Is Cecily Strong Still on SNL? Why Has Cecily Strong Been Absent From SNL?

Cecily Strong has been on SNL since 2012, and she is one of the most senior members of the cast, aside from Kenan Thompson, who just celebrated his 20th season on the series-he’s the longest-running cast member in the show’s history.

Cecily was hired for SNL while doing improv at The Second City in Chicago, where she moved after graduating from Cal Arts. She was the co-anchor of the Weekend Update segment during her second year, which was also her first as a full-cast member.

Why Has Cecily Strong Been Absent From SNL?

Cecily Strong’s absence can be attributed to her role in the revival of the one-woman show, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, which is several thousands of miles away 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s Studio 8H in New York.