Michaela Watkins Adds Her Hilarious Magic To The Unicorn

Michaela Watkins adds her hilarious magic to The Unicorn

- Brantley Bardin

She’s that prolific comic actress whose work you adore, even if—until now—you’ve had trouble recalling her name. No worries: The fabulous Michaela Watkins is chill with that.

“People always have to download their brains with what I’ve done to remember who I am,” she says with a laugh. “But unlike Jennifer Lopez, whose best friend I played in The Back-up Plan, that gives me the benefit of walking through life totally normally.”

In addition to starring in a passel of films including last summer’s Brittany Runs a Marathon and October’s Torrance opposite Ben Affleck, Watkins is a Saturday Night Live alum and a recurring television MVP on everything from The New Adventures of Old Christine with Julia Louis-Dreyfus to Transparent and Casual.

Although she’s renowned for her portrayals of comically unhinged women—“I love playing terrible people!” she exclaims—she’s currently having a blast playing the take-charge pediatrician Delia on