Vanessa Bayer

Vanessa Bayer is an actress and comedian who spent seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, joining in 2010 and leaving in 2017. Her characters included Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy and enthusiastic music teacher Miss Meadows. She became a repertory cast member in 2012 and received an acting Emmy nomination for her final season. Before SNL, she performed comedy in Chicago after working with the University of Pennsylvania's Bloomers troupe.

Bayer later co-created and starred in the Showtime comedy I Love That for You. She also played the awkward media coach Janessa Slater in the web series Sound Advice, developed with her brother Jonah. Her film work includes Trainwreck and Office Christmas Party.