--- title: Maya Rudolph on Ivanka Trump Impression on Seth Meyers Video description: Comedian Maya Rudolph explains the one little trick to doing a good impression of the First Daughter. canonical: https://time.com/4862805/maya-rudolph-ivanka-impression/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-18T16:53:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:28.850Z og:title: Here's Maya Rudolph's Secret to Her Ivanka Trump Impression og:description: It's literally a secret — but sexy og:url: https://time.com/4862805/maya-rudolph-ivanka-impression/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf676e332faaae233/6988d62a0a4a22a7a39cf166/maya.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Maya og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Maya Rudolph's Secret to Her Ivanka Trump Impression twitter:description: It's literally a secret — but sexy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf676e332faaae233/6988d62a0a4a22a7a39cf166/maya.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Maya Rudolph on the Secret to Doing a Spot-on Ivanka Trump Impression  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2017 4:53 PM UTC   by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2017 4:53 PM UTC During a Monday night appearance on _Late Night with Seth Meyers_, comedian, actor and noted [Melania Trump impersonator](http://ew.com/article/2016/06/01/maya-rudolph-melania-trump-edible-diamonds/) Maya Rudolph debuted a new impression: one for the First Daughter, [Ivanka Trump.](http://fortune.com/2017/07/08/angela-merkel-ivanka-trump-g20/) “Actually, our good friend [Amy Poehler](http://time.com/4828285/seth-meyers-amy-poehler-on-trump-protesters/) was the one who pointed it out to me lately,” Rudolph told Meyers about her one main trick to getting Ivanka’s speaking patterns down pat, which is predicated off of an [interview Trump gave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn%5F2kMiQ0qw) to _Fox & Friends_ in which she noted she tries to “stay out of politics.” Poehler noticed there’s “a lot of whispering going on,” Rudolph said, launching into the impression. “I noticed she was like, through her teeth, like she kind of talks like she has a sexy secret,” endeavoring to mimick Ivanka’s cadence. “She’s like always talking like she works in a lingerie store a little bit. Like, if you want to get the matching panties, you can get them, but they’re $14.95,’” she continued. “It’s fun to have someone around who has a sexy secret,” Meyers countered. Rudolph is currently on the talk show circuit as part of press for the upcoming [_The Emoji Movie_](http://time.com/4860488/world-emoji-day-facts-2017/) with Patrick Stewart, in which she voices the character of the [“Smiler” face](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0569280/?ref%5F=nm%5Fflmg%5Fact%5F4). 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