Cecily Strong is leaving Saturday Night Live after 11 seasons on the present. A put up on social media from the official Instagram account for the sketch present confirmed Strong’s exit.
“We’ll miss you, Cecily,” learn a cue card shared whereas the caption of the put up stated, “Tonight we send off one of the best to ever do it. We’ll miss you, Cecily!”
Strong’s final episode set for Saturday, December 17 has Austin Butler because the host and Lizzo because the musical visitor.
Strong made her debut on SNL as a featured participant on September 15, 2012, and was upped the next yr beginning with Season 39. The comedic star co-anchored the “Weekend Update” phase alongside Seth Meyers. When Meyers left to host Late Night, Strong continued to co-anchor the phase alongside SNL author Colin Jost for one season.
Some of Strong’s hottest recurring characters on the NBC sketch present embody The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation with at a Party, Dana, the loud-mouthed and unfriendly retail worker, Krya the co-host of The Girlfriends Talk Show, Cathy Anne, the drug-addicted neighbor of Michael Che, amongst others.
Throughout her tenure on SNL, Strong had a powerful movie star impersonation sport. Some of probably the most memorable ones embody Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and most just lately Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake with all of her Zoom filters.
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