12 Facts About Anna Drezen

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Anna Drezen is an American writer, actress, and comedian who has written for television comedies like Miracle Workers, Girls5eva, Murderville, and Saturday Night Live, where she served as Head Writer during seasons 46 and 47.

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Anna Drezen subsequently earned a certificate in Shakespeare in Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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Anna Drezen's mother Irene is a nurse and her father Warren is a pharmacist and the retired Director of Pharmacy at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, New York; he accompanied her to the 2019 Emmy Awards show.

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4.

Anna Drezen has a dog named Lady Bird, a Chihuahua-Terrier mix named after the former first lady Lady Bird Johnson.

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5.

Anna Drezen has written and performed on Manhattan Neighborhood Network's The Special Without Brett Davis.

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Anna Drezen is a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

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7.

Anna Drezen was hired as a staff writer on Saturday Night Live for the show's 42nd season.

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8.

Anna Drezen was made Supervising Writer for seasons 44 and 45, and since the show's 46th season has served as Head Writer alongside Michael Che, Colin Jost, and Kent Sublette.

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In 2019, Anna Drezen began hosting the podcast Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod with writer Andrew Farmer, was a guest on Drunk Women Solving Crime, and performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden on 24 September 2019.

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At the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Anna Drezen premiered Okay, Get Home Safe, a one-woman show inspired by her obsession with true crime podcasts.

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11.

Anna Drezen has been a writer on shows like Girls5Eva and Miracle Workers, on which she appeared as an actor.

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12.

Anna Drezen departed SNL after the December 18,2021 episode in preparation.

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