Since 2015 , Ginsburg has been portrayed by Kate McKinnon on '' Saturday Night Live '' . McKinnon has repeatedly reprised the role , including during a '' Weekend Update '' sketch that aired from the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland . The segments typically feature McKinnon-as-Ginsburg lobbing insults she calls " Ginsburns " and doing a celebratory dance . Filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen created a documentary about Ginsburg , titled '' RBG '' , for CNN Films , which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival . In the film '' Deadpool 2 '' ( 2018 ) , a photo of her is shown as Deadpool considers her for his X-Force , a team of superheroes . Another film , '' On the Basis of Sex '' , focusing on Ginsburg 's career struggles fighting for equal rights , was released later in 2018 ; its screenplay was named to the Black List of best unproduced screenplays of 2014 . English actress Felicity Jones portrays Ginsburg in the film , with Armie Hammer as her husband Marty . Ginsburg herself has a cameo in the film . The seventh season of the sitcom '' New Girl '' features a three-year-old character named Ruth Bader Schmidt , named after Ginsburg . A Lego mini-figurine of Ginsburg is shown within a brief segment of '' The Lego Movie 2 '' . Ginsburg gave her blessing for the cameo , as well as to have the mini-figurine produced as part of the Lego toy sets following the film 's release in February 2019 . Also in 2019 , Samuel Adams released a limited-edition beer called When There Are Nine , referring to Ginsburg 's well-known reply to the question about when there would be enough women on the Supreme Court
2018 Sundance Film Festival
2018 Sundance Film Festival
Ruth Bader Ginsburg