The UCB common will fill the void created by the departure of featured participant Luke Null because the NBC late-night sequence additionally bolsters its writing employees.
NBC’s Saturday Night Live is bolstering its writing employees for its upcoming 44th season.
The Lorne Michaels-produced late-night sketch comedy has enlisted Ego Nwodim as a brand new featured participant, whereas additionally hiring 4 new scribes.
For her half, Nwodim holds a level in biology from USC and has been a daily forged member at Los Angeles’ UCB Theatre, the place she carried out her one-woman present “Great Black Women … and Then There’s Me” (her first one-woman present). From Baltimore, she was featured within the 2016 JFL New Faces Characters showcase and the 2016 CBS Diversity Showcase.
Nwodim fills the void created by the departure of featured participant Luke Null, who exited in August after a one-year stint on SNL. Her TV credit embrace episodes of Living Biblically, Law & Order: True Crime, 2 Broke Girls, Adam Ruins Everything and extra. She’s repped by Innovative, Underground and Ginsburg Daniels.
Additionally, SNL has added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers. Weekend Update (and Emmy hosts) Michael Che and Colin Jost, in addition to Kent Sublette, will return as co-head writers for season 44. (Bryan Tucker stepped down and can function a senior author as an alternative).
SNL returns Sept. 29 with host Adam Driver and musical visitor Kanye West.
This article initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
