History Creator / NoelWells

She portrayed many celebrities in comedy sketches on ''SNL'', including Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Creator/LenaDunham, Creator/EmmaStone, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Music/BritneySpears, Creator/KristenStewart, Creator/AlysonHannigan, Creator/RebaMcEntire, and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel. She was the first Mexican-American cast member on ''SNL''.

Noël Kristi Wells (born December 23, 1986) is an American actor, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and her short time on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her celebrity impressions included Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Lena Dunham, Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Reba [=McIntire=], and Zooey Deschanel. She was the first Mexican-American cast member on ''SNL''.

Being something of a [[TheCutie cutie]], she tends to play them as well, either onscreen or in voice, though she completely subverted that expectation as Lord Dominator in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''.

Noël Kristi Wells (born December 23, 1986) is an American actor, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and her short time on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

Much like Creator/JohnMilhiser and Creator/BrooksWheelan, Wells' time on ''SNL'' (during its 39th season) was woefully short-lived. Even though Wells is the show's first Mexican-American cast member[[note]]And the only one until Creator/MelissaVillasenor was cast a few years later.[[/note]] (as well as its first, and, so far, only cast member of North African descent),[[note]]Her father is a Tunisian immigrant.[[/note]] she and the rest of the new cast (up until Sasheer Zamata was hired in the middle of season 39) were dismissed as being "too white" and a sign that ''SNL'' wasn't interested in hiring black female cast members.[[note]]Never mind that they have had several in the show's long run, both before and after this claim was made, though the backlash did push ''SNL'' to at least keep black female cast members in mind when looking for new talent and expand its cast to include more of them and not just have one for every black male cast member they hire.[[/note]] Nonetheless, Noel Wells had slightly more screentime than Milhiser or Wheelan and did show signs that she had potential in staying on the show. Sadly, she, Wheelan, and Milhiser were let go after one season.

Wells' recurring characters were paltry (an unnamed child actor on the "Spotlightz! School for Child Acting" sketches and an unnamed student in Nasim Pedrad's "Shalon" sketches), but she managed to have more celebrity impressions than Milhiser and Wheelan: Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Lena Dunham (both as herself and as her character on the HBO dramedy ''Series/{{Girls}}'', with Creator/TaranKillam as Adam Driver), Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Reba [=McIntire=], and Zooey Deschanel.

Noël Kristi Wells (born December 23, 1986) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and her short time on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

Wells' recurring characters were paltry (an unnamed child actress on the "Spotlightz! School for Child Acting" sketches and an unnamed student in Nasim Pedrad's "Shalon" sketches), but she managed to have more celebrity impressions than Milhiser and Wheelan: Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Lena Dunham (both as herself and as her character on the HBO dramedy ''Series/{{Girls}}'', with Creator/TaranKillam as Adam Driver), Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Reba [=McIntire=], and Zooey Deschanel.

Wells' recurring characters were paltry (an unnamed child actress on the "Spotlightz! School for Child Acting" sketches and an unnamed student in Nasim Pedrad's "Shalon" sketches), but she managed to have more celebrity impressions than Milhiser and Wheelan: Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Lena Dunham (both as herself and as her character on the HBO dramedy ''Series/{{Girls]]'', with Creator/TaranKillam as Adam Driver), Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Reba [=McIntire=], and Zooey Deschanel.

Noël Kristi Wells (December 23, 1986) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and her short time on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

Noel Wells' recurring characters were paltry (an unnamed child actress on the "Spotlightz! School for Child Acting" sketches and an unnamed student in Nasim Pedrad's "Shalon" sketches), but she managed to have more celebrity impressions than Milhiser and Wheelan: Kendall Jenner, Nancy Grace, Lena Dunham (both as herself and as her character on the HBO dramedy, ''Girls''[[note]]with Taran Killam as Adam Driver[[/note]]), Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Kristen Stewart, Alyson Hannigan, Reba [=McIntire=], and Zooey Deschanel.

Much like Creator/JohnMilhiser and Creator/BrooksWheelan, Wells' time on ''SNL'' (during its 39th season) was woefully short-lived. Even though Wells is the show's first Mexican-American cast member (as well as it's first, and, so far, only cast member of North African descent)[[note]]Her father is a Tunisian immigrant.[[/note]] and the first cast member whose name has an accent on it[[note]]Since her name is the actual French word for "Christmas" [even though she was born two days prior], Noel's name has the diaresis over the "e", meaning that the "o" and the "e" are pronounced separately[[/note]]. Compare with Creator/MelissaVillasenor), she and the rest of the new cast (up until Sasheer Zamata was hired in the middle of season 39) were dismissed as being "too white" and a sign that ''SNL'' wasn't interested in hiring black female cast members[[note]]never mind that they have had several in the show's long run, both before and after this claim was made, though the backlash did push ''SNL'' to at least keep black female cast members in mind when looking for new talent and expand its cast to include more of them and not just have one for every black male cast member they hire[[/note]]. Nonetheless, Noel Wells had slightly more screentime than Milhiser or Wheelan and did show signs that she had potential in staying on the show. Sadly, she, Wheelan, and Milhiser were let go after one season.

Much like Creator/JohnMilhiser and Creator/BrooksWheelan, Wells' time on ''SNL'' (during its 39th season) was woefully short-lived. Even though Wells is the show's first Mexican-American cast member (as well as it's first, and, so far, only North African cast member[[note]]she has family heritage in Tunisia[[/note]] and the first cast member whose name has an accent on it[[note]]Since her name is the actual French word for "Christmas" [even though she was born two days prior], Noel's name has the diaresis over the "e", meaning that the "o" and the "e" are pronounced separately[[/note]]. Compare with Creator/MelissaVillasenor), she and the rest of the new cast (up until Sasheer Zamata was hired in the middle of season 39) were dismissed as being "too white" and a sign that ''SNL'' wasn't interested in hiring black female cast members[[note]]never mind that they have had several in the show's long run, both before and after this claim was made, though the backlash did push ''SNL'' to at least keep black female cast members in mind when looking for new talent and expand its cast to include more of them and not just have one for every black male cast member they hire[[/note]]. Nonetheless, Noel Wells had slightly more screentime than Milhiser or Wheelan and did show signs that she had potential in staying on the show. Sadly, she, Wheelan, and Milhiser were let go after one season.

Noel Kristi Wells (December 23, 1986) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and her short time on NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

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Noel Kristi Wells (December 23, 1986) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Being something of a [[TheCutie cutie]], she tends to play them as well, either onscreen or in voice, though she completely subverted that expectation as Lord Dominator in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' as Ensign D'Vana Tendi

Noel Kristi Wells (December 23, 1986) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, director, musician, and writer best known for ''Series/MasterOfNone'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes' as Cait Walker/Knight Light (3 episodes)

* ''Series/ComedayBangBang'' as Aiden Tomasseto (1 episode)