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Noël Wells
Born (1986-12-23) December 23, 1986 (age 37)[1]
San Antonio, Texas, United States
OccupationActress/Comedian

Noël Kristi Wells (born December 23, 1986)[2][3] is an American actress and comedian. Wells is one of six new featured players in the thirty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live, the premiere of which aired September 28, 2013.[4][5]

Early life

Wells was born in San Antonio, Texas.[6] She attended Memorial High School in Victoria, Texas, where she was active in speech and debate and graduated as salutatorian.[7] She graduated UT Austin in 2010[4] with degrees in Plan II Honors and Radio-TV-Film.[8] While attending college, she was a cast member of Esther’s Follies,[9] Austin’s long-running musical satire show, where she performed in sketches and as a magician's assistant.[10]Before becoming an actress, she worked as an editor's assistant. She says her parents named her Noël because she was born two days before Christmas.[11]

Career

In 2010, Wells moved to Los Angeles and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with the sketch team "New Money".[12][13] She has appeared in numerous Cracked.com and CollegeHumor videos,[14] and is also known for her own sketch and parody videos which have over 13 million views on YouTube.[15] In 2013, she guest starred on "The AntiBats!" episode of the Emmy Award-nominated The Aquabats! Super Show!, a cable family comedy series which regularly features UCB alumni. She recently starred (and was also credited with an "additional screenplay material" credit) in the indie film Forev in 2013.[16] which premiered at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.[17][18][19]

Wells joined Saturday Night Live its 39th season as a featured player along with fellow Upright Citizens Brigade performers John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, and Beck Bennett, as well as writer Michael Patrick O'Brien and standup Brooks Wheelan.[5][20][21]

Impressions on Saturday Night Live

References

  1. ^ "Tina Fey/Arcade Fire". Saturday Night Live. September 28, 2013. NBC. {{cite episode}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ [1] [dead link]
  3. ^ "Noel Wells Bio | Featured Player | Saturday Night Live". NBC. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  4. ^ a b Abromavitch, Seth (11 September 2013). "How 'Saturday Night Live' Found 5 New Castmembers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b Carter, Bill (September 15, 2013). "New Course for 'Update,' and All of 'SNL'". The New York Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Noel Wells". Notcommonpeople.blogspot.com. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Local Girl Makes Big Time". Crossroadstoday.com. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  8. ^ "RTF Student Noël Wells Thanks Family for IFC Internship". Radio Television Film College of Communications.
  9. ^ Kiest, Jim. "UT grad may join 'SNL' cast". My San Antonio. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  10. ^ Tinkham, Chris. "Noël Wells - 2013 LA Film Fest Interview". Under the Radar Mag. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  11. ^ http://www.tvguide.com/news/saturday-night-live-christmas-noel-wells-1074160.aspx
  12. ^ "Noel Wells". Upright Citizen Brigade Theater. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  13. ^ Seth Abramovitch, Seth (11 September 2013). "Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the 5 New Faces of 'SNL'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ^ "Noel Wells". Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  15. ^ "Noël". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  16. ^ "Forev". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  17. ^ Ferguson, Dana (14 June 2013). "L.A. Film Festival: Contemplating the meaning of 'Forev'". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ^ Howard, Courtney. "LA FILM FEST REVIEW – FOREV". Very Aware. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  19. ^ Miller, Danny. "LAFF Interview: The directors and stars of the indie charmer 'Forev'". MSN Entertainment. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Michael Patrick O'Brien, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, John Milhiser & Noël Wells Poised To Join 'Saturday Night Live' Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  21. ^ Luippold, Ross (2013-08-23). "'SNL' Cast Rumored To Add Noël Wells, Beck Bennett, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Mike O'Brien (UPDATE)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-10-07.

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