# Chloe Fineman
**Chloe Fineman** (Chloe Rose Fineman, born 1988) is an American actress, writer, and comedian best known as a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series *Saturday Night Live* from 2019 to 2026, where she became known for celebrity impressions. She was born in [Berkeley, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/berkeley-california).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_fineman)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988, Berkeley, California, USA[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_fineman) |
| SNL tenure | Featured player from season 45 (September 2019); promoted to repertory status in 2021 at the start of season 47; departed after seven seasons in July 2026[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/) • [3](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chloe-fineman-leaves-snl-after-7-seasons/) |
| Signature skill | Celebrity impressions, including Drew Barrymore, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Britney Spears, and Nicole Kidman[4](https://www.avclub.com/chloe-fineman-saturday-night-live-exit-snackhomiez) |
| Training | BFA from NYU Tisch; veteran of the Groundlings improv and sketch troupe in Los Angeles; named a New Face at the 2018 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/) • [5](https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/) |
| Film debut | 2022 Netflix comedy *Home Team*, starring Kevin James and Rob Schneider[6](https://latenighter.com/news/chloe-fineman-departs-snl-after-a-seveb-season-run/) |
| First starring role | *Summer of 69* (2025), a Hulu comedy directed by Jillian Bell, in which Fineman plays a stripper named Santa Monica[7](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/summer-of-69-chloe-fineman-takes-a-teen-to-sex-goddess-bootcamp/) |
| Other screen work | Clodia Pulcher in Francis Ford Coppola's *Megalopolis* (2024); voice of Patsy Prescott in *Despicable Me 4* (2024); *Freakier Friday* (2025); *The Dink* (2026)[8](https://cdn.festival-cannes.com/media/uploads/2024/05/174074.pdf) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_fineman) • [9](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chloe-fineman/) |
## Early life and comedy training
Fineman grew up in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-bay-area) and has described herself as "just a Bay Area girl at heart."[10](https://www.wmagazine.com/story/chloe-fineman-snl-impressions-interview) She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, earning a BFA, and trained in classical theater with the ambition of becoming what she has called an "indie drama girl."[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/) • [11](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/snl-chloe-fineman-didnt-even-try-comedy-until-her-late-20s-and-she-revealed-the-kristen-wiig-moment-that-inspired-her)
She did not try comedy until age 27. In interviews she has credited the female comedy scene of the 2010s, and specifically [Kristen Wiig](https://www.edgepedia.org/kristen-wiig)'s performance in *Bridesmaids* (2011), with redirecting her career toward comedy; she has also cited stand-up specials by [Margaret Cho](https://www.edgepedia.org/margaret-cho), Amy Schumer, and [Ali Wong](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-wong) as influences.[11](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/snl-chloe-fineman-didnt-even-try-comedy-until-her-late-20s-and-she-revealed-the-kristen-wiig-moment-that-inspired-her) She studied improv at Los Angeles's Groundlings Theatre and performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade in the show "Character's Welcome."[12](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29023701/chloe-fineman-facts-saturday-night-live/) In 2018 she was named a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.[5](https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/)
## Saturday Night Live
Fineman joined *Saturday Night Live* as a featured player in September 2019, at the start of the show's 45th season, and was promoted to repertory status in 2021 at the beginning of season 47.[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/) She was hired in part on the strength of an Instagram feed full of celebrity impressions, which she had built as an early adopter of front-facing video comedy.[12](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29023701/chloe-fineman-facts-saturday-night-live/) • [13](https://www.glamour.com/story/chloe-fineman-can-impersonate-anyone-snl-took-notice) By the time of her casting she had nearly 65,000 Instagram followers and had posted impressions of figures including [Elizabeth Holmes](https://www.edgepedia.org/elizabeth-holmes), Timothée Chalamet, and [Lindsay Lohan](https://www.edgepedia.org/lindsay-lohan).[5](https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/)
**Impressions as her niche.** Fineman became, in one retrospective account, the show's go-to performer for celebrity-focused sketches, with impressions ranging from [Drew Barrymore](https://www.edgepedia.org/drew-barrymore) to Chalamet.[14](https://www.snlrankings.com/chloe-fineman/) Reviewers have noted that her takes capture not just vocal accuracy but the specific energy of her subjects; the A.V. Club described her capturing "the California cadence of Drew Barrymore and the prestige-wine-mom gestures of a later-career Streep."[14](https://www.snlrankings.com/chloe-fineman/) • [4](https://www.avclub.com/chloe-fineman-saturday-night-live-exit-snackhomiez) Her occasional star turns tended to be meta affairs, including a pre-taped segment about her serving as the "understudy" for the entire SNL cast, doing impressions of her own castmates, and a behind-the-scenes riff on *Inventing Anna* built around imitating [Julia Garner](https://www.edgepedia.org/julia-garner).[4](https://www.avclub.com/chloe-fineman-saturday-night-live-exit-snackhomiez) She has said that early in her tenure she avoided certain impressions and characters because veterans such as [Cecily Strong](https://www.edgepedia.org/cecily-strong) and Aidy Bryant were still in the cast.[15](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/chloe-fineman-snl-interview-77802/)
Fineman announced her departure from the show on Instagram in July 2026, after seven seasons, saying she was going to miss it.[3](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chloe-fineman-leaves-snl-after-7-seasons/) • [16](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/news/chloe-fineman-leaves-snl-38635/)
