Kristen Wiig

• Birthplace: Rochester, New York
• Birthday: August 22, 1973

Joining NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (1975-) in its 31st season, comic performer Kristen Wiig was part of an energizing new “freshman” class of new cast members, including Bill Hader, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis.

Wiig was born in Rochester, New York, and graduated from Brighton High School in 1991. She performed as part of the renowned Groundlings comedy troup in Los Angeles, which was also the stomping grounds of SNL alums such as Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz and Will Ferrell. In 2003, she landed a role on Spike TV’s “The Jo…more