“Mamala” is about to get again to work. Maya Rudolph will reprise her Saturday Night time Reside function as Kamala Harris amid the vice chairman’s race to the White Home. A number of shops reported on Wednesday, July 31, that the actress, 52, is about to return within the upcoming season of SNL because the present reaches its fiftieth yr on the air.
Maya first appeared as Kamala, 59, on the present in 2019. On the time, she portrayed the previous prosecutor throughout a sketch, which finally led to her Emmy Award win the next yr. The Bridesmaids star later gained one other Emmy for internet hosting the present in 2021.
Maybe one of the standard sketches of Maya’s Kamala aired amid the 2020 presidential election when President Joe Biden was operating towards Donald Trump. Within the sketch, Maya stepped out to interrupt up the bickering between Alec Baldwin‘s model of Donald, 78, and Jim Carrey‘s Joe, 81. She ended the sketch by telling Jim, “Let Mamala go to work” and asking, “The place the hell is my martini?”
Beforehand, Kamala reacted to Maya’s efficiency whereas talking with Seth Meyers in 2019, noting that she “grew up watching” the sketch comedy sequence.
“The thought that anybody could be in any method depicting me on Saturday Night time Reside was simply – I used to be a bit overwhelmed,” the politician admitted on the time. “I’ll let you know that I totally intend to ensure she (Maya) has a full eight years of labor on SNL.
The information of Maya’s return comes amid Kamala’s presidential run towards Donald. Earlier this month, President Biden introduced he was dropping out of the race, and he endorsed his vice chairman. Shortly after the long-time Democrat made the choice, Kamala kicked off her marketing campaign by hitting the highway and releasing an advert that targeted on the which means of freedom — whereas synced to Beyoncé‘s track “Freedom.”
Throughout the first 24 hours of her marketing campaign, Kamala raised greater than $80 million in donations. She has additionally known as on Donald to affix her for a debate in September.
Season 50 of Saturday Night time Reside is scheduled to air on September 28.