Ego Nwodim

Ego Nwodim
Ego Nwodim
	Nwodim in 2023
Born	Egobunma Kelechi Nwodim; March 10, 1988 (age 37); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	University of Southern California (BS)
Occupations	Actress; comedian;
Years active	2012–present

Egobunma Kelechi Nwodim^[1] (/ˈɛɡoʊ ˈwoʊdɪm/;^[2]^[3] born March 10, 1988) is an American actress and comedian. She has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2018, beginning with the show's 44th season.

Early life, family and education

Ego Nwodim was born on March 10, 1988.^[4] She is Nigerian American, of Igbo heritage. Her cousin, English footballer Eberechi Eze, plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national football team.^[5]

In 2006, she graduated from Eastern Technical High School in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland.^[6] She received a biology degree from University of Southern California.^[2] When she decided to pursue a career in comedy, she began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCB) in Los Angeles.^[7]

Career

Nwodim was a regular cast member at UCB, where she also performed her one-woman show Great Black Women...and Then There's Me.^[2]^[7] She was named one of the New Faces at the 2016 Just for Laughs festival.^[8] Also that year, she performed at the CBS Diversity Showcase.^[9]

Supporting roles on television for Nwodim include Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (a three-episode arc in 2017), 2 Broke Girls, and Living Biblically.^[7]^[9] Impersonating Maya Angelou, Nwodim roasted various celebrities and companies in a 2017 Funny or Die sketch.^[7]

Nwodim has made several guest appearances on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang! and Spontaneanation.^[10]

Nwodim's addition to the cast of Saturday Night Live, a long-running NBC sketch-comedy show, as a featured player was announced on September 21, 2018.^[11] On September 8, 2020, Nwodim was promoted to a repertory player ahead of the forty-sixth season of Saturday Night Live.^[12]

On April 5, 2025, Nwodim was reportedly fined by the FCC following a Weekend Update segment in which her character, "Ms. Eggy," engaged in a call-and-response routine that prompted audience members to shout the word "shit".^[13] On May 17, Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost jokingly introduced Nwodim by saying "You know her, you love her [and] you got her fined by the FCC".^[14]

Personal life

In support of her cousin Eberechi Eze, who plays for Arsenal and the England national football team, Nwodim wore a Crystal Palace (Eze's club at the time) shirt with his name on it during an episode of Saturday Night Live in 2023.^[5] She wore it again on May 17, 2025, after Crystal Palace's victory in the 2025 FA Cup final.

Filmography

Film

Film work by Ego Nwodim
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Getting Help	Yvonne	Short film
2014	You're Kind of Weird But I Like It	The Waitress	Short film
2015	Zola	Zola	Short film
2017	Feminist Campfire Stories	Boy 2	Short film
	They Finally Made a Handmaid's Tale for Men		Short film
	Women Who Didn't Love Wonder Woman Support Group	Becca	Short film
	I Will Find You	Number 29	Short film
	Singularity	Assistant
2018	5th Passenger	Dr. Stephan
2018	It's a Party	April London
2020	Magic Camp	Volunteer
2020	The Broken Hearts Gallery	Harvard
2022	Spin Me Round	Emily
2022	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile	Carol
2023	Scrambled	Sheila
	Good Burger 2	Edie	^[15]
	Baby Shark's Big Movie!	Leah (Voice)
	Genie	Diana
	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever	Officer Leonard (voice)
2024	Players	Claire
2025	Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie	TBA	Post-production^[16]
TBA	Little Brother	TBA	Filming^[17]

Television

Television work by Ego Nwodim
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Unwritten Rules	Nicole	Episode: "Just a Group of Us"
2014	Women to Men: Please Catcall Us	PSA Woman	Television film
2015	Hellevator	Contestant	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–2016	CollegeHumor Originals	Various	2 episodes
2015–2016	Adam Ruins Everything	Various	2 episodes
2016	Almost Asian	Britney	Episode: "Twins"
	Broken	Carmen	Episode: "The Ghost of Mike"
	UCB Comedy Originals	Dr. Rubin	Episode: "Dog Virus"
	Galactic War Room	Ayla	6 episodes
2016–2017	K.C. Undercover	Agent McKenzie	2 episodes
2016–2017	The Elite Daily Show	Various	4 episodes
2017	Drive Share	New Mother	Episode: "New Parents"
	Liv and Maddie	Mrs. Karsch	2 episodes
	2 Broke Girls	Jillian	Episode: "And 2 Broke Girls: The Movie"
	Real Rob	Billy Alderman	Episode: "Best Play Date Ever"
	Law & Order True Crime	Lynn	3 episodes
	Do You Want to See a Dead Body?	Danny Teen Fan	Episode: "A Body and an Ex-Con"
	Dirtbags	Single Woman	Episode: "Husband"
2018	Dell: Tales of Transformation		Episode: "KK Conquers Everest"
2018	Living Biblically	Tracy	Episode: "Never Let Loyalty Leave You"
2018–present	Saturday Night Live	Various characters	Main cast
2019	The Real Bros of Simi Valley	Brenda	3 episodes
2020	Shrill	Abby	Episode: "Wedding"
	Brockmire	Liz	4 episodes
	The Shivering Truth	(voice)	Episode: "Nesslessness"
2021	Love Life	Ola Adebayo	2 episodes
2022	Roar	Carole Andrews	Episode: "The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder"
2022	Celebrity Jeopardy!	Herself (contestant)	Episode: "Simu Liu, Ego Nwodim and Andy Richter"
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars	Herself	Guest judge (season 8) Episode: "The Fame Games Variety Extravaganza"^[18]
	RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked	Herself	Episode: "All Stars Untucked: The Fame Games Variety Extravaganza"
	Agent Elvis	Zara (voice)	Episode: "Maghrebi Mint"
	Miracle Workers	Belinda	Episode: "Ronald Proudheart"
	Futurama	Dung Beetle Shaman (voice)	Episode: "Parasites Regained"
	The Great American Baking Show	Herself (contestant)	Episode: "Celebrity Holiday"
	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Herself (contestant)	Episode: "Lauren Lapkus, Ego Nwodim and Jeff Ross"
2024	Good Times: Black Again	Various voices	5 episodes
	Mr. Throwback	Kimberly	Main cast
	It's Florida, Man	Carolyn	Episode: "Toes"
2025	Today with Jenna & Friends	Herself (guest co-host)	Week of February 3–7, five programs
	Bearbrick	Charlene (voice)	Recurring role
	Poker Face	Gilda Deacon	Episode: "Hometown Hero"