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After More Than 40 Years, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Has Added a Latina Cast Member

By Brian Delpozo 2 min read
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Source: Bird
Source: Bird

After more than 40 years, Saturday Night Live is finally going to have a Latina cast member.

The long-running series recently announced three new cast members for the upcoming forty-second season: Alex Moffat, Mikey Day, and most notably Melissa Villaseñor.

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Villaseñor, an impressionist from California, appeared on the sixth season of NBC’s American’s Got Talent and has contributed to SNL creator Lorne Michaels’ Latino comedy showcase Màs Mejor in the past. The comic has spoken of her desire to be on the show before.

When asked in recent Bird interview if she’d want to be on the show, Villaseñor, responded, “Yeah. I actually did audition when I was 21 and I always send them a tape every summer. I still see that in my heart..”

Source: America's Got Talent Youtube
Source: America’s Got Talent Youtube

Villaseñor’s casting not only makes her the first ever Latina member of the series’ ensemble, but also only the third Latino cast member period. The hiring comes three years after the National Hispanic Institute for The Arts sent Michaels and NBC a letter admonishing the show for its lack of Latino cast members.

The show has seemingly made an effort to diversify in both gender and race in recent years, with Villaseñor’s casting bringing the show’s number of women comics to seven, including African Americans Leslie Jones and Sasheer Zamata.

Villaseñor, Day, and Moffat, who are replacing departing cast members Taran Killam, Jay Pharoh, and Jon Rudnitsky, will make their debut when SNL’s new season premieres on October 1.

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