The funniest characters of Kate McKinnon in Saturday Night Live

The American comedic actress Kate McKinnon is known for movies like 'Ghostbusters' (2016), 'Rough Night' (2017), and 'Barbie' (2023). However, she's especially famous for her incredible characters and impressions of celebrities on Saturday Night Live.

Kate McKinnon imitated many known TV characters in the funniest way possible. Here, for example, she and Louis CK played into the Viking dramas craze in 2012. They were warriors but more of the losing kind.

Her impressions of Ellen DeGeneres are pretty close to reality and highlight the hilarious quirks of the talk show host.

Alongside Christina Applegate and Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon played the famous sirens from Homer's tale. They sang hits by Lisa Loeb, Shania Twain, and Paula Cole and seduced Jason Sudeikis to the point he went overboard.

Two Latinas with luscious hair selling an exclusive shampoo. Of course, the long brown hair waves invitingly throughout the whole skit.

Here she's Jody Cork, a lovely arrogant 90s talk show host giving women advice about how to find the perfect man.

Her famous impersonation of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election year. She and Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump were unforgettable.

Kate McKinnon, resembling The Voice judge Christina Aguilera, turned around her seat for candidate Melissa McCarthy even though her singing was horrible.

Austrian actor Christoph Waltz hosted this episode so, of course, some references to the national folklore had to be made.

One of her recurring characters is
Barbara DeDrew from the pet adoption agency 'Whiskers R We.' During the Covid-19 pandemic, she filmed a sketch as Barbara from her home with her actual cat: Nino Positano.

Representing Bolivia, the actress nailed it as the funniest Miss Universe contestant.

She would also do well as a superhero... Would Marvel reconsider Scarlet Johansson's role as Black Widow after seeing this sketch?

It was ABBA Christmas in 2023! Kate played the blonde superstar Agnetha.

A clumsy cleaning lady getting too close to the control panel at a NASA base: what could possibly go wrong?

One of her famous characters on SNL: Les Dykawitz, the lesbian cop of a typical 70s police series alongside her partner (Aidy Bryant).

A special episode of 'E! News' in which Gal Gadot plays Kendall Jenner and Kate McKinnon Bella Hadid. A perfect play on the modern supermodel/reality persona.

Kate McKinnon has won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 'Saturday Night Live': one in 2015 and the other in 2017.

Some of her greatest impressions have been those of 'wacky' female politicians.

She was the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who just wants to take a selfie with Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) during an important state visit.

She also was the Hillary Clinton that some people may have wished for in 2016.

Senator Elizabeth Warren loved the way Kate McKinnon impersonated her.

She can also do classics. Here for example alongside J.K. Simmons in an SNL version of 'Casablanca'

She's never too old to be Wendy and fly with Peter Pan - a role played by guest Jim Parsons in 2014.

She can play Keith Urban even better than the singer himself. Don't you agree?

Unforgettable was her recurring appearance as Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the Trump presidency.

Even better than the original. She nailed it!

Her character Colleen Rafferty regularly appears with two friends in a TV panel to talk about a paranormal experience they have shared. Whether they've been abducted by aliens or visited by ghosts, her friends always have a positive encounter, whereas Colleen gets the short end of the paranormal stick and endures some kind of (hilarious) trauma from the event.

"Now you're gonna have to carry me into the next sketch," guest host Josh Hutcherson says at the end of his monologue. The 'Hunger Games' star got wounded in the film and had to be carried by the others for many scenes. Kate McKinnon, meanwhile, was a gorgeous Effie Trinket from the same movie.

Here she joins guest Josh Hutcherson and colleague Cecily Strong in playing nurses at an animal hospital who get so bored with their jobs that they tell all the owners that their pets have died.

A memorable crossover of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Office' with Kate McKinnon as Tauriel and Martin Freeman as Bilbo. (As you may remember, Martin Freeman played both in the original British version of 'The Office' and in 'The Hobbit.')

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