Jane Wickline
Jane Wickline is an American comedian and actress. She is a featured cast member on Saturday Night Live for its 50th and 51st seasons.
Early life and education
Wickline's mother is Marcella "Marcy" Hardart, a pediatrician who previously worked as an assistant to SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels and as a manager at MTV. Her father is Matt Wickline, a former writer for Late Night with David Letterman and In Living Color.The eldest of three siblings, Wickline grew up in Los Angeles and attended Santa Monica High School, where she played piano and trumpet in the school's band program. She graduated in 2017, then attended Oberlin College, where she participated in sketch comedy and edited the college satire publication The Grape, earning a bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2021.
Career
Wickline began making comedy videos in late 2020 when Oberlin suspended classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After graduating in spring 2021, she worked as a copy editor in Philadelphia while continuing to post comedy videos on TikTok. In a 2021 interview, when asked about her goals, she said she "would love to write comedy in some capacity".Wickline tours as a sketch comedian. She was a member of Stapleview, which was created in 2022 as a live sketch comedy show streamed on TikTok, and appeared in the 2024 film My First Film. By 2024, she was a regular figure on Brooklyn's alternative comedy scene, and was performing with Liva Pierce as the musical comedy act Dukes.
In September 2024, Wickline became one of three new featured players on Saturday Night Lives 50th season.