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Actress Ana Gasteyer joined Saturday Night Live in 1996 and became famous for her impersonations of Barbra Streisand, Hillary Clinton and Martha Stewart.

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Gasteyer married Charlie McKittrick on November 9, 1996. Their daughter, Frances Mary, was born in June 2002, making Gasteyer the first Saturday Night Live cast member to perform regularly while pregnant. In August 2002, Gasteyer announced she would not be returning for another season on SNL.

Film and Onstage Career

After leaving Saturday Night Live, Gasteyer shifted her professional focus to the theater. She did several off-Broadway shows and benefit concerts before debuting on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera alongside Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper. In 2005, Gasteyer originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked in Chicago. Her Wicked producer said, "we didn't cast her for her comic abilities. We cast her because we thought she was a terrific actress and we knew how well she could sing." Gasteyer later reprised the role of Elphaba on Broadway.

Gasteyer has also made several memorable supporting appearances in films, including former SNL colleague Tina Fey's Mean Girls (as Lindsey Lohan's mother) in 2004 and Reefer Madness in 2005.

Gasteyer may no longer be a weekly presence on Saturday Night Live, but she is quite happy with her current opportunities in theater. "I want to act on stage now because… I love the discipline," she said. "In spite of what I did for years as an improviser and on live TV, I really love the slow process of stage work. There is such an opportunity to improve night after night after night. I really feel myself grow. Also, I worry less when I'm in a play, the nitty-gritty of it keep the nuts part of my brain quiet; it's such a gift for a an anxious person, to have a satisfying job everyday, to be busy but not stressed."

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