Michaela Watkins
December 14, 1971 (54 years old) in Syracuse, New York, USA
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, such as The New Adventures of Old Christine, Catastrophe, Enlightened and Search Party and appeared in films such as The Back-up Plan (2010), Wanderlust (2012), Enough Said (2013), Sword of Trust (2019), and Suze (2023).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Miniature Wife as
- 2025 · Are We Good? as Self
- 2025 · Suze as Suze
- 2025 · Heart Eyes as Crystal Cane
- 2025 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 2024 · Dinner with the Parents as Jane
- 2024 · The American Society of Magical Negroes as Masterson
- 2024 · After Midnight as Self
- 2023 · You Hurt My Feelings as Sarah
- 2023 · Tiny Beautiful Things as Amy Adler
- 2023 · Paint as Katherine
- 2023 · The Night Agent as Freya Myers
- 2023 · The Night Agent as Freya
- 2023 · The Young Wife as Lara
- 2023 · History of the World: Part II as Israel Ambassador
- 2023 · Will Trent as Susan Barno
- 2022 · The Dropout as Linda Tanner
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Miss Barco
- 2021 · Werewolves Within as Trisha Anderton
- 2021 · Hacks as Stacey
- 2020 · For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Close Enough as Brienne Bishop (voice)
- 2020 · Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music as Self
- 2020 · Bad Therapy as Judy Small
- 2020 · The Way Back as Beth
- 2019 · Transparent: Musicale Finale as Yetta
- 2019 · The Unicorn as Delia
- 2019 · Brittany Runs a Marathon as Catherine
- 2019 · Good Boys as Saleswoman
- 2019 · Sword of Trust as Mary
- 2019 · The House of Tomorrow as Mrs. Whitcomb
- 2019 · Modern/Love in 7 Short Films as Jane
- 2019 · Under the Eiffel Tower as Tillie
- 2019 · Antiquities as Dolores Jr.
- 2019 · Wayne as Maureen McNulty
- 2018 · Ibiza as Sarah
- 2018 · Dude as Jill Weil
- 2017 · Do You Want to See a Dead Body? as
- 2017 · No Activity as Erin
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Cantor Dina Reznick (voice)
- 2017 · Get Shorty as Ali Egan
- 2017 · The Guest Book as Phyllis
- 2017 · Person to Person as The Widow
- 2017 · Brigsby Bear as Louise Pope
- 2017 · Danger & Eggs as Life Coach Nanny / Robot Door / Administrator (voice)
- 2017 · The House as Raina
- 2017 · How to Be a Latin Lover as Gwen
- 2017 · Punching Henry as Mara
- 2017 · The Mick as Trish
- 2016 · Search Party as Polly Danzinger
- 2016 · Lazy Eye as Mel
- 2016 · Easy as Karen Treska
- 2016 · Speechless as Becca
- 2016 · Divorce: The Greatest Hits as
- 2016 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Ivana Trump
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Melanie Burke
- 2015 · The Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United as Nerd's Mom (voice)
- 2015 · Cuddle Party as Jane
- 2015 · Casual as Valerie
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Rhonda
- 2015 · Another Period as Brothel Madam
- 2015 · Kittens in a Cage as Vanessa
- 2014 · Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials as Various (voice) (archive sound)
- 2014 · Marry Me as Janet
- 2014 · Transparent as Yetta
- 2014 · Transparent as Connie
- 2014 · They Came Together as Habermeyer
- 2014 · Playing House as Dr. Laura Meredith
- 2014 · Bunion as Therapist
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Miss Taraborelli
- 2013 · Trophy Wife as Jackie Fisher
- 2013 · Thanks for Sharing as Margo
- 2013 · Enough Said as Hillary
- 2013 · Afternoon Delight as Jennie
- 2013 · In a World... as Dani
- 2013 · Drunk History as Nurse
- 2013 · iSteve as Melinda Gates
- 2012 · Anger Management as Lisa
- 2012 · Veep as Patty
- 2012 · Bent as Carol
- 2012 · Wanderlust as Marissa
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Mary Magdalene
- 2012 · Una Hora Por Favora as Elissa
- 2011 · Enlightened as Janice Holm
- 2011 · New Girl as Gina
- 2011 · Home for Actresses as Michaela
- 2010 · Worst Enemy as Wooly
- 2010 · The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
- 2010 · Welcome to the Jungle Gym as Principal Gilly
- 2010 · The Back-Up Plan as Mona
- 2010 · Parenthood as Lucy Estman
- 2010 · The Prankster as Miss LaFleur
- 2009 · Modern Family as Susan
- 2009 · Archer as
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Lacey Briggs
- 2008 · Yoga Matt as Jill Goering
- 2008 · Eli Stone as Judge Leigh Rappaport
- 2007 · Private Practice as Laura Martin
- 2007 · Californication as Executive
- 2006 · Modern Men as
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Lucy
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Nikki Ratlin
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Carol / Sarah Cage / Nerd's Mother (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Veterinarian (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Sheila (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Shoshanna (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Pharmacist (voice)
- 2005 · Medium as Clerk
- 2003 · Miss Match as Susan Scott
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Marla
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Saundra
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Julia
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Receptionist
- 1999 · Family Guy as Girl Pulling Train (voice)
- 1998 · Charmed as Andrea
- 1990 · Law & Order as Madeline Bennett
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- Future · The Best Is Yet To Come as
- Future · Desert Flowers as