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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.

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Maya Rudolph
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 27
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Musician
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Television Actor
Voice Actor
Gainesville
Florida
Maya Khabira Rudolph
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