'Saturday Night Live! Season 45 Adds Three New Members To Its Cast

Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang will be seen in several sketches in the upcoming season.

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There are still some fans of the variety sketch series, Saturday Night Live! who are sad about the departure of popular actress and comedienne, Leslie Jones from the main cast. It indeed is sad to see a talent like Jones not be a part o the show in the upcoming season of the series anymore but it is all about moving on isn't it?

Plans for the 45th season are already underway and in fact, three new members have already been added to the cast. Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis, and Bowen Yang will join the show's 45th season as featured players. For the ones who aren't aware of the trio's work profile - 

Fineman is a veteran of L.A.'s Groundlings and was a New Face at the 2018 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. Her Instagram features her doing impressions of Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and Jojo Siwa, among others. She's appeared on Jane the Virgin and Search Party.

Stand-up comic Gillis was recently recognized as a New Face at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival and has performed at Comedy Central's Clusterfest.

Yang joined SNL last season as a writer and will be the show's first full-time Asian American cast member. He also co-hosts the Las Culturistas podcast. He appeared on camera as Kim Jong-Un last season in a sketch with Sandra Oh.

SNL premieres Sept. 28 with host Woody Harrelson and musical guest Billie Eilish.

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