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Article: Maya Rudolph: she took comedy notes on Gilda, now she's getting diva lessons from Donatella. (Comedy and Diva Summit).(Interview)
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- October 1, 2002
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Self-described California girl and Lakers fan Maya Rudolph grew up in an L.A. showbiz family. Her mother was singer Minnie Riperton and her father is songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph, and Rudolph spent her early years standing backstage watching her parents perform. Although she followed them into a music career, Rudolph soon turned to her first love, comedy, joining the Groundlings, L.A.'s renowned theater group. In 2000 she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live and found a way to combine both of her talents with her hilarious parodies of singers including Nelly Furtado and Destiny's Child. But it is her impersonation of Donatella Versace that is fast becoming ...