Vanessa Bayer - Wikipedia. Vanessa Polster Bayer (born November 1. Emmy- nominated American actress and comedian, best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for supporting roles in films Trainwreck, Office Christmas Party and Carrie Pilby. Early life[edit]Bayer was born and raised in Orange, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, to a Reform Jewish family.[3] She is the daughter of Carolyn (née Polster) and Todd Bayer.[4]At the age of 1. Bayer stated that while battling the disease, she discovered the meaning of “comic relief”. I don’t know if it made me funnier, but it was so amazing, how it made everything be O.

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K.,” she said.[5]Bayer graduated from Orange High School in 2. University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in communications and French,[7] graduating in 2. She currently[when?] collaborates[vague] with her brother Jonah on the web series. Sound Advice for Above Average.

Bayer stars as Janessa Slater, a media coach who helps famous musicians change their image.[8][9][1. While attending college, Bayer interned on the television shows Sesame Street and Late Night with Conan O'Brien and participated in the cast of Bloomers, an all- female musical and sketch comedy troupe.[1. Bayer was part of the all- Jewish cast of Second City's stage show Jewsical: The Musical, a musical that presented a comedic take on Jewish life and culture.[1. Bayer played the role of Kate Clark in the Chicago- based feature comedy Off the Cuff.[citation needed]Bayer performed improvisational comedy at Chicago's Improv. Olympic, where she trained with SNL castmate Paul Brittain[3] as well as the Annoyance Theatre and Second City.[1. Saturday Night Live[edit]Bayer joined the cast of Saturday Night Liveas a featured player on September 2. Beginning with the 2.

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Bayer was promoted to repertory status.[citation needed]She has been praised for her performance on the show, with Hit. Fix calling her "one of the strongest members of the ensemble"[verify] and Rolling Stone calling her "Saturday Night Live's secret weapon".[verify][citation needed]In 2. American Comedy Award for her work on the show.[citation needed] Bayer departed SNL on May 2. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for that season.[1.

Her recurring characters include: Laura Parsons, a child actress always performing roles originally played by adults, including from Forrest Gump, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain, and Dallas Buyers Club. Breckie, a former porn star who creates homemade commercials to obtain free luxury items alongside Cecily Strong. Rebecca Stern- Markowicz, a co- host of J- Pop America Fun Time Now which celebrates Japanese culture alongside Taran Killam and Jason Sudeikis. Miss Meadows, an unrealistically perky poetry teacher trying to connect with her delinquent students. An unnamed director of talk show Mornin' Miami.

Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy, who appears on Weekend Update to perform a rehearsed speech (complete with forced jokes) about a given subject. Rachel Green from the sitcom Friends (and other characters from the show)One of two workshop elves who perform their jobs poorly in the hope that their master will "punish" them, alongside Kenan Thompson. Dawn Lazarus, an inept meteorologist who appears on Weekend Update and struggles to discuss the weather. Personal life[edit]Bayer suffered from leukemia as a teenager. The Make- A- Wish Foundation granted her wish to send her family on vacation to Hawaii.

As a former "Make- A- Wish kid", Bayer continues to do work with the foundation. In 2. 01. 5, she hosted the foundation's "Evening of Wishes Dinner" to help raise funds for wishes for children with life- threatening illnesses.[4][1. Filmography[edit]References[edit]^"Vanessa Polster Bayer (b. Retrieved 2. 2 May 2. Vanessa Bayer - About - Saturday Night Live - NBC".

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THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER. On April 2. 6, 1. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine suffered a catastrophic Level 7 accident (the highest- magnitude event recorded at the time) leading to dozens of deaths (at least), and creating a massive "Exclusion Zone" around the plant due to danger from radioactivity. By December 1. 98. The only other Level 7 event in record is the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which occurred in Japan in 2.

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Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda, an action- adventure game for the console that would spawn a franchise nearly as beloved as the earlier Mario Bros. In the original Zelda game, Link must rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon. This game was such a big deal that when I was a kid, we sat around on the school bus and traded maps showing the secret locations of special loot. Watch Take Me To The River Mediafire there. The subsequent Zelda games have continued the tradition of excellence, and tend to feature long, deep, involved gameplay. Some other notable NES games released in 1.

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