1. Ana Gasteyer is an American actress, comedian and singer.
23 Facts About Ana Gasteyer
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Ana Gasteyer is most notable for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002.
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Ana Gasteyer has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's Suburgatory, TBS's People of Earth, NBC's American Auto, and the film Mean Girls.
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Ana Gasteyer has spoken of how she spent the night at the White House as a child, watched Star Wars with the Sadat family, and saw President Carter "laughing hysterically" as he watched Dan Aykroyd portray him on SNL.
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Ana Gasteyer enrolled as a music major at Northwestern University, and graduated from Northwestern University School of Communication in 1989.
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In 2004, Ana Gasteyer played the mother of the main character Cady Heron in the feature film Mean Girls, written by SNL castmate Tina Fey.
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Ana Gasteyer appeared in the 2005 Showtime musical film Reefer Madness as Mae, the doomed girlfriend of Jack and owner of the Reefer Den.
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Ana Gasteyer starred in a revival of The Threepenny Opera on Broadway as Mrs Peachum, along with Jim Dale, Alan Cumming, and Cyndi Lauper.
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On June 24,2005, Ana Gasteyer originated the role of Elphaba in the Chicago sit-down production of the musical Wicked, alongside Kate Reinders as Glinda.
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Ana Gasteyer was nominated for a Jefferson Award for her performance.
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Ana Gasteyer played her final performance on January 22,2006, replaced by her standby Kristy Cates.
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Ana Gasteyer later reprised the role in the Broadway production from October 10,2006, through January 7,2007, replacing Eden Espinosa.
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Ana Gasteyer performed in Chicago in the Stephen Sondheim musical Passion at Chicago Shakespeare Theater from October 2,2007, through November 11,2007.
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Ana Gasteyer took part in the reading of the Broadway musical version of The First Wives Club in January 2009.
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Ana Gasteyer starred as Kitty Dean in the Broadway play The Royal Family which began performances at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on September 15,2009, and officially opened on October 8,2009.
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Ana Gasteyer returned to Saturday Night Live for a special Mother's Day episode on May 8,2010, and for another Mother's Day episode on May 11,2012.
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Ana Gasteyer appeared in season eight of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David's girlfriend.
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From 2011 to 2014, Ana Gasteyer co-starred as Sheila Shay on the ABC comedy series Suburgatory, and, as of March 2013, she was a spokeswoman for the Weight Watchers diet plan.
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Ana Gasteyer has been a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2014,2015,2017, and 2021.
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In 2014, taking advantage of her training as a singer, Ana Gasteyer recorded and released I'm Hip, an album of jazz standards including "One Mint Julep".
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From 2016 to 2017, Ana Gasteyer had a starring role on TBS's cult hit People of Earth as the leader of an alien abductee support group.
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Ana Gasteyer later appeared as a contestant on the second season of The Masked Singer as "Tree".
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In 2024, Ana Gasteyer starred as Queen Aggravain alongside Sutton Foster, Will Chase, Brooks Ashmanskas, Daniel Breaker, and Michael Urie in a Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress.