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Ana Gasteyer
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| Birth name | Ana Kristina Gasteyer |
| Born | May 4, 1967 (age 39) Washington, D.C., USA |
| Spouse(s) | Charlie McKittrick |
| Notable roles | Various on Saturday Night Live |
Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress and comedian. She is perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Born in Washington, D.C., Gasteyer graduated from Sidwell Friends School and Northwestern University. She got her role on SNL due to her experience with the famed Los Angeles improv-sketch comedy group called The Groundlings. She can also be seen as a customer in the famous "Soup Nazi" episode of Seinfeld, which was taped shortly before she secured her SNL gig.
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Gasteyer joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1996. She created several well-known SNL characters during her time on SNL, including:
- Middle-school music teacher Bobbie Moughan-Culp (opposite Will Ferrell)
- NPR radio co-host Margaret Jo McCullen of Delicious Dish (opposite Molly Shannon)
- Fast-talking MTV VJ Kincaid
- Daytime talk show hostess of Pretty Living
- A member of the music trio Gemini's Twin (together with Maya Rudolph)
- Lilith Fair poetess Cinder Calhoun
Gasteyer was also known for her accurate impressions of:
- Martha Stewart
- Céline Dion
- Katherine Harris
- Joy Behar
- Joan Rivers
- Sally Jesse Raphael
- Elizabeth Dole
- Kathy Griffin
- Barbra Streisand (auditioning for Star Wars)
- Helen Thomas
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
Ana left SNL in 2002. Since then, she has appeared in various television programs and films as well as in stage productions.
In 2004, Ana 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 Reefer Madness.
Recently, Gasteyer starred as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the sit-down production of the musical Wicked at the Oriental Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
After Wicked, Gasteyer starred in a revival of The Threepenny Opera on Broadway as Mrs. Peachum, along with Jim Dale, Alan Cumming, and Cyndi Lauper.
Gasteyer most recently reprised her role as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. She began her run on October 10, 2006, replacing former actress Eden Espinosa, finishing on January 7, 2007. She starred alongside former Wicked co-star, Kate Reinders who played the role of Glinda. They were replaced by Julia Murney as Elphaba and Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda, who currently star in the production as of January 9, 2007.
Gasteyer and her husband, Charlie McKittrick, have a daughter, Frances, with whom Ana was pregnant during her final season on SNL (a first for an SNL cast member).