NC’s Ariana DeBose hosted ‘SNL.’ Watch her monologue and sketches here.
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Ariana DeBose hosted “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 15, opening by singing — and dancing to — songs from “West Side Story” with SNL cast member Kate McKinnon.
DeBose, who grew up in Raleigh and Wake Forest, won a Golden Globe last week for playing Anita in the new Steven Spielberg remake of the 1961 “West Side Story” film. She was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award last week.
DeBose was kept busy during Saturday’s episode, which featured musical guest Bleachers.
In addition to the monologue, she appeared in several sketches, playing:
a city hall spokesperson/hype woman at a NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ (Chris Redd) press conference
a governess hired by a widower to teach his children
a pedestrian called in to play for the COVID-ravaged Sacramento Kings NBA team
a Longhorn Steakhouse kitchen worker in Texarkana on New Year’s Eve with a demanding boss (ler!)
Urkel’s drunk mom in a dramatic reimagining of the 90s sitcom “Family Matters”
one of two professors (again with McKinnon) speaking about their discovery of unknown fragments written by Greek poet Sappho
and the unlucky date of a loser at a winter formal
She was also in a “cut for time” digital short in which a rapper (Redd) performs a song with his entourage after signing a major deal.
If you missed any of that, or just want to relive the magic, watch the videos below.