Michaela Watkins
Known for: Acting
Born: December 14, 1971
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
52 movies · 69 TV shows, newest first
7.1
The Miniature Wife
2026
4.5
Are We Good?
2025
6.8
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
7.5
Suze
2025
6.2
Heart Eyes
2025
4.4
Hollywood Squares
2025
5.7
Dinner with the Parents
2024
4.7
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
5.5
After Midnight
2024
6.3
You Hurt My Feelings
2023
6.8
Tiny Beautiful Things
2023
5.3
Paint
2023
7.7
The Night Agent
2023
5.4
The Young Wife
2023
5.7
History of the World: Part II
2023
7.3
Will Trent
2023
7.3
The Dropout
2022
7.5
Abbott Elementary
2021
6.0
Werewolves Within
2021
7.5
Hacks
2021
6.7
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
7.9
Close Enough
2020
6.0
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
2020
4.3
Bad Therapy
2020
6.6
The Way Back
2020
6.7
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
6.5
The Unicorn
2019
6.6
Brittany Runs a Marathon
2019
6.8
Good Boys
2019
6.0
Sword of Trust
2019
6.8
The House of Tomorrow
2019
7.3
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
2019
5.8
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
4.3
Antiquities
2019
8.2
Wayne
2019
5.7
Ibiza
2018
5.5
Dude
2018
7.3
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
2017
6.6
No Activity
2017
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
7.1
Get Shorty
2017
7.0
The Guest Book
2017
5.2
Person to Person
2017
7.1
Brigsby Bear
2017
6.1
Danger & Eggs
2017
5.6
The House
2017
6.9
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
5.9
Punching Henry
2017
7.1
The Mick
2017
6.9
Search Party
2016
5.6
Lazy Eye
2016
6.0
Easy
2016
6.9
Speechless
2016NR
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
2016
5.8
To Tell the Truth
2016
5.3
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016
6.4
Angie Tribeca
2016
6.0
Cuddle Party
2015
6.6
Casual
2015
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.4
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
6.8
Another Period
2015
7.3
Kittens in a Cage
2015
8.3
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
6.9
Benched
2014
5.9
Marry Me
2014
6.4
Transparent
2014
5.5
They Came Together
2014
6.5
Playing House
20147.0
Bunion
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
5.3
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
6.3
Trophy Wife
2013
7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
6.0
Thanks for Sharing
2013
6.7
Enough Said
2013
5.7
Afternoon Delight
2013
6.3
In a World...
2013
6.8
Drunk History
2013
4.6
iSteve
2013
6.3
Anger Management
2012
7.5
Veep
2012
6.6
Bent
2012
5.5
Wanderlust
2012
7.7
Key & Peele
20126.0
Una Hora Por Favora
2012
7.0
Enlightened
2011
7.4
New Girl
2011
4.0
Home for Actresses
20118.0
Worst Enemy
2010
5.2
The Women of SNL
2010NR
Welcome to the Jungle Gym
2010
6.1
The Back-Up Plan
2010
7.5
Parenthood
2010
3.7
The Prankster
2010
7.9
Modern Family
2009
7.9
Archer
2009
6.9
Childrens Hospital
2008NR
Yoga Matt
2008
6.7
Eli Stone
2008
7.5
Private Practice
2007
7.6
Californication
2007
8.0
Modern Men
2006
7.2
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.6
Robot Chicken
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
6.6
Miss Match
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
8.1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
7.4
Family Guy
1999
8.2
Charmed
1998
7.3
Law & Order
1990
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975NR
The Best Is Yet To Come
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Desert Flowers
—NR
I Want to Feel Fun
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