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Maya Rudolph Is ‘Thrilled’ to Make ‘SNL’ Return as Kamala Harris: ‘This Is So Much Bigger Than Me’

Maya Rudolph talks returning to 'Saturday Night Live' as Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 presidential election, acknowledging the stakes of the role.

The show has lost a few cast members and brought on a couple more since it last aired, but this upcoming run of episodes will feature the greatest possible addition: Maya Rudolph reviving her fictionalized take on Vice President Kamala Harris. SNL doesn’t have the strongest track record when it comes to election seasons — particularly the not-so-funny-in-hindsight decision to have Donald Trump host the show in 2015 during his first presidential campaign. Rudolph has emphasized that when she’s stepping into the shoes of a real person, whether it be Harris or Beyoncé, she sees the job as playing a fictional character rather than performing an exact impression.

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