Acting

Michaela Watkins

Born 1971-12-14 · 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).

Credits

Newest first

The Miniature Wife
2026
Are We Good?
as Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Suze
as Suze
2025
Suze
Executive Producer
2025
Heart Eyes
as Crystal Cane
2025
Hollywood Squares
as Self
2025
Dinner with the Parents
as Jane
2024
The American Society of Magical Negroes
as Masterson
2024
After Midnight
as Self
2024
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
2023
The Dropout
as Linda Tanner
2022
Abbott Elementary
as Miss Barco
2021
Werewolves Within
as Trisha Anderton
2021
Hacks
as Stacey
2021
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
2020
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
2019
Ibiza
as Sarah
2018
Dude
as Jill Weil
2018
Do You Want to See a Dead Body?
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
Nobodies
as Michaela Watkins
2017
How to Be a Latin Lover
as Gwen
2017
Punching Henry
as Mara
2017
The Mick
as Trish
2017
Search Party
as Polly Danzinger
2016
Lazy Eye
as Mel
2016
Easy
as Karen Treska
2016
Speechless
as Becca
2016
Divorce: The Greatest Hits
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
2016
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
2015
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
Benched
Writer
2014
Benched
Creator
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
2014
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2013
Trophy Wife
as Jackie Fisher
2013
The Goldbergs
as Miss Taraborelli
2013