Kenan Thompson - 9th season
Where He Came From: Nickelodeon's all-kid sketch comedy series "All That"; spin-off "Kenan & Kel"
Memorable characters: Whoopi Goldberg, Lorenzo McIntosh (a convict who uses scare tactics with delinquents), D'Andre Cole (disruptive singing talk show host on "What Up With That")
Bobby Moynihan - 5th season
Where He Came From: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
Memorable characters: Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Drunk Uncle, Guy Fieri
Nasim Pedrad - 4th season
Where She Came From: Groundlings Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
Memorable characters: Arianna Huffington, Tippy (a girl who walks in late to every conversation), Barbara Walters
Vanessa Bayer - 3rd season
Where She Came From: iO Chicago, The Annoyance, The Second City
Memorable Characters: Miley Cyrus, Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy, Muammar Gaddafi's childhood best friend
Taran Killam - 3rd season
Where He Came From: The Groundlings
Memorable Characters: Brad Pitt, Paul Ryan, Jonathan Cavanaugh-san (Michigan University State student obsessed with and misinformed about Japanese culture) -- and the viral digital-short hit "The Legend of Mokiki and the Sloppy Swish"
Jay Pharaoah - 3rd season
Where He Came From: "Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy"
Memorable Characters: President Barack Obama, Will Smith, school principal Daniel Frye
Kate McKinnon - 2nd season
Where She Came From: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
Memorable Characters: Ellen DeGeneres, Ann Romney, Sheila Sovage (a drunk, desperate lady who over-shares)
Aidy Bryant - 1st season
Where She Came From: Second City E.T.C. Stage, iO Chicago, Annoyance Theatre
Memorable Characters: Candy Crowley, Morgan (host of the "Girlfriends Talk Show" whose suggestions are always shot down by her friend Kyra), Mrs. Claus
Tim Robinson - 1st season
Where He Came From: The Second City Detroit, iO Chicago,
Memorable Characters: Carl (elderly retail worker who gets insulted by Moynihan and Cecily Strong's characters), Ben Bailey, Bill Cowher
Cecily Strong - 1st season
Where She Came From: iO Chicago, Second City National Touring Company
Memorable Characters: Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party, Ex-Porn Star, Lydia Callis
