Biography
Laraine Newman is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, who was part of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live and played the main villain Lawanda Dumore in the 1991 film Problem Child 2
Known For
Complete Filmography

Maclunkey Treasure Island
2025
as Biggs Darklighter / General Willard / Sandtrooper / Woman / Gold Two
The Star Wars Minute Podcast and The George Lucas Talk Show are proud to return to Dynasty Typewriter on March 15 to stage their LIVE reading of the o...

Dog Man
2025
as Scientist (voice)
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of ...

Mustafar Takes Los Angeles
2024
as Super Battle Droid 1 / Mon Mothma
The infamous CLONE WARS have reached a crescendo as ANAKIN SKYWALKER and OBI-WAN KENOBI confront the fiendish GENERAL GRIEVOUS and his manager COUNT D...

Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero
2024
as Claire (voice)
A shy barista stumbles upon a magical pink wig that transforms him into a fearless drag super-shero. But when a villainous queen starts kidnapping dra...

The Great Kamino Kaper
2024
as Hermione Bagwa / Shmi Skywalker / Jocasta Nu / Taun We
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away THE REPUBLIC is on the brink of THE CLONE WARS and it's up to OBI-WAN KENOBI and his padawan ANAKIN SKYWALK...

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024
as Mrs. Grecht (voice)
Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien m...

Despicable Me 4
2024
as Melora / Additional Voices (voice)
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also fac...

The Naboo Movie
2024
as TC-14 / Shmi Skywalker
Can two Jedi Knights resolve a trade dispute, rescue the queen, test a child for MIDICHLORIANS, and succeed at sports betting before the deadly BATTLE...

Migration
2023
as Additional Voices (voice)
After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from N...

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
2023
as Rose Explosion / Newscaster (voice)
After the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a BRUTAL professional and romantic flat-spin...

Minions & More Volume 2
2022
as Eddie's Mom (voice)
This collection of 11 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Mower Minions (2016); Yellow Is the New Black...

Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
2022
as Mrs. LePage (voice)
It’s time to chase that holiday spirit with Tom and Jerry! With magic in the air, Jerry and his nephew, Tuffy, make a snow mouse that miraculously com...

Post Modern Minion
2022
as Groupie with Dog (voice)
A Minion artist finds himself cast aside when the art world's attention shifts to the next big thing. Determined to regain the spotlight, he embarks o...

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
as Ms. Janeth (voice)
The Guardians of Arcadia reunite to battle the nefarious Arcane Order, who've reawakened the primordial Titans.

Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Bill Murray is considered by many of his fans to be "the coolest man in the world". But how is it that this actor, who for a long time did little more...

The Secret Life of Pets 2
2019
as Additional Voices (voice)
Max the terrier must cope with some major life changes when his owner gets married and has a baby. When the family takes a trip to the countryside, ne...

The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
2018
as Professor Hootsburgh / Southwest Sal (voice)
When there are no presents under the tree, Doc suspects there's something wrong at the North Pole and time travels to figure out what went wrong and s...

Dorothy's Christmas in Oz
2018
as Wicked Witch (voice)
Dorothy introduces Oz to Christmas and of course Oz adds a few traditions of it's own. Santa comes to deliver holiday cheer and presents to all. The W...

The Grinch
2018
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

Love, Gilda
2018
as Self
Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comi...

Keep Your Mouth Shut
2018
as Patty
A witness takes a vow of silence to ensure his survival, but can he keep it?

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
as Daredevil Chipmunk (voice)
When the evil mayor of Oakton decides to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place, Surly Squirrel and his ragtag group ...

The Emoji Movie
2017
as Additional Voices (voice)
Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

Despicable Me 3
2017
as Additional Voice (voice)
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.

Eddie's Life Coach
2017
as Eddie's Mom (voice)
Eddie's mom signs her slacker son up for a digital training seminar to get his life back on track.

Nerdland
2016
as Mrs. McCullers (voice)
Aspiring actor John and wannabe screenwriter Elliot are slacker best friends who have seen their dreams of stardom fizzle. With their 30th birthdays l...

Sing
2016
as Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices (voice)
A koala named Buster recruits his best friend to help him drum up business for his theater by hosting a singing competition.

The Late Bloomer
2016
as Noema Willcoxen
A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the change...

