| Kate McKinnon | |
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| Born | January 6, 1984 (27) |
| Residence | New York City |
| Occupation | Actress/Comedian |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Kate McKinnon (stage name for Kate Berthold) [1] (b. 1984) is an American sketch comedian.
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Kate McKinnon was hired during her senior year at Columbia University in 2006 to join the original cast of the LOGO 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 Robotomy.
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.