'SNL' adds 2 performers for fall season

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September 03, 2009 by USA Today

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NEW YORK — Saturday Night Live will begin its fall season with two new cast members.

A person close to the show confirmed that Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad have joined the show. The person requested anonymity because NBC has not made an official announcement.

Both comedians have connections to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, the New York- and Los Angeles-based comedy theater that also birthed the careers of numerous SNL cast members.

Slate previously partnered with Gabe Liedman for the comedy show Gabe Jenny. Pedrad, born in Tehran, Iran, previously had a one-woman show, Me, Myself Iran.

SNL premieres Sept. 26.

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