The funniest characters of Kate McKinnon in Saturday Night Live

Kate McKinnon
Many characters on Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon as Ellen DeGeneres
Odysseus and The Sirens
Commercial with Sofía Vergara
90s relationship talk
Hillary Clinton
The Voice
Oh, Austria!
Whiskers R We
Miss Universe contestant
Superhero
ABBA style
NASA
D y k e & F a t s
Bella Hadid
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Hilarious policians
Prime Minister of Denmark
Hillary Clinton breaks character
The best Elizabeth Warren
Casablanca
Peter Pan
Celebrity Family Feud
Jeff Sessions
Justin Bieber
Colleen Rafferty
Hunger Games
Sorry...
Hobbit Office
Kate McKinnon

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.

Many characters 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.

Kate McKinnon as Ellen DeGeneres

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

Odysseus and The Sirens

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.

Commercial with Sofía Vergara

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

90s relationship talk

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

Hillary Clinton

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

The Voice

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

Oh, Austria!

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

Whiskers R We

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.

Miss Universe contestant

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

Superhero

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

ABBA style

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

NASA

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

D y k e & F a t s

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

Bella Hadid

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.

Outstanding Supporting Actress

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.

Hilarious policians

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

Prime Minister of Denmark

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.

Hillary Clinton breaks character

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

The best Elizabeth Warren

Senator Elizabeth Warren loved the way Kate McKinnon impersonated her.

Casablanca

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

Peter Pan

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

Celebrity Family Feud

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

Jeff Sessions

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

Justin Bieber

Even better than the original. She nailed it!

Colleen Rafferty

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.

Hunger Games

"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.

Sorry...

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.

Hobbit Office

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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