Kate McKinnon
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Kate McKinnon (b. 1984) is an American sketch comedian.
Network's Big Gay Sketch Show. McKinnon has been a cast member on the series for its entire three-season run, demonstrating extraordinary skill with both character voices and physical comedy. Among McKinnon's most popular characters is Fitzwilliam, a British boy whose only wish is to have a vagina.
McKinnon also works as a voiceover actress, and has performed animated characters for such Adult Swim series as The Venture Brothers
and Robotom
y.
McKinnon has performed live sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theate
in New York City
since 2008. Her many appearances have included the one-woman shows Disenchanted (about the dark daily lives of fairy tale characters: "Watch the beloved fairy princesses of your childhood pop a few Klonopins and eat themselves into a coma") and Best Actress (about five actresses nominated for an Academy Award, and how Hollywood treats women). McKinnon is also a cast member in the sketch comedy troupes Beneath Gristedes and Gramps, which both perform monthly at UCBT.
In 2009 McKinnon won a NewNowNext Award (sponsored by Logo) for Best Rising Comic (presented by insult comic Lisa Lampanelli).
McKinnon has been called “a natural comedy genius who ‘gets’ both verbal and physical comedy
down to her bones” by BestNewYorkComedy.com. A collection of many of McKinnon's best comedy videos appears at HyReviews.com.
Career
Kate McKinnon was hired during her senior year at Columbia University in 2006 to join the original cast of the LOGOLogo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
Network's Big Gay Sketch Show. McKinnon has been a cast member on the series for its entire three-season run, demonstrating extraordinary skill with both character voices and physical comedy. Among McKinnon's most popular characters is Fitzwilliam, a British boy whose only wish is to have a vagina.
McKinnon also works as a voiceover actress, and has performed animated characters for such Adult Swim series as The Venture Brothers
The Venture Bros.
The Venture Bros. is an American animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on February 16, 2003. The series mixes action and comedy together while it chronicles the adventures of the Venture family: well-meaning but incompetent teenagers Hank and Dean Venture; their...
and Robotom
Robotomy
Robotomy is a Cartoon Network American animated television series created by Michael Buckley and Joe Deasy, directed by Christy Karacas , voice directed by Michael Sinterniklaas, and produced by World Leaders Entertainment. The series was developed after a long series of unaccepted ideas, and...
y.
McKinnon has performed live sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theate
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre or UCB Theatre is an improvisational theatre and associated UCB Training Center with locations in Chelsea, New York, the EEast Village, New York and Hollywood, California.....
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
since 2008. Her many appearances have included the one-woman shows Disenchanted (about the dark daily lives of fairy tale characters: "Watch the beloved fairy princesses of your childhood pop a few Klonopins and eat themselves into a coma") and Best Actress (about five actresses nominated for an Academy Award, and how Hollywood treats women). McKinnon is also a cast member in the sketch comedy troupes Beneath Gristedes and Gramps, which both perform monthly at UCBT.
In 2009 McKinnon won a NewNowNext Award (sponsored by Logo) for Best Rising Comic (presented by insult comic Lisa Lampanelli).
McKinnon has been called “a natural comedy genius who ‘gets’ both verbal and physical comedy
down to her bones” by BestNewYorkComedy.com. A collection of many of McKinnon's best comedy videos appears at HyReviews.com.