
Ana Gasteyer
Highest Rated: 86% Robot & Frank (2012)
Lowest Rated: 5% Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Birthday: May 04, 1967
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
A comedic powerhouse with real vocal talent, Ana Gasteyer springboarded from The Groundlings to "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), where she quickly established herself as a first-rate impersonator, nailing wickedly clever takes on Martha Stewart and Celine Dion. Among her breakout characters included the earnestly awful folk singer Cinder Calhoun, Molly Shannon's soft-spoken NPR "Delicious Dish" co-host, and along with Will Ferrell, a husband-and-wife team of white-bread music teachers who throw themselves into passionate but terrible covers of popular songs. An under-the-radar MVP, Gasteyer parlayed her "SNL" goodwill into small roles in "Dick" (1999), "Woman on Top" (2000) and "What Women Want" (2000), but earned her biggest movie success as the anthropologist mother of Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in Tina Fey's blockbuster "Mean Girls" (2004). She showed off her amazing pipes in "Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical" (2005), and to greater acclaim as Elphaba in the stage musical "Wicked," a role she reprised on Broadway. She made a cameo in "The Women" (2008) and played a mayor in Tyler Perry's "We the Peeples" (2011). The actress also notched two recurring roles: a quirky judge on "The Good Wife" (CBS, 2009-16) and an overbearing suburbanite in "Suburgatory" (ABC, 2011-14). Proving her versatility in musical theater as well as onscreen, Ana Gasteyer earned a stellar reputation as an ace scene-stealer and comedic force who enlivened every project in which she appeared with her unique, offbeat energy.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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83% | 76% | Happiest Season | Harry Levin (Character) | - | 2020 |
65% | 30% | Wine Country | Catherine (Character) | - | 2019 |
5% | 33% | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Mrs. Gundermutt (Character) | $71M | 2015 |
38% | 49% | Peeples | Mayor Hodge (Character) | $9.1M | 2013 |
24% | 29% | Rapture-Palooza | Mrs. Lewis (Character) | - | 2013 |
67% | 53% | Geography Club | Mrs. Toles (Character) | - | 2013 |
25% | 47% | Fun Size | Jackie (Character) | $9.4M | 2012 |
86% | 75% | Robot & Frank | Shoplady (Character) | $3.3M | 2012 |
20% | 51% | That's My Boy | Mrs. Ravensdale (Character) | $36.9M | 2012 |
57% | 34% | Dare | Ruth Berger (Character) | - | 2009 |
14% | 38% | The Women | Pat (Character) | $26.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Finn on the Fly | Dr. Madsen (Character) | - | 2008 |
75% | 87% | Reefer Madness | Mae Coleman (Character) | - | 2005 |
84% | 66% | Mean Girls | Cady's Mom (Character) | $86.1M | 2004 |
10% | 35% | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Ann Marie (Character) | $32.3M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Geppetto | Sra. Giovanni (Character) | - | 2000 |
34% | 43% | Woman on Top | Claudia Hunter (Character) | $5M | 2000 |
71% | 53% | Dick | Rose Mary Woods (Character) | $6.2M | 1999 |
7% | 38% | Meet the Deedles | Mel (Character) | $4.4M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courting Courtney | Rosemary Colletti (Character) | - | 1997 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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100% | 38% | Magical Girl Friendship Squad | Nut (Voice) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Guest | 2020 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | 86% | The Goldbergs | Miss Cinoman (Guest Star) | 2018-2020 2014-2016 |
89% | 56% | Duncanville | Saleslady Janine (Guest Voice) | 2020 |
58% | 74% | Prodigal Son | Tilda (Guest Star) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2019 2017 2013-2014 2011 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Late Night With Seth Meyers |
Music Performer, Guest |
2019 2016 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Hoda & Jenna | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2019 2012 |
73% | 82% | Schooled | Ms. Cinoman (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nature | Narrator | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2018 2016 |
84% | 70% | Great News | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood Live | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2016-2017 |
97% | 78% | Lady Dynamite | Karen Grisham (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda | Guest | 2016-2017 |
89% | 86% | People of Earth | Gina Morrison (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dawn of the Croods | Meep (Voice) | 2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Lion Guard | Reirei (Guest Voice) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Name Game | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2016 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2016 |
38% | 77% | Maya & Marty |
Music Performer, Guest |
2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2016 2014 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live! With Kelly and Michael |
Music Performer, Guest, Host |
2014-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Meredith Vieira Show | Guest | 2015 |
96% | 86% | Difficult People | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kate | Music Performer | 2015 |
99% | 80% | Younger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Girls | Melanie Shapiro (Guest Star) | 2015 |
86% | 82% | The Mindy Project | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Family Guy | Speed Dater (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
93% | 92% | The Good Wife | Judge Patrice Lessner (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Better Show | Guest | 2014 |
91% | 89% | Suburgatory |
Sheila Shay (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2011-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2012 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2014 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anderson |
Guest, Host |
2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2012 2010 1996-2002 1991 1989 |
92% | 95% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jennifer (Guest Star) | 2011 |
30% | 40% | Running Wilde | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
90% | 91% | Chuck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
18% | No Score Yet | Valentine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
58% | No Score Yet | I'm With Her | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
93% | 94% | Frasier | Trish Haney (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Shoot Me | April (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
84% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Angie (Guest Star) | 1996 |
88% | 94% | Seinfeld | Woman (Guest Star) | 1995 |
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