‘The Bear’ star Abby Elliott reflects on getting fired from ‘SNL’

Abby Elliott survived his worst fear that is realized and can still make people laugh.

The star nominated at the Golden Globe of The bear is the daughter – and the granddaughter – of the royalty of comedy, from Saturday Night Live The star Chris Elliott and his father, the actor Bob & Ray Bob Elliott. Being chosen to join the ranks of his father’s Alma Mater Mater (Bob even appeared in an episode in 1978) was a dream come true, which made the dismissal of the program his worst nightmare.

“Each week was a new week, and your happiness would depend on whether you get something in the air or not,” said Elliott recently The independent“And if three weeks were going without sketch, you would think:” Uh-Oh, will I be dismissed? “… There was always this imminent threat of being fired. It was the worst that could happen. And then I did it.”

Born in New York in 1987, Elliott abandoned the university to pursue Showbiz dreams in 2006, initially heading for the theater. But after having met with great success by trying her the family trade in the comedy, she climbed on the scale of the land improvisation troops and the brigade of vertical citizens directly at the 8:00 am studio.

Elliott occupied a role similar to that which Chloé Fineman fulfilled the current cast: extraordinary impersonator. She became known and loved for her impressions of celebrities from Rachel Maddow to Angelina Jolie, but ultimately, Elliott said she had first asked Snl The boss Lorne Michaels if she could leave, but quickly changed her mind.

“I went back to him with my tail between my legs, asking to stay,” she said, “but after this season, Lorne said:” No, I’m going to relax. “”

She left Snl In 2012 alongside Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg, and they were replaced by a new list of distribution members which included Cecily Strong, Tim Robinson and Kate McKinnon.

“As much as I liked to be on this program, Sketch Comedy was not going to be for me. This is not why I started, and it is not how I wanted to end. In addition, I learned the lessons I was going to learn … And so I left and, you know, the water was warm,” she said.

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Elliott found his niche on scripted television, in sitcoms like Fran Drescher Indebtedand more recently on The bear. The actor plays Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto, the wife of Pete Katinsky by Chris Witaske and Carmen’s sister “Carmy” (Jeremy Allen White) and Michael Berzatto (Jon Bernthal).

Last year, she was nominated alongside luminaires such as Meryl Streep, Christina Ricci and J. Smith-Cameron for a Golden Globe, finally losing against Elizabeth Debicki for her performance as Princess Diana in The crown.