Chloe Fineman

Chloe Rose Fineman (born July 20, 1988) is an American actress and comedian. She became a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) in its 45th season in September 2019, After seven seasons on the cast, she departed in 2026.

Early and personal life Chloe Fineman's parents are painter Ellen Gunn and biotechnology executive David Fineman. She has two sisters, visual artist Emma and CrossFit athlete Alexia (Leka).

Fineman graduated from Piedmont High School in 2006. The school's acting teacher described her as "equally brilliant with comedy and drama". As a junior, Fineman directed Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; as a senior, she directed The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. She performed lead roles in The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. Since her graduation, she has returned to Piedmont to direct plays and lead workshops. While in high school, Fineman impersonated a peafowl on the Late Show with David Letterman after placing second in a bird-calling competition. She worked as a camp counselor at 16 but later got fired after pantsing a six-year-old boy, which exposed his penis. Her recollection of the story in a 2026 interview for Vanity Fair received widespread backlash online.

Fineman graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the Stella Adler Studio of Acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. According to The Independent, , Fineman is a member of the Church of Scientology.

Career 2017–2018: Early work After graduating from college, Fineman moved to Los Angeles, and she was nominated for Best Comedian at the 2019 Shorty Awards. Her television appearances include Jane the Virgin and Search Party. On Instagram, she has posted celebrity impressions as well as clips from her Groundlings work and stand-up comedy. On YouTube, she has done character impressions. In 2018, Vulture critic Luke Kelly-Clyne wrote that after seeing Fineman do impressions of Meryl Streep and others, "As I found out, that extra bit of genius she possesses—that intangible thing that takes a good impression to a great impression—is rooted in her ability to create entirely original characters who feel as real as anyone you've ever met," concluding, "Chloe Fineman is absolutely one of the most talented new performers right now, and she's long overdue for a break." Fineman is well known for her celebrity impressions, and the celebrities she has done impersonations of include: Drew Barrymore, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Britney Spears, Timothée Chalamet, Julianne Moore, Miley Cyrus, JoJo Siwa, Shia LaBeouf, Kim Cattrall and Jennifer Coolidge.

2019–2026: Saturday Night Live On September 12, 2019, Saturday Night Live announced that Fineman would be added as a featured player for the 45th season, along with Bowen Yang and Shane Gillis. Alongside Yang and Heidi Gardner, Fineman was cited as the season's best performer by Andy Hoglund at Entertainment Weekly. Her promotion to repertory status was announced on September 27, 2021, shortly before the show's 47th season began.

Fineman portrayed Sylvia Plath in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson (2021). In 2022, she had a supporting comedic role as Natalie Vance, a wedding planner, in the romantic comedy Father of the Bride. She also portrayed Marion Davies in Damien Chazelle's 2022 film Babylon. In 2024, she appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's science-fiction epic Megalopolis in the role of Clodia Pulcher, with Coppola casting Fineman after seeing her in a 2019 stage show where she imitated Melania Trump video calling Ivana Trump. She starred in the sex comedy Summer of 69, released on Hulu in 2025.

Fineman has been the spokesperson for Anheuser-Busch's Nütrl Vodka Seltzer since 2023. She appears in its TV advertisements as eccentric vodka-seltzer sommelier Günter.

On July 16, 2026, Fineman announced that she was leaving SNL after 7 seasons. 2024–2025 All In: Comedy About Love Performer Simon Rich Hudson Theatre, Broadway