJunction cat shelter.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (recently, it's been discovered that Denny Dillon, from the show's notoriously awful 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, though Dillon wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of seven LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser, Bowen Yang, and newcomer, Punkie Johnson[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon), and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. [=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (recently, it's been discovered that Denny Dillon, from the show's notoriously awful 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, though Dillon wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of six LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser and Bowen Yang[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon)[[note]]as of 2020, Danitra Vance from the 1985-1986 season is the only lesbian of color to be an ''SNL'' cast member[[/note]], and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ([=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member (recently, it's been discovered that Denny Dillon, from the show's notoriously awful 1980-1981 season, is a lesbian, though Dillon wasn't out of the closet when she was hired), the second of six LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser and Bowen Yang[[/note]], the second lesbian cast member to be white (after Denny Dillon)[[note]]as of 2020, Danitra Vance from the 1985-1986 season is the only lesbian of color to be an ''SNL'' cast member[[/note]], and also the fourth LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Denny Dillon, Terry Sweeney, and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ([=McKinnon=] is the show's first openly lesbian cast member, the second of five LGBTQ+ cast members in the show's history[[note]]joining Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and later, John Milhiser and Bowen Yang[[/note]], and the first lesbian cast member to be white[[note]]Danitra Vance from the 1985-1986 season was African-American[[/note]] and also the third LGBTQ+ cast member to be white[[note]]joining Terry Sweeney and John Milhiser[[/note]]), specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

Kathryn "Kate" [=McKinnon=] Berthold (born January 6, 1984), is an American comedian and actor.

* AffectionateParody: Most notably in the case of Hillary Clinton, whom she deeply admires and respects.

* BeautyInversion: As seen in the page image, she's a very beautiful lady. On SNL, she frequently plays elderly or physically repulsive characters. She is also dressed down in ''{{Film/Ghostbusters 2016}}''.

* LargeHam: She gets hilariously over the top quite often, specially in ''Ghostbusters''.
* StageName: Her surname is Berthold; she uses her middle name for comedy.

She's perhaps best known for being a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', specifically for her impressions of UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, Creator/EllenDeGeneres, and Music/JustinBieber, among many others. From 2016 to 2017, she won two Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, making her the first ''SNL'' cast member to win an Emmy for their performance on the show.

* ''Film/TheSpyWhoDumpedMe'' (2018) as Morgan Freeman

Outside of ''SNL'', she's notable for having starred in the 2016 ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|2016}}'' film alongside Creator/MelissaMcCarthy and fellow ''SNL'' stars Creator/KristenWiig and Leslie Jones.

* CrossCastRole: She portrayed several men on SNL, most notably Jeff Sessions but also Julian Assange, Lindsey Graham, Robert Mueller, Music/JustinBieber, Music/EdSheeran and Rudy Giuliani.

* BeautyInversion: As seen in the page image, she's a very beautiful lady. In ''{{Film/Ghostbusters 2016}}'' she is dressed down, and likewise as Hillary Clinton.

* KindheartedCatLover: Has one cat, [[PunnyName Nino Positano]], who is often brought up in interviews and to whom she refers to as 'My son'. She also has a recurring series of ''SNL'' sketches, "Whiskers 'R' We", in which she plays the elderly owner of a DysfunctionJunction cat shelter.
* LargeHam: Gets hilariously over the top quite often, specially in ''Ghostbusters''.

* OneOfUs: [[invoked]] A lifelong ''Series/TheXFiles'' fan, noted for her crush on star Creator/GillianAnderson. She's also known to enjoy watching ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' and ''Series/MasterChef'', the latter with her fellow SNL co-stars.