Samantha McDanel (I)

Actress, Make-up Department, Camera and Electrical Department

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Samantha McDanel (I)

Actress, Make-up Department, Camera and Electrical Department

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Credits
29 titles

Past Film & Video (18 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Best Played Loud (2022) (Short) - Special Makeup Effects Artist Special Makeup Effects Artist See fewer	$12K
Halcyon Days (2022) (Short) - Digital Imaging Technician Digital Imaging Technician See fewer
Pete & Re-Pete (2022) (Short) - Second Assistant Camera Second Assistant Camera See fewer
Autumn Road (2021) Assistant Makeup Artist Assistant Makeup Artist See fewer
A Stranger by the Streetlamp (2020) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
WAM!: Wear a Mask! (2020) (Short) - Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist See fewer	$1K
We Will See the Sunrise (2020) (Short) - Special Makeup Effects Artist, Assistant Director Special Makeup Effects Artist, Assistant Director See fewer	$1K
Melody (2020) (Short) - Special Makeup Effects Artist Special Makeup Effects Artist See fewer	$2K
Deep as the Sea, Blue as the Sky (2019) (Short) - Makeup Artist Makeup Artist See fewer	$2K
Flux (2019) (Short) - Associate Producer Associate Producer See fewer
Green (2019) (Short) - Special Makeup Effects Artist Special Makeup Effects Artist See fewer
Silhouettes (2019) (Short) - Makeup Artist Makeup Artist See fewer	$2K
Facade (2018) (Short) - Makeup Supervisor Makeup Supervisor See fewer
Pageant Perfect (2018) (Short) - Director, Assistant Editor, Executive Producer, Writer Director, Assistant Editor, Executive Producer, Writer See fewer
Not Today (2018) (Short) - Special Makeup Effects Artist Special Makeup Effects Artist See fewer	$2K
The Happytime Murders (2018) Additional Puppet Performer Additional Puppet Performer See fewer	$40MM	$9.5MM	$21MM	$28MM
Sesame Street: Count on Elmo (2015) (Video) - Additional Muppet Performer (voice) Additional Muppet Performer (voice) See fewer	$10K
Hoarder (2015) (Short) - Makeup Artist Makeup Artist See fewer	$500

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Past Television (9 titles)	Episodes
3 Day Weekend (2025) (TV Series) - Production Assistant (1 episode, 2025) Production Assistant (1 episode, 2025) See fewer Dallas (Apr 28, 2025) Season 4, Episode 3 - Production Assistant Production Assistant See fewer	1
Crank Yankers (2019–2021) (TV Series) - Puppeteer (as Sam McDanel) (30 episodes, 2019) Puppeteer (as Sam McDanel) (30 episodes, 2019) See fewer Wanda Sykes, Adam Carolla, Annie Murphy, J.B. Smoove (Jul 7, 2021) Season 6, Episode 10 - Puppeteer (as Sam McDanel) Puppeteer (as Sam McDanel) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	30
The Not Too Late Show with Elmo (2020) (TV Series) - Actress (voice) (13 episodes, 2020) Actress (voice) (13 episodes, 2020) See fewer Jason Sudeikis/Ciara (Aug 6, 2020) Season 1, Episode 13 - Actress (voice) Actress (voice) See fewer See more See fewer Loading	13
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) (TV Special) - Additional Muppets (voice) Additional Muppets (voice) See fewer
Fairview Chronicles (2018) (TV Mini-series) - Makeup Artist (1 episode, 2018) Makeup Artist (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Welcome to Fairview (2018) Season 1, Episode 0 - Makeup Artist Makeup Artist See fewer	1
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special (2018) (TV Special) - Additional Muppet Performer (voice) Additional Muppet Performer (voice) See fewer
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016) (TV Movie) - Additional Muppet Performer (voice) Additional Muppet Performer (voice) See fewer
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) (TV Series) - Additional Muppet Performer (1 episode, 2014) Additional Muppet Performer (1 episode, 2014) See fewer James Spader/Kermit the Frog/Black 47 (Mar 17, 2014) Season 1, Episode 21 - Additional Muppet Performer Additional Muppet Performer See fewer	1
The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011) (TV Special) - Puppeteer (as Samantha McKay) Puppeteer (as Samantha McKay) See fewer

Self (1 title)
Holey Moley (2022) (TV Series) - Self - Additional Muppet Performer (10 episodes, 2022) Self - Additional Muppet Performer (10 episodes, 2022) See fewer The Greatest Game (Jul 12, 2022) Season 4, Episode 10 - Self - Additional Muppet Performer Self - Additional Muppet Performer See fewer See more See fewer Loading

Other (1 title)
OuterSpace (L25) (2020) (Music Video) - Key Makeup Artist Key Makeup Artist See fewer

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