Inside Iowa State
February 19, 1999
Saturday Night Live cast member to speak on campus
by Arianna McKinney, News Service intern
Ana Gasteyer of Saturday Night Live (SNL) will speak at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, in the Memorial Union Sun Room.
On the television program, Gasteyer portrays such characters as Margaret Jo, co-host of the fictional National Public Radio show Delicious Dish; Bobbi Moughan-Culp, the musical middle school teacher; and Cinder Calhoun, a politically correct Lilith Fair stand-up comic.
Now in her third year on SNL, Gasteyer also is known for her impressions of Martha Stewart, Celine Dion and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Prior to joining SNL, Gasteyer was a member of The Groundlings, the Los Angeles-based comedy group where former SNL cast members Laraine Newman, Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz began.
A Washington, D.C., native, Gasteyer is a graduate of Northwestern University. Her other television credits include Seinfeld, Law and Order, Party of Five, NYPD Blue and Just Shoot Me.
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