On Thursday, Chloe Fineman announced in an Instagram post that she is leaving the long-running sketch show after seven seasons.“After 7 wonderful seasons at SNL I have decided it’s time for my next chapter,” Fineman wrote in a carousel post featuring several photos of her time on the show. “It’s cliche to say this but working at SNL has been the greatest privilege of my life.”Chloe Fineman attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March.Cindy Ord/VF26 via Getty ImagesAfter describing a few instances behind the scenes in which she admittedly got a tad passionate about getting her ideas on the show, she wrote: “You respect it so much that you give it absolutely everything you have even when it’s incredibly stupid.” “So you’re ecstatic when it works out and the most devastated you’ve ever been when it doesn’t. And in the end it doesn’t matter all that much but it did at the moment,” she wrote. She concluded, “It’s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time. I’m going to miss it a lot. But the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I’ll never be too far away.”Fineman doing her Jennifer Coolidge impression during an episode of “SNL” in 2022.NBC via Getty ImagesFineman is the first “SNL” cast member to leave the show ahead of Season 52 during its summer hiatus. Bowen Yang departed the show midway through Season 51. Fineman leaves after a wild shakeup in the show’s cast last year, which saw the departures of Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker, Emil Wakima and Michael Longfellow.“Some shocking stuff. A little heartbreak, sadness,” Fineman said about the casting changes at the time. “I haven’t fully processed anything, but I will say the show has such a turnover,” Fineman added. “But these people stay in your lives, and I am excited for the new people.”During her tenure on “SNL,” Fineman quickly became known for her range of impressions, which included Jennifer Coolidge, Timothée Chalamet, Drew Barrymore, Britney Spears and JoJo Siwa.Relatedsaturday night liveChloe Fineman