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Maya Rudolph is a comedian and actor who became a household name via her Saturday Night Live tenure, which ran from 2000 to 2007.
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Her first daughter with director Paul Thomas Anderson, Pearl Minnie, was born in October 2005, and Lucille and Jack followed in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
The End of an Era & New Projects
Upon her return, Rudolph kept busy with Saturday Night Live and with several film projects. She scored a leading role in the quirky independent film Idiocracy in 2006, and the following year Rudolph lent her vocal skills to the animated hit Shrek the Third, the same year she brought her SNL tenure to a close (marking her final season with an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series).
Once off the SNL set for good, Rudolph appeared on the NBC version of the Australian hit show Kath & Kim and took the lead in the thoughtful independent film Away We Go in 2009. She also reprised her voiceover role in Shrek Forever After (2010), the fourth installment in the Shrek franchise, and appeared in several high-profile comedies, including Grown-ups (2010), The Zookeeper (2011), and the international smash hit Bridesmaids (2011).
With guest spots on SNL, the lead in TV's Up All Night (2011-2012), and film roles always keeping her onscreen, Maya Rudolph has thrived in her post-SNL landscape.
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