Michaela Watkins
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).
Filmography
Are We Good?
2025
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Suze
2025
as Suze
Heart Eyes
2025
as Crystal Cane
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
as Masterson
You Hurt My Feelings
2023
as Sarah
Paint
2023
as Katherine
The Young Wife
2023
as Lara
Werewolves Within
2021
as Trisha Anderton
For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music
2020
as Self
Bad Therapy
2020
as Judy Small
The Way Back
2020
as Beth
Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Yetta
Brittany Runs a Marathon
2019
as Catherine
Good Boys
2019
as Saleswoman
Sword of Trust
2019
as Mary
The House of Tomorrow
2019
as Mrs. Whitcomb
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films
2019
as Jane
Under the Eiffel Tower
2019
as Tillie
Antiquities
2019
as Dolores Jr.
Ibiza
2018
as Sarah
Dude
2018
as Jill Weil
Person to Person
2017
as The Widow