Kate McKinnon Berthold is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for her character work and celebrity impressions on the sketch comedy series
Saturday Night Live (2012â2022), of which she was a cast member for eleven seasons, and formerly
The Big Gay Sketch Show (2007â2010). She has appeared in films such as
Balls Out (2014),
Ghostbusters (2016),
Office Christmas Party (2016),
Rough Night (2017),
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018),
Yesterday (2019), and
Bombshell (2019). In 2022, she played the role of
Tiger King subject Carole Baskin in the miniseries
Joe vs. Carole.