NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. comediennes Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins have signed on to be featured players on "Saturday Night Live," NBC said Thursday.
"NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' has its own post-election 'transition team' gearing up as the show begins adding new faces Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins as featured players," the network said in a release. "They will begin appearing on the show this weekend."
Elliott is a Wilton, Conn., native who previously performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater -- the improv/sketch comedy theater co-founded by "SNL" alum Amy Poehler. Elliott also trained with the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles.
Watkins was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Boston, Mass. She comes to "SNL" from the mainstage company of the Groundlings Theater where distinguished former "SNL" cast members such as Will Ferrell, Phil Hartman, Laraine Newman and Kristen Wiig got their starts, NBC said.
The Hollywood Reporter said Elliott is the daughter of former "SNL" player Chris Elliott.
