Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May , ) is an American comedian, actress
and singer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from to .
She has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's Suburgatory, Netflix's
Lady Dynamite, and TBS's People of Earth.Gasteyer was born in
Washington, D.C., the daughter of Mariana Roumell-Gasteyer, an artist,
and Phil Gasteyer, a lobbyist who became the mayor of Corrales, New
Mexico. Her maternal grandparents were Romanian and Greek. She
graduated from Sidwell Friends School and Northwestern University
School of Communication ().Gasteyer developed comedy experience with
the Los Angeles improv â€" sketch comedy group The Groundlings. She
played small roles on Seinfeld (as a doomed customer of The Soup
Nazi), as well as on the shows Party of Five, Frasier, Hope & Gloria
and NYPD Blue. In , Gasteyer joined the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Among her most popular characters were high school music teacher
Bobbie Mohan-Culp, National Public Radio Delicious Dish host Margaret
Jo McCullen, Lilith Fair feminist singer Cinder Calhoun, and her
impressions of Martha Stewart and Celine Dion. In , she and Chris
Parnell auditioned to succeed Colin Quinn as co-anchors of the news
parody segment Weekend Update, but the positions ultimately went to
Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon.After six seasons, Gasteyer left SNL in .
Subsequently, she appeared in various television programs, films and
stage productions. In , Gasteyer played the mother of the main
character Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in the feature film Mean Girls,
written by SNL castmate Tina Fey. The film also featured other former
SNL castmates, including Fey, Tim Meadows, and Amy Poehler. She also
appeared in the Showtime movie musical Reefer Madness as Mae, the
doomed girlfriend of Jack and owner of the Reefer Den.
and singer. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from to .
She has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's Suburgatory, Netflix's
Lady Dynamite, and TBS's People of Earth.Gasteyer was born in
Washington, D.C., the daughter of Mariana Roumell-Gasteyer, an artist,
and Phil Gasteyer, a lobbyist who became the mayor of Corrales, New
Mexico. Her maternal grandparents were Romanian and Greek. She
graduated from Sidwell Friends School and Northwestern University
School of Communication ().Gasteyer developed comedy experience with
the Los Angeles improv â€" sketch comedy group The Groundlings. She
played small roles on Seinfeld (as a doomed customer of The Soup
Nazi), as well as on the shows Party of Five, Frasier, Hope & Gloria
and NYPD Blue. In , Gasteyer joined the cast of Saturday Night Live.
Among her most popular characters were high school music teacher
Bobbie Mohan-Culp, National Public Radio Delicious Dish host Margaret
Jo McCullen, Lilith Fair feminist singer Cinder Calhoun, and her
impressions of Martha Stewart and Celine Dion. In , she and Chris
Parnell auditioned to succeed Colin Quinn as co-anchors of the news
parody segment Weekend Update, but the positions ultimately went to
Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon.After six seasons, Gasteyer left SNL in .
Subsequently, she appeared in various television programs, films and
stage productions. In , Gasteyer played the mother of the main
character Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in the feature film Mean Girls,
written by SNL castmate Tina Fey. The film also featured other former
SNL castmates, including Fey, Tim Meadows, and Amy Poehler. She also
appeared in the Showtime movie musical Reefer Madness as Mae, the
doomed girlfriend of Jack and owner of the Reefer Den.
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