Kate Ann Micuccinote (born March 31, 1980, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer. She is one half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. Her first major television exposure was her role as Stephanie Gooch in Scrubs, and she then portrayed Shelley in Raising Hope.
She made her voice acting debut in 2012, voicing Julie Burns in Motorcity, Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo from 2015 onwards, Sadie Miller from Steven Universe, Webby Vanderquack from DuckTales (2017) and many more.
She has been married to musician Jake Sinclair since February 2018, and they have one son born in January 2020.
Filmography
Film
- Don't Think Twice (2016) as Allison
- The Little Hours (2017) as Sister Genevra
- Sandy Wexler (2017) as Nurse Trisha
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) as Mooby's Clerk
- I Used To Go Here (2020) as Rachel
- Flora and Ulysses (2021) as Rita
Television
- How I Met Your Mother (2006) as Registrar (episode: "Atlantic City")
- Malcolm in the Middle (2006) as Heather (episode: "Morp")
- Cory in the House (2008) as Becky (2 episodes)
- Rules of Engagement (2009) as Tanya (episode: "Poaching Tammy")
- Scrubs (2009) as Stephanie Gooch (5 episodes)
- Weeds (2010) as Waitress (episode: "A Shoe for a Shoe")
- Raising Hope (2010-14) as Shelley (26 episodes)
- Psych (2012) as Penny Chalmers (episode: "Autopsy Turvy")
- Key & Peele (2013) as Scout (episode: "Mr. T PSA")
- The Big Bang Theory (2013, 2017) as Lucy (8 episodes)
- Ask the StoryBots as Molecule (1 episode)
- The Guest Book (2017) as Gillian (episode: "Story Six")
- Will & Grace (2017) as Page (episode: "11 Years Later")
- Mom (2019) as Patty (2 episodes)
- Supergirl (2019) as Tour Guide (episode: "Event Horizon")
- Helpsters (2020) as Beatrice The Builder (2 episodes)
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Stacey Chapman (episode: “The Outside”)
Voice Acting
- Motorcity as Julie Burns
- Out There (2013) as Jay
- Rio 2 as Tiny
- Steven Universe as Sadie Miller
- The 7D as Buckets, Queen Delightful's ghost friend
- Ben 10: Omniverse as Luhley
- Wallykazam! as Elfelfa
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Jovie
- Seal Team (2021) as Diving Dee
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as Popsicle
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Irma, Rook
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as The Cuteling General
- Scooby-Doo as Velma Dinkley (2015-present)
- Adventure Time as Chips, Bunny Mom, Wendy
- Star Darlings as Cassie
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016) as Hope
- Regular Show as Roxy
- Mighty Magiswords as Penny Plasm
- The LEGO Batman Movie as Clayface
- Milo Murphy's Law as Sara Murphy
- Nature Cat as Daisy
- Mickey and the Roadster Racers as Emmy Lou
- Sofia the First as Galial
- DuckTales (2017) as Webby Vanderquack/April
- Unikitty! as Dr. Fox
- LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes The Flash as Zatanna
- Elena of Avalor as Young Hool
- Amphibia as Terri
- Ada Twist, Scientist as Mom Peck
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse as Cora
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Special as Tall
- Monster High (2022) as Meowlody
- Doc McStuffins: The Doc And Bella Are In: Bella Bunnington
- Angry Birds: Mystery Island as Mia
- Dog Man (2025) as Dippy
- Turbo F.A.S.T. as Tiffany
- Kamp Koral as Parasite
Tropes:
- Actor-Inspired Element: Some of her characters are seen playing ukulele, which Micucci herself is good at.
- Anonymous Benefactor: At least, to anyone not on her Instagram. She loves to draw cute cartoon images on trash or walls in public thoroughfares, hoping to spread joy to passers by.
- The Cast Showoff: Tends to show off her range in media she's in.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Applies to some of her characters.
- Endearingly Dorky: Is prone to playing these types of characters.
- Genki Girl: Very upbeat, especially with her songs. Also applies to some of her characters.
- Heroes Love Dogs: Is fond of her dog Jack. She even wrote a song for him on his sixth birthday
. Some of her characters are also prone to this. - Hollywood Homely: Early in her career, Micucci got credits like "Less Attractive Girl". It'd probably fair to say that a lot of people would disagree with that assessment of her appearance.
- Jack of All Trades: She's a singer, songwriter, musician, comedian, children's author, actor, voice actor, puppeteer, painter — and juggler.
- Quirky Ukulele: Sometimes played by her characters. Her appearance in Scrubs provides the page image.
- Those Two Girls: With Riki Lindhome, the other half of Garfunkel and Oates.
- Unfortunate Names: She's fully aware that her surname sounds like "my coochie", "coochie" being a slang word for "vagina". She even named one of her standup concert tours Playing With Micucci.