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Maya Rudolph Timeline

Maya Rudolph is born in Gainesville, Florida to soul singer Minnie Riperton and music producer Richard Rudolph. The family moves to California to further Minnie's singing career. Minnie records "Lovin' You", a song she used as a lullabye for Maya. At the end of the song can be heard "Maya Maya Maya." While enrolled at The University of California, Santa Cruz, Maya forms a band called Supersauce with friends. Graduates from The University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in photography. Joins the Weezer spin-off band, The Rentals, singing backup vocals and playing the Moog, a kind of synthesizer. Has a small role Duets, starring her good friend Gwyneth Paltrow. Maya and her father Richard are also the music supervisors for the film. Maya joins the cast of Saturday Night Live, where she parodies Donatella Versace and Christina Aguilera. Tells Rosie magazine, "My mom was black and my dad is Jewish, and I lost my mom when I was seven. That made me feel really different from other kids." Maya appears with Donatella Versace at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. Entertainment Weekly lists her as #20 on their Funniest People in America list. Rudolph shoots scenes for Robert Altman's ensemble cast Prairie Home Companion, also starring Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Kline, and many others. Is expecting her first child with boyfriend of three years, director Paul Thomas Anderson.