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Over three dozen former SNL cast members have returned to host the show. The first former cast member to come back and host the show was Chevy Chase in February 1978. Chase is also the first former cast member to reach the Five-Timers Club , and is the most frequent-former cast member to host (he is also one of few hosts banned from hosting ...
Her casting alongside Terry Sweeney (the show's first openly gay male cast member) was also the first time that Saturday Night Live had two gay cast members. [2] Vance joined the SNL cast during a time of great transition and turbulence for the show, and she became frustrated over repeatedly having characters stereotypical of young Black women ...
Until joining SNL, Nwodim was a regular cast member at UCB, where she also performed her one-woman show Great Black Women...and Then There's Me. [2] [6] Nwodim was named one of the New Faces at the 2016 Just for Laughs festival. [7] Also that year, she performed at the CBS Diversity Showcase. [8]
Vance became the second-ever Black female cast member on "SNL" when she joined in 1985, and she only lasted a season. Although it wasn't known at the time, she was also the second lesbian cast ...
NBC’s "Saturday Night Live" marks an incredible five decades on the air this year. ELLE enlisted Mikey Day to get a behind-the-scenes look at the women who make our weekends.
Saturday Night Live is turning 50!The legendary sketch show kicks off a landmark 50th season on Saturday, Sept. 28 on NBC, with an incredible cast of comedians ready to put together a whole new ...
Zamata was the first black female cast member on SNL since biracial Maya Rudolph departed midway through the show's 33rd season in 2007. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Zamata debuted on SNL as a featured player in the January 18, 2014 episode hosted by Drake , [ 20 ] in which she impersonated Rihanna .
Canadian comedian Valri Bromfield wasn’t an original SNL cast member, but she did appear in the first episode, becoming the first woman to perform stand-up on the show. She delivered a two ...