Maya Rudolph is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton and the composer songwriter, Richard Rudolph. She is best known for being cast on the show, Saturday Night Live (2000-2007), where she portrayed many versatile characters. Her most notable appearances were in the films A Prairie Home Companion (2006), Idiocracy (2006), Shrek The Third (2007), Away We Go (2009), Grown Ups (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Zookeeper (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013) and Grown Ups 2 (2013). Maya also appeared as a lead character in the television series Up All Night (2011-2012). Currently, she is the host of the variety show, The Maya Rudolph Show (2014-present). She has given a voice-over in the film The Angry Birds Movie, which hits theatres in May, 2016. She is associated with the 2017 movie, The Emoji Movie directed by Tony Leondis and The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature directed by Cal Brunker.

In 2018, she appeared alongside Melissa McCarthy and Debby Ryan in Ben Falcone's English comedy Life of the Party.