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Maya Rudolph
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedienne known for her comedic roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2000–2007 and for appearing in films such as Away We Go, Bridesmaids, Grown Ups and MacGruber. Maya Rudolph was born in Gainesville, Florida, on July 27th, 1972, to, a music producer, and soul singer. She is the daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton and composer/songwriter/producer Richard Rudolph. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother was African-American. Maya Rudolph was in the studio with her mother on the day Riperton recorded “Lovin’ You”, The listener can hear her mother sing “Maya, Maya, Maya” to her daughter near the end of the track. Riperton died on July 12, 1979, at age 31, from breast cancer, just shy of Rudolph’s seventh birthday. Her godmother was the late R&B star Teena Marie.
Rudolph lives with director Paul Thomas Anderson and their two daughters—Pearl Minnie (born October 2005) and Lucille (born November 6, 2009). In 2011, she was pregnant with her third child.
Born: July 27, 1972 (1972-07-27)
Birth place: Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Occupation: Actress, comedienne
Years active: 1996–present
Partner: Paul Thomas Anderson
Education
Growing up, Rudolph attended high school at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, and continued her education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.A. in photography from Porter College.
Career
In May 2000, Rudolph joined the cast of SNL as a featured player for the final three episodes of the 1999–2000 season, after a stint as a member of The Groundlings improv troupe.
Rudolph’s characters on the show have included “Attorney Glenda Goodwin” and “Megan” from the “Wake Up, Wakefield!” sketches. Rudolph has performed impressions of Oprah Winfrey, Christina Aguilera, Condoleezza Rice, Paris Hilton, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Tyra Banks, Patti LaBelle, Beyoncé, Liza Minnelli, LaToya Jackson, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Rocsi (of 106 & Park), and designer Donatella Versace.[citation needed]
Rudolph’s musical talents were frequently employed on SNL. She sang as Beyoncé Knowles in the Prince Show sketches, as the “Space Creature” in the Gays in Space sketches (except for the one on the Season 31 episode hosted by Peter Sarsgaard, because it aired around the time Rudolph was on maternity leave.[citation needed] Will Forte substituted for her during that episode). Her ability to change her looks and her command of many accents also led to her playing an unusually wide range of ethnicities on the show, often with only a change of wigs.[citation needed] She has been white (Paris Hilton, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Lisa Kudrow), Asian (Lucy Liu, Lisa Ling), black (Diana Ross, Tina Turner), Latina (Jennifer Lopez, Charo), as well as people of mixed cultural backgrounds.[citation needed] As “Nooni Schoener,” Rudolph, along with Fred Armisen (who, like Rudolph, is also multiracial), created a couple from an unspecified Scandinavian country, who have unplaceable accents and bewilderingly foreign manners. Rudolph was also able to play male characters such as Scott Joplin, Justin Guarini, and Mario Vazquez.[citation needed]
Her final show was on November 3, 2007, with host Brian Williams and musical guest Feist, the last episode before the writers’ strike.[citation needed] She returned on October 25, 2008, in a featured guest appearance as Michelle Obama and sang a duet with Kenan Thompson about Amy Poehler’s newborn.[citation needed] She then also appeared in the 2008 Christmas episode, where she reprised her role in the sketch Bronx Beat, with Amy Poehler.[citation needed] She also appeared in two sketches in the 2008–2009 season finale with Will Ferrell.[citation needed] She appeared in a Weekend Update Thursday sketch during the fall 2009–10 season as Oprah Winfrey speaking on behalf of the 2016 Olympics bid. She also appeared on the show in May 2010 to perform in skits including “The Manuel Ortiz Show” with Betty White.[citation needed]
She returned to SNL for the Season 36 premiere, hosted by Amy Poehler, performing the “Bronx Beat” sketch.[citation needed] She also returned that same season for episode 700, hosted by Tina Fey.
Television and film works
In addition to her work on SNL, Rudolph has appeared on other television shows, including the CBS medical drama series City of Angels and Chicago Hope.[citation needed]
She had small parts in Chuck & Buck, Gattaca, As Good as It Gets, Duplex and Duets; she was also a music supervisor for Duets.[citation needed] Her first prominent film role came in 2006 with A Prairie Home Companion. Earlier, she had co-starred with Luke Wilson in the 2005 Mike Judge sci-fi comedy Idiocracy, although that film was shelved until September 2006 and then only given a limited release.[citation needed] She also guest starred as Rapunzel in the DreamWorks animated film Shrek the Third. She guest starred as Julia in the The Simpsons episode “The Homer of Seville”. Rudolph starred as character Athena Scooberman in NBC’s Kath & Kim, and recently completed her newest picture Away We Go with The Office star John Krasinski. In 2010, she appeared in Grown Ups starring Adam Sandler, where she played the wife of Chris Rock’s character.
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