Casey Wilson joined the “SNL” cast mid-season of the 2007-08 season and is already making her mark with performances that run the gamut from one of the on-the-make older women in “The Cougar Den” with Ashton Kutcher to a paraplegic stripper and spot-on Rachael Ray impression.
A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Wilson co-wrote and performed (alongside her friend June Raphael) the two-woman sketch comedy show “Rode Hard and Put Away Wet” at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York and L.A. “Rode Hard” ran for eleven months and was an official selection of HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and was listed as a Critic's Pick in TimeOut NY. Wilson and Raphael won the ECNY award for "Best Comedic Duo." The duo has most recently written the screenplay, Bride Wars, which will star Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Variety has included Casey in this year’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch.”
Wilson has an on-screen role in “Bride Wars” and will also appear in the upcoming indie “The Great Buck Howard” with John Malkovich as well as Nora Ephron’s “Julie & Julia” with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Previous credits include Christopher Guest's “For Your Consideration” (opposite Catherine O'Hara), and “The Brothers Solomon” (opposite Will Forte and Kristen Wiig), directed by Bob Odenkirk.
She performed as a member of the UCBT-LA Harold Team, "Hey, Uncle Gary!" and performed in “Worst Laid Plans” (True Stories of Terrible Sex) at UCB.
Casey originally hails from Alexandria, Virginia and lives in New York. Her birthday is October 24.