Maya Rudolph Set to Appear as Guest on Live Episode of THR’s ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast
Maya Rudolph, the beloved, award-winning actress, comedian and producer, will be the guest of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of a live audience at the San Vicente Bungalows on Wednesday evening.
Rudolph, who is heading in to this year’s Emmys with four nominations spread across three programs — best comedy actress for Apple TV+’s Loot, best guest actress and best music/lyrics for NBC’s Saturday Night Live and best character voiceover performance for Netflix’s Big Mouth — will, over the course of an hour, discuss her life, career, nominated projects and thoughts on the state of comedy today.
Chosen earlier this year as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Rudolph first burst onto the scene around the turn of the century on SNL. She then went on to star in notable projects on screens big (including Bridesmaids and Wine Country) and small (such as Maya & Marty, The Good Place). Since 2022, she has been a executive producer and the principal star of Loot, a laugh-out-loud comedy on which she plays a woman who divorces a billionaire and winds up with half of his money, and then does her best to navigate life among regular people, including those who work for and benefit from her philanthropic foundation.
The Awards Chatter podcast, which debuted in 2015, has welcomed more than 500 guests for career-retrospective conversations, including Hollywood A-listers Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lawrence, Lorne Michaels, Carol Burnett, Jerry Seinfeld, Cate Blanchett, Bono, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Dolly Parton, Norman Lear, Nicole Kidman, Denzel Washington, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Elton John, Sophia Loren, Jimmy Fallon, Billie Eilish, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, Spike Lee, Dua Lipa, Conan O’Brien, Julia Roberts, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, David Letterman, Julianne Moore, Eddie Murphy, Olivia Rodrigo, Al Pacino, Ava DuVernay, Stephen Colbert, Selena Gomez, Jimmy Kimmel, Glenn Close, Jay Leno, Michelle Williams, Michael Douglas and Sydney Sweeney; and non-showbiz guests such as Malala Yousafzai, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Buzz Aldrin, Gloria Steinem, Kobe Bryant, Fran Lebowitz, José Andrés and Dr. Ruth Westheimer.