SNL Shocker: Chloe Fineman Out After 7 Seasons

We've got our first piece of major "Saturday Night Live" Season 52 casting intel: Chloe Fineman, who's been with the show since 2019, is departing NBC's late-night sketch series after a seven-season run. 

According to Deadline, Fineman has already lined up her next gig: She's in talks to join Colin Woodell, KJ Apa, and Diane Guerrero in Netflix's "Myron Bolitar," a David E. Kelley drama inspired by Harlan Coben's book series.

Fineman joined "SNL" as a featured player in Season 45, before being elevated to repertory status for Season 47. She quickly became one of the show's go-to impressionists, lampooning everyone from Drew Barrymore, Britney Spears, and Nicole Kidman to Timothée Chalamet, Sydney Sweeney, and Jennifer Coolidge.

"After seven wonderful seasons at 'SNL,' I have decided it's time for my next chapter," Fineman wrote on Instagram. "It's cliche to say this but working at 'SNL' has been the greatest privilege of my life. I still can't really believe I got to be a part of it. I fell in love with the place the second I walked through the door. Lorne (if you're reading this on your burner account), I want you to know that I am forever in your debt. 

"Every day I was lucky enough to be surrounded by the best people in the business, and I was constantly amazed watching them work," Fineman continued. "Sewing a JoJo Siwa costume in 10 hours. Writing a cold open at 2 p.m. on a Saturday. Finishing the VFX of a video minutes before dress (I don't know if "finishing VFX" is the right technical term, but you get the idea). I'm definitely not the first to make this observation, but it really is funny looking back at it all now. Because at the show, you get so invested in everything you work on. You sob uncontrollably when your sketch isn't picked. You storm into a producers office telling them they just made the biggest mistake of their lives. You call everyone you know to complain. And then you look back a few years later and it was a sketch called 'Lipstick for  Thicc Dogs.' But that's just the show. You respect it so much that you give it absolutely everything you have even when it's incredibly stupid. So you're ecstatic when it works out and the most devastated you've ever been when it doesn't. And in the end it doesn't matter all that much but it did at the moment.

"It's really hard to leave 'SNL' but it does feel like the right time," she said. "I'm going to miss it a lot. But the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I'll never be too far away. And I swear to God, one day, sometime in the future, they WILL make 'Lipstick for Thicc Dogs."

The cast of "Saturday Night Live" Season 51 consisted of repertory players Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernández, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang (who departed at midseason).

They were joined by returning featured players Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline (both in their second seasons), and newbies Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska.

Beyond Fineman's departure, no further "SNL" Season 52 casting announcements have been made — but TVLine will keep you posted as we learn more.

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