Shaking Tables & Stepping Up: How Ego Nwodim Broke Through On ‘SNL’ – Q&A
deadline.comThe table isn’t shaking but Ego Nwodim does have a steak salad in front of her. Nwodim has been part of the repertory players on Saturday Night Live since season 46 in 2020, having joined as a featured player in 2018.
She has played Dionne Warwick and Edith Puthie, but over the last year she has broken through in her star turn as Lisa from Temecula, a lawyer whose predilection for overcooked meat has implications for the stability of her dining environment.
When I sit down to lunch with Nwodim, days after what turned out to be the season finale of SNL, which was forced to cancel its final three shows of the season as a result of the writers strike, she’s aware of what she just ordered. “I can see this is pretty well done,” she says. “I’m using my core as to not shake the table.” Lisa is “near and dear to my heart,” she adds.
Nwodim, a pre-med student who was part of UCB before scoring the SNL gig, is proud of what turned out to be the final episode of season 48. “I got to have a lot of fun,” she says. “I’m proud of the work I did.” We were speaking days before the writers strike.
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