Sasheer Zamata Is Joining SNL

Deadline reports that Sasheer Zamata, longtime Hairpin pal and hilarious woman, will join SNL for its next episode, to air Jan. 18. She’ll be the first black female cast member on the show since Maya Rudolph left five years back. You can catch up with some of her stuff we’ve posted here, including the fantastic “Pursuit of Sexiness” series she did with fellow UCBer Nicole Byer; embedded above is “Sasheer Meets Her Flasher,” a personal favorite. [Deadline]