With some recent changes in the famed NBC show, Saturday Night Live, has a few new cast members, one of which is a very “impressionable” Latina named Melissa Villaseñor. Villaseñor, who has quite the online footprint with her own stand-up material and videos featuring impressions of some of her favorite characters & actors, originally auditioned back in 2009. She also made it to the top 16 in America’s Got Talent in 2011 for such impressions. She has over 50,000 subscribers on YouTube and will over 5 million views. Some of her impressions include Mickey Mouse, J-Lo, and Owen Wilson.
Though there two other Hispanic cast members, this is a step-up for Latina comedian, as this opens doors for more diversity in SNL’s 41-year history. According to TIME, the National Hispanic Foundation of the Arts had sent a letter in 2013 to the show’s creator, Lorne Michaels, scolding him for not having a more diverse cast.
After mastering her celeb impression game for over a decade, this L.A.-based comedian’s talent, hard work, and a little help with supporters in high places, she finally landed a spot. Check out one of her videos below as well as her premiere episode of Saturday Night Live, airing Oct 1st at 11:30pm on NBC4.
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