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2 | ->''"I never want to offend anybody. I always want to do comedy with love, and to make fun of someone as a celebration - really to make fun - but not to deride in the process. To celebrate what's unique and bizarre, but also just great about that person. That's my first thought: What will this person think of this?"'' |
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4 | Kathryn "Kate" [=McKinnon=] Berthold (born January 6, 1984 in Sea Cliff, New York), is an American comedian and actor. |
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6 | 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. |
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9 | !! Selected filmography: |
10 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' (2010–present) as Nikki and Margaret Fictel (voices) |
11 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (2012–2022) {{as herself}} / various characters [[note]]Emmy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from 2016-2017[[/note]] |
12 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'' (2013) as PEZ Cat (voice) |
13 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes'' (2015) as Lola Gold (voice) |
14 | * ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat'' (2015–2016) as Squeeks (voice) |
15 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' (2016) as Stella & Eva (voices) |
16 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' (2016) as Stan's wife (voice) |
17 | * ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|2016}}'' (2016) as Jillian Holtzmann |
18 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2016) as Karen Griffin (voice) |
19 | * ''Film/RoughNight'' (2017) as Pippa |
20 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain'' (2017) as Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice) |
21 | * ''Film/TheSpyWhoDumpedMe'' (2018) as Morgan Freeman ([[Creator/MorganFreeman No relation]]) |
22 | * ''Film/{{Bombshell|2019}}'' (2019) as Jess Carr |
23 | * ''Film/{{Yesterday|2019}}'' (2019) as Debra Hammer |
24 | * ''Series/JoeVsCarole'' (2022) as Carole Baskin |
25 | * ''Film/TheBubble2022'' |
26 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' (2022) as Lulu |
27 | * ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' (2023) as Weird Barbie |
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31 | !!Kate [=McKinnon's=] work provides examples of: |
32 | * AffectionateParody: Most notably in the case of Hillary Clinton, whom she deeply admires and respects. Also Senator Elizabeth Warren (see TheKnightsWhoSaySquee). |
33 | * BeautyInversion: As seen in the page image, she's a very beautiful lady. On ''Saturday Night Live'', she's often shown playing old men, old women, or hideous monsters that aren't even human. She is also dressed down in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|2016}}'' (2016) and has a deliberately bizarre look as Weird Franchise/{{Barbie}} in ''Film/{{Barbie|2023}}'' (2023). |
34 | * CrossCastRole: She portrayed several men on SNL, most notably Jeff Sessions but also Julian Assange, Lindsey Graham, Robert Mueller (before Creator/RobertDeNiro famously took over), Wilbur Ross, Music/JustinBieber, Music/EdSheeran and Rudy Giuliani. |
35 | * KindheartedCatLover: She has a recurring series of ''SNL'' sketches, "Whiskers 'R' We", in which she plays the elderly owner of a DysfunctionJunction cat shelter. In one "SNL At Home" episode in Season 45, she filmed a "Whiskers 'R' We" sketch with her own cat, Nino, [[ActingForTwo playing the role of every cat in the sketch]]. |
36 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She was plainly pretty thrilled to meet Elizabeth Warren, whom she had been playing throughout the 2020 Presidential race and a few times before that. |
37 | * LargeHam: She gets hilariously over the top quite often, specially in ''Ghostbusters'' and ''SNL''. |
38 | * PromotedFanboy: |
39 | ** She has been an ''SNL'' fan since she was 12. |
40 | ** She had made her love for Creator/GillianAnderson known to the public well before the two worked together on ''The Spy Who Dumped Me''. |
41 | * StageName: Her surname is Berthold, but she uses her middle name as a last name when credited. |
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