SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Adds Ego Nwodim As Featured Player

Ego Nwodim has joined "Saturday Night Live" as a featured player as the iconic late night franchise begins its 44th season on Sept. 29 with host Adam Driver and musical guest Kanye West.

Nwodim graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in biology and has been a regular cast member at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles where she performed her one-woman show, "Great Black Women ... and Then There's Me."

"SNL" also added Alan Linic, Alison Gates, Eli Mandel and Bowen Yang as writers.

"Saturday Night Live" is produced in association with Broadway Video. The creator and executive producer is Lorne Michaels.