Maya Rudolph
Actor, Celebrity
1972 –
Who is Maya Rudolph?
Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. The daughter of singer Minnie Riperton and music composer Richard Rudolph, she was raised in Santa Monica, California, and graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1995. Following her graduation, she was a background singer and keyboardist for rock band The Rentals until they disbanded, and became a member of improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. Rudolph rose to prominence on the NBC television show Saturday Night Live, where she was a cast member from 2000 to 2007. She has also starred in a number of films such as Idiocracy, Away We Go, Grown Ups, Bridesmaids, and Grown Ups 2. She starred as Ava Alexander in the NBC sitcom Up All Night from 2011 to 2013. Rudolph lives with film director Paul Thomas Anderson; the couple have four children together.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1972
Gainesville - Also known as
- Maya Khabira Rudolph
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Paul Thomas Anderson
(2001 - )
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Children
- Religion
- Ashkenazi Jews
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Crossroads School
- Bachelor of Arts
Photography
( - 1995)
- Lived in
- Gainesville
- California
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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