Michaela Watkins

ActorProducerWriter Dec 14 (age 54) Syracuse, New York, USA 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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Biography

Michaela Watkins is an American actress and comedian. After several years performing with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Watkins achieved widespread attention for her brief stint as a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 34th season between 2008 and 2009. Since leaving SNL, she has starred on the Hulu series Casual and on the short-lived sitcoms The Unicorn and Trophy Wife. Watkins has also had recurring roles on other television series, …

Known For

Film

Good Boys

Saleswoman

Film

The Way Back

Beth

Film

Enough Said

Hillary

Film

How to Be a Latin Lover

Gwen

Film

The Back-Up Plan

Mona

Film

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

Film

Brigsby Bear

Louise Pope

Film

Brittany Runs a Marathon

Catherine

Filmography

Acting (120)

Movies (51)

Heart Eyes

as Crystal Cane

Suze

as Suze

Are We Good?

as Herself

The American Society of Magical Negroes

as Masterson

You Hurt My Feelings

as Sarah

Paint

as Katherine

The Young Wife

as Lara

Werewolves Within

as Trisha Anderton

The Way Back

as Beth

Bad Therapy

as Judy Small

For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close

2020

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music

2020

as Self

6.0

The House of Tomorrow

as Mrs. Whitcomb

Good Boys

as Saleswoman

Sword of Trust

as Mary

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Yetta

6.7

Brittany Runs a Marathon

as Catherine

Antiquities

as Dolores Jr.

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films

2019

as Jane

7.3

Under the Eiffel Tower

as Tillie

Dude

as Jill Weil

Ibiza

as Sarah

How to Be a Latin Lover

as Gwen

The House

as Raina

Punching Henry

as Mara

Brigsby Bear

as Louise Pope

Person to Person

as The Widow

Divorce: The Greatest Hits

2016

Lazy Eye

2016

as Mel

5.5

Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie

2016

as Ivana Trump

5.4

The Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United

2015

as Nerd's Mom (voice)

Cuddle Party

as Jane

They Came Together

as Habermeyer

Bunion

as Therapist

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

2014

as Various (voice) (archive sound)

Thanks for Sharing

as Margo

Afternoon Delight

as Jennie

Enough Said

as Hillary

In a World...

as Dani

iSteve

as Melinda Gates

Wanderlust

as Marissa

Una Hora Por Favora

as Elissa

Home for Actresses

as Michaela

The Back-Up Plan

as Mona

The Prankster

as Miss LaFleur

Worst Enemy

as Wooly

The Women of SNL

as Various (archive footage)

6.0

Welcome to the Jungle Gym

2010

as Principal Gilly

Yoga Matt

2008

as Jill Goering

The Best Is Yet To Come

Desert Flowers

Television (69)

The Miniature Wife

Hollywood Squares

as Self

After Midnight

as Self

Dinner with the Parents

as Jane

The Night Agent

as Freya

Will Trent

as Susan Barno

History of the World: Part II

2023

as Israel Ambassador

5.7

Tiny Beautiful Things

as Amy Adler

The Dropout

as Linda Tanner

Hacks

as Stacey

Abbott Elementary

as Miss Barco

Close Enough

as Brienne Bishop (voice)

The Unicorn

as Delia

Wayne

as Maureen McNulty

Big Mouth

as Cantor Dina Reznick (voice)

The Mick

as Trish

No Activity

as Erin

Get Shorty

as Ali Egan

The Guest Book

as Phyllis

Do You Want to See a Dead Body?

2017

6.7

Danger & Eggs

2017

as Life Coach Nanny / Robot Door / Administrator (voice)

Speechless

as Becca

Search Party

as Polly Danzinger

Angie Tribeca

as Melanie Burke

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

Easy

as Karen Treska

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

as Rhonda

Another Period

as Brothel Madam

Casual

as Valerie

Kittens in a Cage

as Vanessa

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Transparent

as Connie

Marry Me

as Janet

Playing House

as Dr. Laura Meredith

The Goldbergs

as Miss Taraborelli

Drunk History

as Nurse

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

as Self

Trophy Wife

as Jackie Fisher

Veep

as Patty

Anger Management

as Lisa

Key & Peele

as Mary Magdalene

Bent

as Carol

New Girl

as Gina

Enlightened

as Janice Holm

Parenthood

as Lucy Estman

Modern Family

as Susan

Archer

Eli Stone

as Judge Leigh Rappaport

Childrens Hospital

as Lacey Briggs

Californication

as Executive

Private Practice

as Laura Martin

The New Adventures of Old Christine

as Lucy

Modern Men

Grey's Anatomy

as Nikki Ratlin

American Dad!

as Pharmacist (voice)

7.0

Robot Chicken

2005

as Carol / Sarah Cage / Nerd's Mother (voice)

Medium

as Clerk

Miss Match

as Susan Scott

Without a Trace

as Marla

Malcolm in the Middle

as Receptionist

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Saundra

Strong Medicine

as Julia

Family Guy

as Girl Pulling Train (voice)

Charmed

as Andrea

Law & Order

as Madeline Bennett

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

7.0

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

Suze

2025

Executive Producer

7.6

Television (1)

Benched

2014

Writer

6.9