‘SNL’ Adds New Cast Members Grace Reiter and Saidah Belo-Osagie

“Saturday Night Live” has added its first new cast members to Season 52.

Grace Reiter and Saidah Belo-Osagie are joining the NBC sketch comedy series, which returns on Sept. 26 with host Jalen Brunson.

Reiter is a Wisconsin-born stand-up comedian and actor who amassed a large following on TikTok and YouTube before she went on to star in Tim Robinson’s HBO comedy series “The Chair Company.” She’s also a member of American High’s sketch team and stars in the upcoming series “Minimum Wage.” Earlier this year, she was listed as one of Variety‘s 10 Creators to Watch.

Belo-Osagie is a Nigerian American filmmaker and comedian from Queens, who is now based in Brooklyn. She is the creator of the event series Afrobeats Futura and the solo show “Saidah Gets Closure.” In 2020 she wrote and directed a short film called “Tinge.”

It was reported earlier this summer that both Reiter and Belo-Osagie participated in auditions that took place across Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, where “SNL” executives evaluated more than a dozen comedians.

The casting announcement comes later than usual for “SNL,” which typically solidifies its troupe in early September. There’s still no word from NBC about the returning cast, but Variety expects that the ensemble will remain largely intact.

Chloe Fineman was the first cast member to depart “SNL” ahead of the new season, announcing she was leaving Studio 8H after seven seasons on the show. Variety then reported earlier this month that Martin Herlihy was exiting the show after five seasons (four of which as a member of the sketch trio Please Don’t Destroy and one as a writer). Bowen Yang left “SNL” midway through Season 51.

“Saturday Night Live” returns to NBC on Sept. 26 with Brunson and musical guest Katseye. The next episodes are headlined by Dakota Johnson and Turnstile on Oct. 3, Shane Gillis and Rosalía on Oct. 10 and Inde Navarette and Gracie Abrams on Oct. 31.