Cecily Strong to End ‘Saturday Night Live’ Run Tonight After 11 Seasons - Rolling Stone

Cecily Strong is joining a big of erstwhile castmates arsenic she departs Saturday Night Live tonight, Dec. 17. Saturday Night Live announced the quality hours earlier its last amusement of 2022 aired.

“Tonight we nonstop disconnected 1 of the champion to ever bash it,” SNL stated connected Instagram. “We’ll miss you, Cecily!” they captioned a photograph that shared the aforesaid sentiment written successful marker.

Fans possibly knew this was coming. At archetypal erstwhile Strong wasn’t contiguous during its Oct. 1 Season 48 premiere, galore wondered if she was joining the galore mainstays who precocious near Saturday Night Live — including Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney; and aboriginal Chris Redd, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, on with Aristotle Athari. Strong’s lack astatine the clip could beryllium attributed to her relation successful the revival of one-woman show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life successful the Universe, which was taking spot astatine Mark Taper Forum successful Los Angeles.

She returned to SNL after the L.A. amusement concluded connected Oct. 23. Season 48 marked Strong’s 11th afloat season, mounting a record: Strong is SNL‘s longest-running pistillate formed member, surpassing McKinnon who near the amusement astatine the extremity of Season 47, on with Davidson, Bryant, and Mooney.

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Strong joined the formed successful 2012 arsenic a featured player, and by the adjacent play she was a repertory formed subordinate and co-anchored the Weekend Update with Seth Meyers, aboriginal joining Colin Jost astatine the Weekend desk. She was nominated for Emmys successful some 2020 and 2021 for Outstanding Supporting Actress successful a Comedy Series.

Last week, Strong appeared successful the acold open, wherever she sung a Christmas ditty alongside castmates, which roasted Elon Musk and Hitler instrumentality Kanye West.