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Daily Beast - Found Dec. 1, 2008 Perhaps this is the week to give it a chance, as Maya Rudolph, fresh from her brilliant turn as Michelle Obama on SNL, guest stars as a life... |
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TMZ.com - Found Oct. 24, 2008 Maya Rudolph will play Michelle Obama this weekend.Besides playing Mrs. O, we're told Maya -- who... Permalink |
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The National Ledger - Pop Culture - Found Oct. 27, 2008 ... are back and debates are on for the hottest bond Girls ever. The Kerry Katona meltdown continues across the pond in the UK and Maya Rudolph... |
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TheCelebrityCafe.com - Found Oct. 26, 2008 They gossip site is reporting that Maya Rudolph will return to 'SNL' this Saturday night to play Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic... |
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UPI - Found Oct. 25, 2008 NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Comedienne Maya Rudolph is returning to the New York set of 'Saturday Night Live' to play the wife of U.S. Sen. |
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Post Chronicle - Found Oct. 27, 2008 Comedienne Maya Rudolph returned to the New York set of 'Saturday Night Live' to play the wife of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Maya Rudolph made ... |
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EURweb - Found Oct. 27, 2008 *Maya Rudolph made a 'one night only' return to 'Saturday Night Live' to play Michelle Obama in a skit about her husband's planned half-hour address |
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Boston Globe - Found 46 minutes ago ... cast -- including Jack Black (who plays Jesus), Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Margaret Cho, Rashida Jones... |
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Entertainment Tonight: Topstories - Found 10 hours ago Jack Black , Maya Rudolph , Neil Patrick Harris and a slew of other celebrities give a comedic performance in "Prop 8: The Musical." Designed to look ... |
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Maya Rudolph
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| Born | Maya Khabira Rudolph July 27, 1972 Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
| Years active | 1996 — present |
| Domestic partner(s) | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedienne, known as a long-running cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live, and the daughter of the late soul singer Minnie Riperton.
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Maya Rudolph was born in Gainesville, Florida, the daughter of the late soul singer Minnie Riperton (a.k.a. Andrea Davis) and composer, songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph.1 Her father is Jewish and her mother African American.2 She was in the studio with her mother on the day Riperton recorded "Lovin' You"; one can hear her mother sing "Maya, Maya, Maya" to her near the end of the track. Riperton died at age 31 from cancer, short of her daughter's seventh birthday. This death of her mother at a young age and growing up multiracial had an effect, according to a July 2001 Rosie magazine article: "My mom was black and my dad is Jewish, and I lost my mom when I was seven. That made me feel really different from other kids." R&B Singer Teena Marie is her godmother.
Growing up, Maya attended St. Augustine by the Sea School, where she met childhood friend Gwyneth Paltrow. The Paltrows and the Rudolphs became family friends. She attended high 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.3
Rudolph and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson are in a relationship, and have a daughter, Pearl Bailey Anderson, born on October 15, 2005.
She joined SNL late in season 1999-2000 as a featured player, 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; she has performed impressions of Oprah Winfrey, Christina Aguilera, Condoleezza Rice, Paris Hilton, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Tyra Banks, Patti LaBelle, Beyonce, Liza Minnelli, LaToya Jackson, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, and most famously, designer Donatella Versace.
Rudolph appeared in the first SNL episode of the 2005-2006 season (host: Steve Carrell; musical guest: Kanye West) before going on maternity leave. She returned for the February 4, 2006 episode (host: Steve Martin; musical guest: Prince).
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, and elsewhere. Her chameleon-like ability to change her looks, and her impressive 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; she has been white (Paris Hilton, Charo, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Lisa Kudrow), Asian (Lucy Liu, Lisa Ling), black (Diana Ross, Tina Turner), Latina (Jennifer Lopez), and more. As Nooni Schoener, she, along with Fred Armisen, created a couple from an unspecified Scandinavian country, who have unplaceable accents and bewilderingly foreign manners. Rudolph was also able to play male characters (Scott Joplin, Lorne Michaels, Justin Guarini, Mario Vazquez) in addition to playing females.
Her final show was on November 3, 2007, with host Brian Williams and musical guest Feist. 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.
In addition to her work on SNL, Rudolph has appeared on a few television shows, including City of Angels and Chicago Hope.
She has also appeared in Hollywood films. She had small parts in Chuck & Buck, Gattaca, As Good As It Gets, Duplex and Duets; she was also a music supervisor for Duets. Her first prominent film role came in 2006 with A Prairie Home Companion, a role she filled during her pregnancy (her character is pregnant during the film). 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. 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".
Prior to joining SNL, Rudolph was briefly a keyboardist and backing singer for the band The Rentals. She also appears in the music video for the song "Waiting" and "Please Let That Be You" by the band. She sang backing vocals for "Barcelona" and "My Head Is in the Sun," both from the album Seven More Minutes. She recently recorded some tracks with The Rentals frontman Matt Sharp, particularly a cover of Tegan and Sara's "Not Tonight". Rudolph also performed "Together In Pooping" and "Little Roundworm" with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on his CD, Come Poop With Me.

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Description: This is a scene from the lost movie, Wake Up Ron Burgundy. This scene includes Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph from SNL.

Title: Maya Rudolph National Anthem
Description: Maya Rudolph as Pamela Bell funny as always sings the national anthem in SNL in a different way.
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Description: Idiocracy is a 06 American dark comedy directed by Mike Judge, and starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. The two main characters sign up for a ...