Acting credits
69
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Kate McKinnon
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 36Series: 33Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1240487
IMDb ID: nm0571952
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1984
Age: 42
Place of birth: Sea Cliff, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q723057
Also known as
Kate McKinnon Berthold • Kathryn McKinnon Berthold
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
Biography
Kate McKinnon Berthold (born January 6, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022, where she became known for her character work and celebrity impressions. For her work on the series, she was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and nine for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 2016 and 2017. McKinnon starred in the Logo sketch comedy series The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007–2010), voiced lead roles in the PBS Kids animated series Nature Cat (2015–2025) and the Netflix animated series The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017–2021), and portrayed Carole Baskin in the Peacock miniseries Joe vs. Carole (2022). McKinnon has appeared in films, including Sisters (2015), Office Christmas Party (2016), Rough Night (2017), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Yesterday (2019), Bombshell (2019), The Bubble (2022), Barbie (2023), and The Roses (2025).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kate McKinnon.
as Dr. Olsen
The Wrong Girls
2026 • Movie
as Self
Lorne
2026 • Movie
as Coakley
In the Blink of an Eye
2026 • Movie
as Amy
The Roses
2025 • Movie
as Alex (voice) (uncredited)
A Minecraft Movie
2025 • Movie
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 • Movie
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
as Barbie
Barbie
2023 • Movie
as Lulu (voice)
DC League of Super-Pets
2022 • Movie
as Paula the Studio Head
The Bubble
2022 • Movie
as Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection
2020 • Movie
as Ms. Fiona Frizzle (voice)
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space
2020 • Movie
as Self
Celebrity Escape Room
2020 • Movie
as Jess Carr
Bombshell
2019 • Movie
as Debra Hammer
Yesterday
2019 • Movie
as Jill
Family
2018 • Movie
as Morgan
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 • Movie
as Glass Half Full Kate
Irreplaceable You
2018 • Movie
as Lupe (voice)
Ferdinand
2017 • Movie
as Pippa
Rough Night
2017 • Movie
as Regine / Mother Superior / Felicie's Mother (US version)
Ballerina
2016 • Movie
as Mary
Office Christmas Party
2016 • Movie
as Jandice
Masterminds
2016 • Movie
as Jillian Holtzmann
Ghostbusters
2016 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kate McKinnon.
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 • Series
as Carole Baskin • 8 eps
Joe vs Carole
2022 • Series
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
Hillary
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 • Series
as Ms. Frizzle (voice) • 26 eps
The Magic School Bus Rides Again
2017 • Series
as Shawna • 1 eps
Friends from College
2017 • Series
as Lindsay (voice) • 1 eps
Detroiters
2017 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series
as Squeeks (voice) • 152 eps
Nature Cat
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Abra Cadouglas • 1 eps
Difficult People
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Dallas Boudreau • 6 eps
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 5 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 • Series
as Effie Villalopolus • 1 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 • Series
as Sunshine (voice) • 10 eps
China, IL
2011 • Series
10 eps
Robotomy
2010 • Series
9 eps
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008 • Series
25 eps
The Big Gay Sketch Show
2007 • Series