Saturday Night Live is now five weeks into its 51st season, which has certainly given the post-shakeup cast members enough time to make an impact on audiences, and upcoming SNL guest hosts like Glen Powell will no doubt keep bringing millions of eyeballs to new episodes. Just maybe don't expect any of the freshman reperatory players to get more buzz and attention than one fan-favorite featured player who's being viewed as the sketch comedy's next big breakout star: Ashley Padilla.

A member of the Groundlings, Padilla earned her way onto SNL for Season 50 without a slew of TV credits to her name — memorable one-off appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Night Court and a couple of Son of Zorn eps — but has already sparked enough fan attention and goodwill to make me op

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