Fran Gillespie
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Fran Gillespie is a former writer and writing supervisor for Saturday Night Live. She was named as writing supervisor in 2017, and overall wrote for the show from 2015 until 2021.
Originally from Chicago, Gillespie moved to New York City to attend NYU. She earned a degree in English and Spanish.
In 2004 (while still at NYU), she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Since then, she’s performed with improv groups including The Faculty, Only in LA, The Law Firm, Diamond Lion, Bangs, Tantrum, Asssscat 3000, Stone Cold Fox, Onassis, Gorilla Gorilla, Slow Burn, Sketchcram, and The Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. She’s toured with the UCB TourCo, and even taught at UCB. She was hired from UCB to SNL, alongside fellow UCB castmates Sudi Green and Will Stephen for season 41 at Saturday Night Live (both Green and herself left SNL in 2021, though Green returned for the first-half of Season 50 in 2024).
Aside from her writing and improv skills, she’s also appeared as a guest on multiple television shows, including Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Love, The Good Place, Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing for MTV, Kroll Show, Two Guys Named Josh, and The Birthday Boys.
Originally from Chicago, Gillespie moved to New York City to attend NYU. She earned a degree in English and Spanish.
In 2004 (while still at NYU), she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Since then, she’s performed with improv groups including The Faculty, Only in LA, The Law Firm, Diamond Lion, Bangs, Tantrum, Asssscat 3000, Stone Cold Fox, Onassis, Gorilla Gorilla, Slow Burn, Sketchcram, and The Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. She’s toured with the UCB TourCo, and even taught at UCB. She was hired from UCB to SNL, alongside fellow UCB castmates Sudi Green and Will Stephen for season 41 at Saturday Night Live (both Green and herself left SNL in 2021, though Green returned for the first-half of Season 50 in 2024).
Aside from her writing and improv skills, she’s also appeared as a guest on multiple television shows, including Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Love, The Good Place, Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing for MTV, Kroll Show, Two Guys Named Josh, and The Birthday Boys.
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Filmography
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · as Additional Cast |
| 2023 | Digman! · as Nebulosa (voice) |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II · as Bazaar Woman |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as (voice) |
| 2016 | The Good Place · as Megan |
| 2016 | Other People · as Morgan |
| 2016 | Love · as Caroline |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Dennis Quaid's On-Set Freak Out: The Full Video · as Horse Trainer |
| 2015 | Walk of No Shame · as Cast |
| 2013 | The Birthday Boys · as SarahPå Plex |
| 2013 | Two Guys Named Josh · as Josh #2 |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine · as Sheena |
| 2013 | Kroll Show · as Hacktivist |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! · as Voyeurs HostPå Plex |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts · as Amelia |
| 2022 | |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as Consulting Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2011 | The Chris Gethard Show · as Self |
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · as Other |
| 2022 | Killing It (2022) · as Written By |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Special Material By |
| 2018 | The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Written By |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as Written By |
| 2016 | Hidden America with Jonah Ray · as Segment Producer |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live · as Supervising Writer |