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
2016
as The Wicked Witch of the West (voice)
After capturing the good witch, the villainous King Gnome creates havoc throughout Oz as he needs Dorothy's ruby slippers to take control of the Emera...

The Secret Life of Pets
2016
as Additional Voices (voice)
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Riley's First Date?
2015
as Mom's Fear (voice)
Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to d...

Inside Out
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work togeth...

Minions
2015
as Additional Voices (voice)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...

Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

The Boxtrolls
2014
as Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice)
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the ...

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon
2014
as Elf Elder's Wife (voice)
Tom and Jerry find a dragon egg, and help the baby dragon find its mother.

I Know That Voice
2014
as Self
Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

Toy Story of Terror!
2013
as Betsy (voice)
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one ...

Despicable Me 2
2013
as Additional Voices (voice)
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

Monsters University
2013
as Additional Voices (voice)
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Wreck-It Ralph
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings ...

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
2012
as Vida the Witch
Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

Superman vs. The Elite
2012
as Newscaster #3 (voice)
The Man of Steel finds himself outshone by a new team of ruthless superheroes who hold his idealism in contempt.

The Lorax
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the stor...

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
2011
as The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch (voice)
After a deadly storm, Tom and Jerry find themselves stranded on an unknown island ruled by the evil Wizard of Oz. As they try to find their way back h...

Tangled
2010
as Additional Voices (voice)
Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by he...

The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales
2010
as Additional Voices
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

Heavy Metal Mater
2010
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then...

Monster Truck Mater
2010
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrest...

Toy Story 3
2010
as Additional Voices (voice)
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le...

Pixar Short Films
2009
as Additional Voices (voice)
A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with t...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Additional Voices (voice)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But wh...

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Lefty / Kate / Courtney / Smelga Strudel / Betty Sue Lou (voice)
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book s...

Up
2009
as Additional Voices (voice)
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed ...

The Fairly OddParents: Wishology!
2009
as Queen Jipjorrulac (voice)
Wishology is a television film trilogy and the ninth movie special of the animated television series The Fairly OddParents.

The Twenty
2009
as Sharon
Carty has a new baby, a tense marriage, and four months of fragile sobriety. When he discovers a twenty dollar bill with a message written on it, an o...

WALL·E
2008
as Additional Voices (voice)
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discove...

Horton Hears a Who!
2008
as Glummox Mom (voice)
The classic and beloved story from Dr. Seuss is now a CG animated film from 20th Century Fox Animation, the makers of the Ice Age films. An imaginativ...

Battle for Terra
2007
as Toy Merchant (voice)
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, w...

Surf's Up
2007
as Additional Voices (voice)
A young surfer enters his first contest, hoping a win will earn him respect. But an encounter with a laid-back local forces him to rethink his values.

Happily N'Ever After
2007
as Additional Voices (voice)
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook exist...

Barnyard
2006
as Snotty Boy's Friend (voice)
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that en...

Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
2006
as Mrs. Pamela Manson (voice)
Danny, Tucker, and Sam are getting ready for summer vacation, but when Freakshow arrives and kidnaps their parents, they must find the Reality Gems fo...

Cars
2006
as Additional Voices (voice)
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u...

The Wild
2006
as Additional Voices (voice)
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help br...

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Additional Voices (voice)
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is ...

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
as Various Characters (archive footage)
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
as Self
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

The Wedding Frame
2004
as Lois Foutley / Rhesus (voice)
Lois is planning her wedding to Dr. Dave with help from Ginger. Rather than being a joyous time, it's stirring up doubts in Ginger about the whole ide...
No Turning Back
2004
as Lois Foutley / Andrew (voice)
Ginger is all stressed out over graduation. As if leaving a major part of her kid world behind isn't hard enough, Ginger is also scheduled to speak at...

Far From Home
2003
as Lois Foutley / Silver Haired Woman (voice)
Ginger wins a scholarship to a gellowship program for an entire semester. Her friends are sad at the thought of Ginger being gone for so long. Courtne...

Finding Nemo
2003
as Additional Voices (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure
2003
as Gwen (voice)
Wilbur the pig knows how important friendship is - he learned that from a spider named Charlotte. So when Wilbur meets Cardigan, a lonely lamb, Wilbur...

