Amanda Seyfried is headed to Studio 8H. The actress will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on December 5, with Don Toliver serving as musical guest.
The news was announced during Saturday night’s episode, hosted by John Mulaney with musical guest Phoebe Bridgers.
Seyfried’s booking comes amid the runaway success of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything, the buzzy A24 documentary about convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Seyfried, who won an Emmy for portraying Holmes in the 2022 Hulu miniseries The Dropout, appears midway through the film, first as herself and then reprising her role as Holmes in a series of reenactments.
The documentary has become such a pop culture phenomenon that SNL has already taken a crack at spoofing it. Last week’s Druski-hosted episode featured a pretaped parody titled “Dru Can See Everything,” with Druski stepping into Fielder’s role before eventually donning a blond wig to portray Holmes himself.
Seyfried can also be heard later this month as the voice of Cinderella in Netflix’s animated feature Steps, which premieres November 20.
She’ll be the fourth first-time host of SNL‘s 52nd season, following Jalen Brunson, Inde Navarrette, and Druski.
Saturday Night Live is taking a two-week break following tonight’s Mulaney-hosted episode. After Seyfried’s December 5 episode will be the first of three consecutive December broadcasts. Hosts and musical guests for the December 12 and 19 episodes have yet to be announced.
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