Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph, an American Actress, rose into stardom after playing in the NBC television show, Saturday Night Live from 2000-2007. She has appeared in the movies such as has appeared in Grown Ups (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013), and Sisters (2015). She starred as Ava Alexander on the NBC sitcom Up All Night from 2011 to 2012 and co-hosted her own variety show, Maya & Marty. 

Early Life And Education Of Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph was born in the year 1972 July 27 at Gainesville, Florida of United States, Maya is the daughter of soul singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton and composer, songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph. She has a brother named Mac.

Her parents moved to Los Angeles when she and her brother were very young. Maya Rudolph, as she is known, her father is an Ashke - Jew and her mother an African-American. Her grandfather was a philanthropist and her grandmother was an R&B singer.

Born in the family who were exposed to the media and entertainment world, having her interest in the entertainment world is an obvious influence. Her mother Minnie Riperton died from Breast Cancer when she was very.

Maya Rudolph has attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA and graduated in Bachelors of Arts in photography from Porter College affiliated to the University of California in 1995.

Maya Rudolph's Career

Maya Rudolph is active in her profession as an actress and comedian since 1996 till present.  As belonging to the family active in the musical world, she had it in genes. Prior to joining Saturday Night, she was backing singer and briefly a keyboard player in the band The Rentals.

She has sung backing vocals for Barcelona and My head is in the sun. When her band The Rentals got disbanded she decided to join in the acting arena through comedy sector and joined the famed troupe called “The Groundings.’

Regarding the musical field, she is in a Prince Cover band called Princess with her friend Gretchen Lieberum. Her musical talents were often employed on the Show Saturday Night Live.

In 2000 May 6, Maya joined the cast of Saturday Night Live and has become one of the show’s popular name. It gave her a good recognition and reputation alongside the singing talent.

Maya had debuted in the entertainment world appearing in a television series called Chicago Hope as Nurse Leah Martine in the year 1996-97. Later on, she began to appear in several of the films and in television series. The films include As good as it Gets (1997), Duets (2000), 50 First Dates (2004), Shrek The Third (2007), Bridesmaids (2011), Turbo (2013), The Nut Job (2014), etc.

Her upcoming movies are Big Hero 6 where she has given her voice as Aunt Ca s s, Inherent Vice as Petunia Leeway which is in post-production and in The Nest which will be filmed in 2015. As in television, she started with Chicago Hope following to The Devil’s child 1997), Action (2000), The Simpsons 2007, etc.

Recently in 2014, she appeared in an Episode called Bahama Knights of Portlandia as Anita and in The Maya Rudolph Show. She has also given her voice as Mrs. Malocchio in an episode of The Awesomes which is a web series.

Maya Rudolph's Net Worth And Salary

Maya Rudolph's current net worth is $10 million at present. She has earned a huge amount of salary from her career.

Having been the beauty with the talent, she has been nominated for the several awards in different years. Among such nominations, she has won 2012 MTV Movie Award for Best Gut-Wrenching Performance. 

She has appeared in the movies such as The Happytime Murders, Life of the Party, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Big Heroes 6, and Grown Ups.

Her television roles include Forever, The Good Place, Big Mouth, Maya & Marty, Up All Night, Kath & Kim, The Simpsons, and Saturday Night Live.

Gorgeous and popular one in Hollywood, Maya Rudolph has reached the age of 42 as in 2014. She has the beautiful height of 5 feet and 7 inches weighing 59 kg. She has an incredibly sexy body with curves measuring the size of 36-26-37 inches. She has maintained her body and loves to flaunt in different outfits showing off her beautiful body parts.

Maya Rudolph's Personal Life 

Talking about the personal life of Maya, she is a mother of four children named Pearl Bailey born in 2005, Lucille born in 2009, Jackson Wright “Jack” in 2011 and Minnie Ida in 2013. These children are from her relationship with director Paul Thomas Anderson out of their wedlock. The two has been in a relationship since 2001 and the children are the product of their love affair as the relation is not termed as husband and wife yet.

There is no information on when the couple will get married or if they had married secretly.  Maya Rudolph is adored and admired by many of her fans for her performance. Her fans can know more about her going through her bio on different internet websites that includes her pictures. She also can be followed on Twitter to get updated with more of her recent activities.