Acting credits
112
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michaela Watkins
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 43Series: 70Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 113224
IMDb ID: nm1143861
Known for: Acting
Born: December 14, 1971
Age: 54
Place of birth: Syracuse, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q6835627
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Michaela Watkins is an American actress and comedian. After several years performing with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Watkins achieved widespread attention for her brief stint as a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 34th season between 2008 and 2009. Since leaving SNL, she has starred on the Hulu series Casual and on the short-lived sitcoms The Unicorn and Trophy Wife. Watkins has also had recurring roles on other television series, such as The New Adventures of Old Christine, Catastrophe, Enlightened and Search Party and appeared in films such as The Back-up Plan (2010), Wanderlust (2012), Enough Said (2013), Sword of Trust (2019), and Suze (2023).
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michaela Watkins.
Are We Good?
as Self
2025 Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025 Movie
Suze
as Suze
2025 Movie
Heart Eyes
as Crystal Cane
2025 Movie
The American Society of Magical Negroes
as Masterson
2024 Movie
You Hurt My Feelings
as Sarah
2023 Movie
Paint
as Katherine
2023 Movie
The Young Wife
as Lara
2023 Movie
Werewolves Within
as Trisha Anderton
2021 Movie
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
as Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
as Self
2020 Movie
Bad Therapy
as Judy Small
2020 Movie
The Way Back
as Beth
2020 Movie
Transparent: Musicale Finale
as Yetta
2019 Movie
Brittany Runs a Marathon
as Catherine
2019 Movie
Good Boys
as Saleswoman
2019 Movie
Sword of Trust
as Mary
2019 Movie
The House of Tomorrow
as Mrs. Whitcomb
2019 Movie
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
as Jane
2019 Movie
Under the Eiffel Tower
as Tillie
2019 Movie
Antiquities
as Dolores Jr.
2019 Movie
Ibiza
as Sarah
2018 Movie
Dude
as Jill Weil
2018 Movie
Person to Person
as The Widow
2017 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Michaela Watkins.
The Miniature Wife
1 eps
2026 Series
Hollywood Squares
as Self • 1 eps
2025 Series
Dinner with the Parents
as Jane • 10 eps
2024 Series
After Midnight
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Tiny Beautiful Things
as Amy Adler • 8 eps
2023 Series
The Night Agent
as Freya Myers • 2 eps
2023 Series
History of the World: Part II
as Israel Ambassador • 1 eps
2023 Series
Will Trent
as Susan Barno • 1 eps
2023 Series
The Dropout
as Linda Tanner • 3 eps
2022 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Miss Barco • 1 eps
2021 Series
Hacks
as Stacey • 7 eps
2021 Series
Close Enough
as Brienne Bishop (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Unicorn
as Delia • 31 eps
2019 Series
Wayne
as Maureen McNulty • 3 eps
2019 Series
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
1 eps
2017 Series
No Activity
as Erin • 1 eps
2017 Series
Big Mouth
as Cantor Dina Reznick (voice) • 5 eps
2017 Series
Get Shorty
as Ali Egan • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Guest Book
as Phyllis • 1 eps
2017 Series
Danger & Eggs
as Life Coach Nanny / Robot Door / Administrator (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Mick
as Trish • 1 eps
2017 Series
Search Party
as Polly Danzinger • 6 eps
2016 Series
Easy
as Karen Treska • 1 eps
2016 Series
Speechless
as Becca • 1 eps
2016 Series