Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon is an American comedian and actress best known for her work on *Saturday Night Live*, where she became celebrated for impressions of Hillary Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and other public figures.
Her name often appears in discussions of sketch comedy and comedic acting: Kate McKinnon's alien abduction sketches are legendary.
Short comic performances
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- parodySatirical imitation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- witClever, inventive humor
timing · physical comedy · deadpan · absurdist humor · comedic · funny · hilarious · punchline
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- impersonationPretending to be another
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- transformationsComplete changes in form
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Ellen DeGeneres · Justin Bieber · Kellyanne Conway · Elizabeth Warren · Angela Merkel · characterization · physicality
Weekly late-night sketch program
- sketchesRough, quick drawings
- live performanceUnrecorded staged entertainment
- Weekend UpdateComedy news parody segment
- cold openPre-title sequence segment
recurring characters · ensemble · variety show · host · musical guest · dress rehearsal · cue cards · 30 Rock
- wigsArtificial head coverings
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- catchphrasesMemorable associated expressions
- physicalityBodily, material quality
Movie or coating
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- voice actingUnseen performer's vocal art
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- screenDisplay or barrier
Hollywood · role · co-star · feature film · credits · biopic
Not present here
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- representationDepiction or likeness
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
sketch comedy
Short comic performances
wit · timing · physical comedy · deadpan · absurdist humor · comedic · funny · hilarious · punchline · gags
Hillary Clinton
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- impersonationPretending to be another
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Ellen DeGeneres · Justin Bieber · Kellyanne Conway · Elizabeth Warren · Angela Merkel · transformations · characterization · physicality · mannerisms
Saturday Night Live
Weekly late-night sketch program
- sketchesRough, quick drawings
- live performanceUnrecorded staged entertainment
- Weekend UpdateComedy news parody segment
cold open · recurring characters · ensemble · variety show · host · musical guest · dress rehearsal · cue cards · 30 Rock · NBC
Fitzwilliam
- wigsArtificial head coverings
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- catchphrasesMemorable associated expressions
physicality · absurdist · eccentric · recurring · breakout
film
Movie or coating
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- voice actingUnseen performer's vocal art
- performerOne who entertains audiences
screen · Hollywood · role · co-star · feature film · credits · biopic
out
Not present here
- lesbianWoman desiring women
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- representationDepiction or likeness
pride · advocate · trailblazer · community
- SNLSaturday Night Live, Weekend Update, cold open, sketch comedy, cue cards
- GhostbustersSlimer, Ecto-1, ghosts, firehouse, ghost trap
Kate McKinnonNorm Macdonald
Jerry Seinfeld · Bob Newhart · Buster Keaton · Jim Gaffigan · deadpan comic
Kate McKinnonNorm Macdonald
Colin Jost · Michael Che · Will Ferrell · Adam Sandler · Chris Farley