SNL has three more additions for its milestone 50th season: Ashely Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline.
The 50th season will premiere on September 28 with the rest of the cast except, Punkie Johnson, and Molly Kearney who announced their exit during the summer. Chloe Troast will also be exiting since she was not asked to return for the 50th season. In an Instagram post on September 9, Chloe said,
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"Unfortunately, I was not asked back to SNL this season. I wish I was going back to be with all the amazing friends I made there, it truly felt like home. But it wasn't in the cards."
She also added saying,
"I wanna thank everyone who supported me. Especially everyone who came to see my tour this summer, wore costumes from characters and had such wonderful things to say. You mean everything to me. I hope I was able to spread joy and laughter, all love. Onwards and upwards.”
More about the newly added cast members on SNL
Ashely Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Kane Wickline have been added to SNL as featured players for 2024-2025.
Ashley Padilla
Ashley Padilla is from the San Francisco Bay Area and has been a part of the LA-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe, The Groundlings since 2021. In 2024, she made guest appearances on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and NBC’s Night Court.
Emil Wakim
Lebanese-American stand-up comic, actor, and writer was born in Chicago and raised in the Midwest. As per SNL's bio, Emil was the New Face of Comedy at the 2022 Just of Laughs Comedy Festival. He also performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2022.
Jane Wickline
Jane Wickline is from Los Angeles and is a sketch performer. She has appeared on TikTok's live Stapleview comedy show.
While Punkie Johnson, Molly Kearney, and Chloe Troast exit from the sketch-comedy show, Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker will be promoted from featured players to the main cast.
Former cast member Maya Rudolph will also return to play Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the US presidential elections.
SNL will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a weekend-long look back in a three-hour live prime-time special. The program will air on Sunday, February 16, 2025, from 8-11 p.m. ET on NBC.
The new 50th season is set to premiere on September 28, after the show wrapped up its 49th season in May 2024 with a three-week run of episodes featuring Dua Lipa, Maya Rudolph, and Jake Gyllenhaal as hosts.
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