Kate Mckinnon on Writing and Embracing Your Weirdness
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McKinnon's 'Weird Barbie' in 2023's Barbie grossed $1.44B worldwide!
Barbie became the highest-grossing film of 2023 and the top-grossing film ever directed by a woman. McKinnon played the outcast doll — a role that perfectly mirrors her on-air message to embrace what makes you different.
Topic poll · all networksHow many seasons was Kate McKinnon a cast member on SNL?
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10 seasons
Children's/YA print books top $3 billion in annual US sales!
Per the Association of American Publishers, kids' and YA titles are among the most resilient print segments — the market Kate McKinnon's 'Millicent Quibbs' series is now a bestseller in.
Topic poll · all networksHow many books are in Kate McKinnon's Millicent Quibbs series?
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Kate McKinnon studied theater at Columbia University!
McKinnon graduated from Columbia in 2006, then honed her comedy at NYC's Upright Citizens Brigade before joining SNL in 2012. She credits that late-night SNL writing room — not college — as where she truly learned to write.
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