Acting
Michaela Watkins
Born 1971-12-14
Syracuse, New York, USA
Department: Acting
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, 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
Prominent works featuring Michaela Watkins
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
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Family Guy
1999
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Malcolm in the Middle
2000
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American Dad!
2005
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Modern Family
2009
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Law & Order
1990
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Charmed
1998
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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New Girl
2011
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Good Boys
2019
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (128 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Miniature Wife | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Are We Good? | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Suze | Suze | Movie | 2025 |
| Suze | Executive Producer | Movie | 2025 |
 | Heart Eyes | Crystal Cane | Movie | 2025 |
 | Hollywood Squares | Self | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Dinner with the Parents | Jane | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The American Society of Magical Negroes | Masterson | Movie | 2024 |
 | After Midnight | Self | TV Series | 2024 |
 | You Hurt My Feelings | Sarah | Movie | 2023 |
 | Tiny Beautiful Things | Amy Adler | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Paint | Katherine | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Night Agent | Freya Myers | TV Series | 2023 |
| The Night Agent | Freya | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Young Wife | Lara | Movie | 2023 |
 | History of the World: Part II | Israel Ambassador | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Will Trent | Susan Barno | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Dropout | Linda Tanner | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Abbott Elementary | Miss Barco | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Werewolves Within | Trisha Anderton | Movie | 2021 |
 | Hacks | Stacey | TV Series | 2021 |
 | For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Close Enough | Brienne Bishop (voice) | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Bad Therapy | Judy Small | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Way Back | Beth | Movie | 2020 |
 | Transparent: Musicale Finale | Yetta | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Unicorn | Delia | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Brittany Runs a Marathon | Catherine | Movie | 2019 |
 | Good Boys | Saleswoman | Movie | 2019 |
 | Sword of Trust | Mary | Movie | 2019 |
 | The House of Tomorrow | Mrs. Whitcomb | Movie | 2019 |
 | Modern/Love in 7 Short Films | Jane | Movie | 2019 |
 | Under the Eiffel Tower | Tillie | Movie | 2019 |
 | Antiquities | Dolores Jr. | Movie | 2019 |
 | Wayne | Maureen McNulty | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Ibiza | Sarah | Movie | 2018 |
 | Dude | Jill Weil | Movie | 2018 |
 | Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2017 |
 | No Activity | Erin | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Big Mouth | Cantor Dina Reznick (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Get Shorty | Ali Egan | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Guest Book | Phyllis | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Person to Person | The Widow | Movie | 2017 |
 | Brigsby Bear | Louise Pope | Movie | 2017 |
 | Danger & Eggs | Life Coach Nanny / Robot Door / Administrator (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The House | Raina | Movie | 2017 |
 | How to Be a Latin Lover | Gwen | Movie | 2017 |
 | Punching Henry | Mara | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Mick | Trish | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Search Party | Polly Danzinger | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Lazy Eye | Mel | Movie | 2016 |
 | Easy | Karen Treska | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Speechless | Becca | TV Series | 2016 |
| Divorce: The Greatest Hits | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 | |
 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Ivana Trump | Movie | 2016 |
 | Angie Tribeca | Melanie Burke | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Cuddle Party | Jane | Movie | 2015 |
 | Casual | Valerie | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp | Rhonda | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Another Period | Brothel Madam | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Kittens in a Cage | Vanessa | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials | Various (voice) (archive sound) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Benched | Writer | TV Series | 2014 |
| Benched | Creator | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Marry Me | Janet | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Transparent | Yetta | TV Series | 2014 |
| Transparent | Connie | TV Series | 2014 |
 | They Came Together | Habermeyer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Playing House | Dr. Laura Meredith | TV Series | 2014 |
| Bunion | Therapist | Movie | 2014 | |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Self | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Trophy Wife | Jackie Fisher | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Goldbergs | Miss Taraborelli | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Thanks for Sharing | Margo | Movie | 2013 |
 | Enough Said | Hillary | Movie | 2013 |
 | Afternoon Delight | Jennie | Movie | 2013 |
 | In a World... | Dani | Movie | 2013 |
 | Drunk History | Nurse | TV Series | 2013 |
 | iSteve | Melinda Gates | Movie | 2013 |
 | Anger Management | Lisa | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Veep | Patty | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Bent | Carol | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Wanderlust | Marisa | Movie | 2012 |
 | Key & Peele | Mary Magdalene | TV Series | 2012 |
| Una Hora Por Favora | Elissa | Movie | 2012 | |
 | Enlightened | Janice Holm | TV Series | 2011 |
 | New Girl | Gina | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Home for Actresses | Michaela | Movie | 2011 |
| Worst Enemy | Wooly | Movie | 2010 | |
 | The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
| Welcome to the Jungle Gym | Principal Gilly | Movie | 2010 | |
 | The Back-Up Plan | Mona | Movie | 2010 |
 | Parenthood | Lucy Estman | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Prankster | Miss LaFleur | Movie | 2010 |
 | Modern Family | Susan | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Archer | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Childrens Hospital | Lacey Briggs | TV Series | 2008 |
| Yoga Matt | Jill Goering | Movie | 2008 | |
 | Eli Stone | Judge Leigh Rappaport | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Private Practice | Laura Martin | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Californication | Executive | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Modern Men | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Lucy | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Grey's Anatomy | Nikki Ratlin | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Robot Chicken | Carol / Sarah Cage / Nerd's Mother (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | American Dad! | Veterinarian (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Shoshanna (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Sheila (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Pharmacist (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Medium | Clerk | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Miss Match | Susan Scott | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Without a Trace | Marla | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Saundra | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Strong Medicine | Julia | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Malcolm in the Middle | Receptionist | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Family Guy | Girl Pulling Train (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Charmed | Andrea | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Law & Order | Madeline Bennett | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters | TV Series | 1975 |
| The Best Is Yet To Come | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Desert Flowers | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| I Want to Feel Fun | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |