Fran Gillespie

Fran Gillespie

Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known For
Acting

Details

Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known For
Acting

Biography

Fran Gillespie is a former writer and writing supervisor for Saturday Night Live. She was named as writing supervisor in 2017, and overall wrote for the show from 2015 until 2021.

Originally from Chicago, Gillespie moved to New York City to attend NYU. She earned a degree in English and Spanish.

In 2004 (while still at NYU), she began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade. Since then, she’s performed with improv groups including The Faculty, Only in LA, The Law Firm, Diamond Lion, Bangs, Tantrum, Asssscat 3000, Stone Cold Fox, Onassis, Gorilla Gorilla, Slow Burn, Sketchcram, and The Wicked Wicked Hammerkatz. She’s toured with the UCB TourCo, and even taught at UCB. She was hired from UCB to SNL, alongside fellow UCB castmates Sudi Green and Will Stephen for season 41 at Saturday Night Live (both Green and herself left SNL in 2021, though Green returned for the first-half of Season 50 in 2024).

Aside from her writing and improv skills, she’s also appeared as a guest on multiple television shows, including Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Love, The Good Place, Comedy Bang! Bang!, The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing for MTV, Kroll Show, Two Guys Named Josh, and The Birthday Boys.

Fran Gillespie's LGBTQ+ Titles

Other People
Other People
Morgan

Acting (14)

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Additional Cast (2 episodes)
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Geirsten / Self (Pre-Tape Segment) (1 episode)
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self (Pre-Tape Segment) (uncredited) (1 episode)
2023
Digman! as Nebulosa (voice) (1 episode)
2023
History of the World: Part II as Bazaar Woman (1 episode)
2017
Big Mouth as (voice) (2 episodes)
2017
Big Mouth as Girl (voice) (1 episode)
2017
Big Mouth as Maddie the American Girl Doll / Choir Girl (voice) (1 episode)
2017
Big Mouth as Samira (voice) (1 episode)
2017
Lane Woods Finds Love
2016
The Good Place as Megan (2 episodes)
2016
Other People as Morgan
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Sheena (1 episode)
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! as Voyeurs Host (1 episode)

Writing (4)

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney • Other (12 episodes)
• Other (12 episodes)
2024
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter • Writer
• Writer
2024
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. • Writer (6 episodes)
• Writer (6 episodes)
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later • Writer (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)