Chloe Rose Fineman (born July 20, 1988) is an American actress and comedian. She became a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) in its 45th season in September 2019, and was promoted to repertory status in 2021 at the beginning of season 47. After seven seasons on the cast, she departed in 2026.
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Early and personal life
Chloe Fineman's parents are painter Ellen Gunn and biotechnology executive David Fineman. She has two sisters, visual artist Emma and CrossFit athlete Alexia (Leka). Her father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant. Fineman attended Camp Kee Tov, a Jewish day camp at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley, California.
Fineman graduated from Piedmont High School in 2006. The school's acting teacher described her as "equally brilliant with comedy and drama". As a junior, Fineman directed Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; as a senior, she directed The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. She performed lead roles in The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. Since her graduation, she has returned to Piedmont to direct plays and lead workshops. While in high school, Fineman impersonated a peafowl on the Late Show with David Letterman after placing second in a bird-calling competition. She worked as a camp counselor at 16 but later got fired after pantsing a six-year-old boy, which exposed his penis. Her recollection of the story in a 2026 interview for Vanity Fair received widespread backlash online.
