"SNL" Actors Have Changed A Whooooole Lot Since Their First Episodes, And Here Are 19 Solid Transformations If You Don't Believe Me

    Fun fact: Pete Davidson doesn't age.

    Kayla Yandoli
    by Kayla Yandoli

    BuzzFeed Staff

    What Maya Rudolph looked like in her first episode (2000):

    Rudolph as an MTV VJ in 2000
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    What Maya Rudolph looked like in her latest episode (2021):

    Rudolph hosting in 2021
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    What Kenan Thompson looked like in his first episode (2003):

    Thompson playing a woman in his first SNL sketch in 2003
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    What Kenan Thompson looked like in his latest episode (2021):

    Thompson as an anchor in a 2021 sketch
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    What Amy Poehler looked like in her first episode (2001):

    Poehler in a dinner date sketch in 2001
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    What Amy Poehler looked like in her latest episode (2015):

    Poehler hosting with Tina Fey in 2015
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    What Will Ferrell looked like in his first episode (1995):

    Ferrell as a news anchor in his first episode in 1995
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    What Will Ferrell looked like in his latest episode (2019):

    Ferrell hosting "SNL" in 2019
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    What Eddie Murphy looked like in his first episode (1980):

    Murphy on Weekend Update wearing a sports jacket
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    What Eddie Murphy looked like in his latest episode (2019):

    Murphy hosting "SNL" in 2019
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    What Kristen Wiig looked like in her first episode (2005):

    Wiig as Megan Mullally in her first "SNL" episode
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    What Kristen Wiig looked like in her latest episode (2020):

    Wiig hosting "SNL" in 2020
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    What Adam Sandler looked like in his first episode (1990):

    Sandler wearing flashy underwear in his first "SNL" appearance
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    What Adam Sandler looked like in his latest episode (2019):

    Sandler hosting "SNL" in 2019
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    What Tracy Morgan looked like in his first episode (1996):

    Morgan smiling in a bubble bath in his first "SNL" episode
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    What Tracy Morgan looked like in his latest episode (2021):

    Morgan making a cameo in a 2021 episode
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    What Tina Fey looked like in her first episode (1997):

    Fey as an audience member in her first "SNL" episode in 1997
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    What Tina Fey looked like in her latest episode (2021):

    Fey making a cameo on "SNL" in 2021
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    What Andy Samberg looked like in his first episode (2005):

    Samberg on his first Weekend Update in 2005
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    What Andy Samberg looked like in his latest episode (2018):

    Samberg making a cameo in a digital short in 2018
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    What Fred Armisen looked like in his first episode (2002):

    Armisen on his first weekend update in 2002
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    What Fred Armisen looked like in his latest episode (2021):

    Armisen making a cameo, playing the saxophone in 2021
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    What Leslie Jones looked like in her first episode (2014):

    Jones in her first Weekend Update appearance in 2014
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    What Leslie Jones looked like in her latest episode (2019):

    Jones in her last Weekend Update appearance in 2019
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    What Chris Rock looked like in his first episode (1990):

    Rock in the background of "SNL" farewells in 1990 episode
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    What Chris Rock looked like in his latest episode (2021):

    Rock making a cameo in a 2021 episode
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    What Molly Shannon looked like in her first episode (1995):

    Shannon as a nurse in her first episode in 1995
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    What Molly Shannon looked like in her latest episode (2010):

    Shannon making a cameo as a radio host in 2010
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    What Aidy Bryant looked like in her first episode (2012):

    Bryant smiling in her first sketch in 2012
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    What Aidy Bryant looked like in her latest episode (2021):

    Bryant as a telemarketer in a 2021 sketch
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    What Cecily Strong looked like in her first episode (2012):

    Strong in her first Weekend Update appearance in 2012
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    What Cecily Strong looked like in her latest episode (2021):

    Strong in her latest Weekend Update appearance as a clown in 2021
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    What Tim Meadows looked like in his first episode (1991):

    Meadows in the background of a sketch in 1991
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    What Tim Meadows looked like in his latest episode (2000):

    Meadows as the ladies man in his last episode in 2000
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    What Kate McKinnon looked like in her first episode (2012):

    McKinnon in her first episode in 2012
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    What Kate McKinnon looked like in her latest episode (2021):

    McKinnon on the soundstage in her latest episode in 2021
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    And what Pete Davidson looked like in his first episode (2014):

    Davidson in his first Weekend Update appearance in 2014
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    What Pete Davidson looked like in his latest episode (2021):

    Davidson as Aaron Rodgers in a 2021 sketch
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