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
as Self
Chevy Chase bitterly takes in his roast.

The Sum of All Fears
2002
as Russian Translator on TV (uncredited)
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia a...

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
as Hostess (voice)
Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents,...

Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Additional Voices (voice)
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. Wh...

Summer of Camp Caprice
2001
as Lois Foutley (voice)
Courtney decides to go to Camp Caprice for the summer along with Ginger and her friends. Will the spoiled rich girl get used to roughing it or ruin Gi...

Lucky Lydia
2000
as Lydia
This short follows the titular little girl, Lydia, whose curiosity often gets her into trouble but manages to avoid disaster through her consistent go...
Psyko Ferret
2000
as Fletcher Veinous (voice)
Jackie and Jill swill have an unusual pet called a "psyko ferret"; a unidentified species of weasel,. Together they try to keep it secret.

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1999
as Minnie
In this live-action musical comedy, Baby Huey, the lovable seven foot tall duckling, is taken in by a caring little boy named Nick and his kind but su...

Chow Bella
1998
A frustrated crime reporter is given the job of food critic by his editor and when he writes a bad review of a mob owned restaurant, he must face the ...

Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998
as Bertha Bimini
Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have t...

I'm Losing You
1998
as Casting Director
Based on Bruce Wagner's best selling novel, "I'm Losing You" is the gripping tale of a wealthy Los Angeles family and their journey from profound loss...

Just Add Water
1998
as Sylvia
A family meeting to decide what to do with the ashes of recently deceased Nanna takes an unexpected turn when Nanna comes back from the dead in an att...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Frog-Eyed Woman (uncredited)
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
as Aunt Polly
Tom Sawyer and his side-kick Chuck try to earn tokens for a community rec center. But you know Tom, he always has a trick or two up his sleeve.

Demolition University
1997
as Professor Harris
College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.

Jingle All the Way
1996
as First Lady
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposi...

Radiant City
1996
as Flo
Driven to the brink by her overworked and insensitive husband and horrendously selfish children, Brooklyn-based housewife Gloria Goodman seeks a meani...

Alone in the Woods
1996
as Sherry Rogers
Ten-year-old Justin finds himself hitching a ride with two kidnappers when he climbs aboard the wrong van -- thinking it's his family's vehicle -- and...

Revenge of the Red Baron
1994
as Carol Spencer
The Red Baron returns in a toy plane to kill the former World War I ace that shot him down.

The Flintstones
1994
as Susan Rock
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney...

Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway
1993
as Elaine
A beautiful young woman starts receiving messages through a ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment. The former tenant c...

Coneheads
1993
as Laarta
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toil...
The Waiter
1993
as Mom

Problem Child 2
1991
as LaWanda Dumore
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junio...

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Flapjack Floozie
1988
as Bev
A vaudeville star struggles with her addiction to pancakes.

Invaders from Mars
1986
as Ellen Gardner
In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his...

My Town
1986
as Cynthia Fisher
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.

The Best of John Belushi
1985
as Various Characters

Follow That Bird
1985
as Mommy Dodo (voice)
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big...

Perfect
1985
as Linda
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

This Wife for Hire
1985
as Louise Bellini
A housewife starts a business hiring herself out as a "wife," to provide various domestic services.

Elvira's MTV Halloween Party
1984
MTV Halloween special, hosted by Elvira, featuring skits and music videos.

Her Life as a Man
1984
as Barbara
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man t...

The Coneheads
1983
as Connie (Voice)
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves becoming domesticated.

We're All Devo
1983
as Donut Rooter
Like The Men Who Make the Music, We're All Devo! has a storyline to tie the videos together. In it, the character of Rod Rooter (Michael W Schwartz) i...

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
as Connie Conehead
Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide with the cinema release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as The Artist's Friend / Mona
Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produc...

Stardust Memories
1980
as Film Executive (uncredited)
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Wholly Moses
1980
as Zoey / Zerelda
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from G...

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Self
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thoma...

Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
1979
A series of skits feature the Finley Quality Network and its many quality TV shows.

The Things We Did Last Summer
1978
as Self
This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual skits that describe their summer vacations. Among th...

American Hot Wax
1978
as Teenage Louise
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Free...

Tunnel Vision
1976
as Sonja
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you na...