Line #25 Creator/KateMcKinnon


1	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kate_mckinnon.jpg]]
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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