Biography
Perhaps most famous for her notorious
Saturday Night Live characters, Ana Gasteyer is also recognizable for her Hollywood feature roles and dexterity as a performer. Born May 4, 1967, in Washington, D.C., where she grew up, Gasteyer attended college at Northwestern before joining the L.A.-based sketch group the Groundlings.
In 1996, she joined the cast of
Saturday Night Live, and spent the late '90s fluttering through various TV series cameos including
NYPD,
Party of Five,
Mad About You,
Seinfeld, and
Just Shoot Me. In 1999, she appeared in
Women on Top and the Nixon-inspired film
Dick, and then in 2000 with
Mel Gibson in
What Women Want. She was then featured in the 2001 comedy
What's the Worst That Could Happen with
Danny DeVito and
Martin Lawrence. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide