• Maya Rudolph is an American actress and comedian who is best known for her many roles on Saturday Night Live. She is the daughter of music producer Richard Rudolph and soul singer Minnie Riperton.

  In May 2009, Rudolph revealed that she and her partner, director Paul Thomas Anderson, are expecting their second child. Rudolph's pregnancy follows production of the Sam Mendes film Away We Go, in which she plays a pregnant woman. The film is due for release on June 5, 2009; the due date for the birth of Rudolph's new baby was not reported.People: Maya Rudolph Is Expecting Baby No. 2 (May 11, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: July 27, 1972
  2. Daughter of artists Minnie Riperton and Richard Rudolph
  3. Life partner: Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Daughter: Pearl Minnie Anderson, born October 15, 2005
  5. Ethnicity: African-American and Eastern European Jewish
  6. Appeared in City of Angels and Chicago Hope
  7. Childhood friend of Gwyneth Paltrow

• Popular Impressions

  1. Beyonce Knowles
  2. Christina Aguilera
  3. Condoleeza Rice
  4. Diana Ross
  5. Donatella Versace
  6. Ivanka Trump
  7. Jennifer Lopez
  8. Lisa Kudrow
  9. Lucy Liu
  10. Nicky Hilton
  11. Paris Hilton
  12. Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
  13. Tyra Banks
  14. Tina Turner
  15. Vanessa Bryant
  16. Vanessa Anne Hudgens

• Childhood and Education

  Minnie Riperton's hit song "Lovin' You" was reportedly written for her daughter, who would have been a toddler upon its 1975 release.Songfacts: [Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton] Riperton passed away when Rudolph was seven years old. While attending St. Augustine by the Sea School in Santa Monica, CA, Rudolph befriended a young actress by the name of Gwyneth Paltrow. Rudolph would go on to attend the University of California at Santa Cruz, were she majored in Photography. Rudolph joined the cast of Saturday Night Live on May 6, 2000.

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