Cecily Strong Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ - Hollywood Reporter

Cecily Strong is the latest castmember to depart NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Strong’s last amusement volition beryllium Saturday night’s edition. The quality was announced Saturday connected SNL’s societal media accounts (see below).

She joined the sketch show, enforcement produced by Lorne Michaels, successful 2012, its 38th season. Over the years, she created specified characters arsenic “The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With astatine a Party” and impersonated specified celebrities arsenic Kendall Jenner, Megyn Kelly and Liz Cheney.

It’s understood that the program had been for Strong to instrumentality for lone the archetypal fractional of the existent season. Fans had noticed her lack from the opening credits of the play premiere successful October, but astatine the clip she was appearing successful The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life successful the Universe astatine the Mark Taper Forum successful Los Angeles and frankincense was incapable to portion SNL successful New York.

Strong adjacent stars successful the 2nd play of AppleTV+ Schmigadoon!, which is besides enforcement produced by Michaels. She besides took a hiatus from SNL portion filming that series.

Strong follows connected the heels of different castmembers who person precocious near SNL, including Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Pete Davidson.

Saturday night’s SNL features big Austin Butler and philharmonic impermanent Lizzo.