Saturday Night Live has announced that two new cast members will join for Season 52.
All Season 51 cast members will also return, except for Chloe Fineman, Bowen Yang, and Martin Herlihy. Yang left the show during Season 51, while Fineman announced her departure in July ahead of Season 52. Variety confirmed Herlihy’s departure on Sept. 9.
The new cast members are Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter. According to an NBC press release, Belo-Osagie is from Queens, N.Y. She wrote and directed the short film Tinge, created the event series “Afrobeats Futura,” and created the solo show Saidah Gets Closure. Belo-Osagie is the first Black woman on the cast since Ego Nwodim’s departure after Season 50.
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