Emmy-Nominated Comedian, Saturday Night Live
Cecily Strong is best known as a standout Saturday Night Live cast member. She entertained viewers with a variety of characters featured on “Weekend Update,” and earned rave reviews for her impressions of Jeanine Pirro, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Melania Trump. Cecily previously co-hosted “Weekend Update” alongside both Seth Meyers and Colin Jost.
Cecily has appeared in The Female Brain and Paul Feig’s reboot of Ghostbusters, as well as Melissa McCarthy’s The Boss, plus The Bronze and The Meddler.
Her powerful memoir This Will All Be Over Soon explores her grieving the death of her cousin—and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her—amid the coronavirus pandemic. The book also details her long-time struggles with depression and anxiety which were magnified during isolation and the ongoing pandemic.