{"id":807065,"date":"2026-07-17T03:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T03:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:58:09","slug":"chloe-fineman-is-leaving-s-n-l-after-7-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807065\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Fineman Is Leaving \u2018S.N.L.\u2019 After 7 Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chloe Fineman, the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star known for her impressions of Drew Barrymore<\/a>, Melania Trump<\/a>, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> and Britney Spears<\/a>, is leaving the NBC sketch-comedy institution after seven seasons. She announced the news in a post<\/a> on Instagram on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy caption under a carousel of photos and videos from her time on the show, she called the cast and crew \u201cmy family\u201d and the show \u201cmy home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cliche to say this but working at S.N.L. has been the greatest privilege of my life,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI fell in love with the place the second I walked through the door.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing the show\u2019s creator, Lorne Michaels, she added: \u201cLorne (if you\u2019re reading this on your burner account) I want you to know that I am forever in your debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also described the emotional roller coaster that is inherent to \u201cS.N.L.,\u201d particularly the pain of getting a sketch rejected.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s just the show,\u201d she wrote. \u201cYou respect it so much that you give it absolutely everything you have even when it\u2019s incredibly stupid. So you\u2019re ecstatic when it works out and the most devastated you\u2019ve ever been when it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fineman, 37, joined the show in 2019 as a featured player before being promoted to the main cast in 2021. She has pivoted to film in recent years, starring in last year\u2019s \u201cSummer of 69\u201d<\/a> and \u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d<\/a> as well as Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s 2024 epic \u201cMegalopolis.\u201d<\/a> Coming up, she is set to appear in the rom-com \u201cLove Language,\u201d with Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz and Anthony Ramos; and the sports comedy \u201cThe Dink,\u201d with Jake Johnson, Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris.<\/p>\n

Fineman is the first cast member to leave the show since the conclusion of its 51st season in May. \u201cS.N.L.\u201d saw sizable turnover ahead of Season 51 with five cast members (including the stalwarts Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim) departing and five new additions. Longtime favorite Bowen Yang<\/a> left in the middle of the season.<\/p>\n

Season 52 is expected to kick off in the fall.<\/p>\n