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SNL Adds Five New Featured Players for Season 51, Including Canadian Veronika Slowikowska

The hires follow recent staff changes to position the sketch show for an Oct. 4 return.

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Veronika Slowikowska, from Barrie, Ont., will join the cast of Saturday Night Live's upcoming 51st season, one of five new performers added to the roster of sketch comedy show following several high-profile departures.

Overview

  • Veronika Slowikowska joins Saturday Night Live as one of five new featured players for the upcoming season.
  • She is the only Canadian and the only woman among the new additions.
  • The other new featured players are Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall and Kam Patterson.
  • Slowikowska confirmed the news on Instagram with "Dream come true," and brings a large online audience with more than 1 million Instagram followers and roughly 700,000 on TikTok.
  • Season 51 premieres Oct. 4 at 11:30 p.m. ET, following recent cast and writer departures, with SNL airing on Global in Canada.