## Film and television work
Fineman made her feature film debut in the 2022 Netflix comedy *Home Team*.[6](https://latenighter.com/news/chloe-fineman-departs-snl-after-a-seveb-season-run/) Her other screen credits include *White Noise* (2022), *Father of the Bride* (2022), and [Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.edgepedia.org/francis-ford-coppola)'s *Megalopolis* (2024), in which she played Clodia Pulcher.[8](https://cdn.festival-cannes.com/media/uploads/2024/05/174074.pdf) • [17](https://auteurgraph.com/person/chloe-fineman/ratings) She voiced Patsy Prescott in *Despicable Me 4* (2024) and has done voice roles on *Big Mouth* and *The Simpsons*.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_fineman) • [6](https://latenighter.com/news/chloe-fineman-departs-snl-after-a-seveb-season-run/)
**Summer of 69.** In 2025 she took her first leading film role as Santa Monica, a stripper hired by a nerdy high school senior ([Sam Morelos](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-morelos)) in *Summer of 69*, the directorial debut of actor [Jillian Bell](https://www.edgepedia.org/jillian-bell), streaming on Hulu. Critics described Fineman's performance as drawing on the [Anna Faris](https://www.edgepedia.org/anna-faris) playbook, with her character's friendship with the teenage protagonist forming the heart of the film.[7](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/summer-of-69-chloe-fineman-takes-a-teen-to-sex-goddess-bootcamp/) She also appeared in *Freakier Friday* (2025) alongside Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, and in the Apple TV+ sports comedy *The Dink* (2026), produced by Ben Stiller and starring Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris.[9](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chloe-fineman/) • [2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/)
On television beyond SNL, she was cast as a series regular in Netflix's *Myron Bolitar*, a drama based on [Harlan Coben](https://www.edgepedia.org/harlan-coben)'s book series, which began production in New York City in 2026.[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/)
## Stage work
Fineman joined the original Broadway production of *All In: Comedy About Love* in 2024 as a replacement performer, and in 2026 she joined the rotating Broadway cast of *Celebrity Autobiography*, the Drama Desk Award-winning comedy created by Eugene Pack, at the Shubert Theatre.[2](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/)
## References
1. [Chloe Fineman Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/chloe_fineman)
2. [Chloe Fineman, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Chloe-Fineman/)
3. [Chloe Fineman Leaves 'SNL' After 7 Seasons, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/chloe-fineman-leaves-snl-after-7-seasons/)
4. [Chloe Fineman knew her Saturday Night Live niche, The A.V. Club](https://www.avclub.com/chloe-fineman-saturday-night-live-exit-snackhomiez)
5. [Here's What You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live's Three New Cast Members, TIME](https://time.com/5676074/snl-season-45-cast/)
6. [Chloe Fineman Departs SNL After a Seven-Season Run, LateNighter](https://latenighter.com/news/chloe-fineman-departs-snl-after-a-seveb-season-run/)
7. [Chloe Fineman Takes a Teen to Sex Goddess Bootcamp in 'Summer of 69', The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/summer-of-69-chloe-fineman-takes-a-teen-to-sex-goddess-bootcamp/)
8. [Cannes Film Festival dossier (2024), featuring Megalopolis cast notes](https://cdn.festival-cannes.com/media/uploads/2024/05/174074.pdf)
9. [Chloe Fineman, CAA Speakers](https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/chloe-fineman/)
10. [Chloe Fineman's Early Years in NYC Involved "a Lot of Weeping", W Magazine](https://www.wmagazine.com/story/chloe-fineman-snl-impressions-interview)
11. [SNL's Chloe Fineman Didn't Even Try Comedy Until Her Late 20s, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/snl-chloe-fineman-didnt-even-try-comedy-until-her-late-20s-and-she-revealed-the-kristen-wiig-moment-that-inspired-her)
12. [Who is Chloe Fineman? The New 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Member is a One-Woman Impression Machine, ELLE](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29023701/chloe-fineman-facts-saturday-night-live/)
13. [Chloe Fineman Can Impersonate Anyone. 'SNL' Took Notice, Glamour](https://www.glamour.com/story/chloe-fineman-can-impersonate-anyone-snl-took-notice)
14. [Chloe Fineman, SNL Rankings](https://www.snlrankings.com/chloe-fineman/)
15. [Chloe Fineman on 'SNL' at 50 Seasons, Backstage Magazine](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/chloe-fineman-snl-interview-77802/)
16. [Chloe Fineman Leaves 'SNL' After 7 Seasons, Variety Australia](https://au.variety.com/2026/tv/news/chloe-fineman-leaves-snl-38635/)
17. [Chloe Fineman Ratings, AuteurGraph](https://auteurgraph.com/person/chloe-fineman/ratings)
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