SNL welcomes 3 new cast members for milestone 50th season
‘Saturday Night Live’ aka SNL adds Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline for its 50th season, premiering September 28, 2024.
Actress-comedienne Vanessa Bayer, the longest-serving current Saturday Night Live female cast member, is exiting the NBC late-night sketch comedy series after seven seasons.
The 35-year-old star confirmed her departure in a note on Instagram.
“Thank you SNL for 7 years of laughs, love and incredible memories. It has been a dream come true. And thanks for this goodbye sketch at the table, Colin,” she wrote alongside a farewell note.
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Bayer joined the cast of SNL as a featured player in fall 2010.
Some of her most popular recurring characters on the show include Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy, who appears on
Weekend Update; Rebecca Stern-Markowicz, a co-host of J-Pop America Fun Time Now; Rachel from “Friends” and child actress Laura Parsons, reported Deadline.
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