Musical comedienne Maya Rudolph spent half a dozen seasons with "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), where she established herself as one of the most memorable female performers in the show’s history for her wildly versatile characters and commanding vocal chops. She went on to enjoy success with the DreamWorks animated smash “Shrek the Third” (2007), in which she voiced Rapunzel, but finding a suitable outlet for her unique talents on the big screen proved not an easy task, as evidenced by her supporting roles in cliché films like “50 First Dates” (2004) or leading roles in the quirky
