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Kate McKinnon

(1984) Film Actor United States

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Kate McKinnon is a film actor from the United States, best known for Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science.

Quick Facts About Kate McKinnon

Born: January 6, 1984
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

About Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon Berthold 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Quotes by Kate McKinnon

I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.

Couch

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You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like.

Audience

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I feel like science and art are cousins.

Art

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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.

Country

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It's hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He's such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does…

Everything

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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it…

Grace

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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or…

Amazing

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Everyone has some kind of light inside them.

Everyone

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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.

Fun

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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

Comedy

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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on…

Around

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Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader.

Citizens

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It's such an insult that foul gas comes out of a hole in our butt with a sound to announce itself. It's…

Bad

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I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle.

Biggest

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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.

Anything

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I lost $6 in Atlantic City once and said, 'Never again.'

Again

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I don't sleep enough, and it does... what is the opposite of wonders... horrors. It does horrors for my skin.

Does

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When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over…

Big

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'Mean Girls' stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I've seen it way too many times,…

I love

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You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you…

Beautiful

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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

Famous

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I had this dream in my head of, if I got hired by 'SNL, what that moment would be like. And I…

Collapse

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Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.

Anything

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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element…

Amazing

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I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.

Culture

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