Michaela Watkins is an American actress and comedian. She began studying with the improv comedy troupe The Groundlings in Los Angeles and graduated from Boston University. Watkins has appeared in films such as Paint, You Hurt My Feelings, The American Society of Magical Negroes, and The Back-Up Plan, where she worked with Jennifer Lopez. She cowrote the series Benched and had roles in the series Trophy Wife and Dinner with the Parents.