SNL's First Out Lesbian Featured Player Kate McKinnon Makes Splash with Penelope Cruz Pantene Sketch

The Big Gay Sketch ShowsKate McKinnon made Saturday Night Livehistory as the long-running sketch shows first out lesbian featured player when she debuted this Saturday in the Sofia Vergara-hosted show.

For her first time out of the SNL gate McKinnon nabbed important air time briefly impersonating another out lesbian, Tabatha Coffey, in a Bravo spoof. But McKinnon really showed off her knack for impersonations and general hilarity in a nearly five-minute sketch in which she donned Penelope Cruz's lush mane opposite Vergara in a Pantene commercial. McKinnons been skewering Cruzs accent something the actress herself has done in Vicky Cristina Barcelonain her acts for quite a while, and she certainly showcased her talent in the sketch with Vergara, which you can watch here at Hulu.

A regular with the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City, McKinnon has appeared onFunny or DiesVag Magazine,about third-wave feminists who launch a magazine. For three seasons she appeared on Logos Rosie O'Donnell first gay man to appear on NBCs iconic sketch show back during the 1985/86 season, according toAfterEllen.

producedThe Big Gay SketchShow creating memorable characters including Fitzwilliam the boy who longed for a vagina.

The comedian has also appeared in several one-woman shows includingDisenchanted,a satirical look at popular fairy tale characters years past their prime, according to theHuffington Post.

While McKinnon is the first out lesbian to appear as a regular on SNL, Terry Sweeney became the first gay man to appear on NBCs iconic sketch show back during the 1985/86 season, according toAfterEllen.

Watch McKinnon's debut here.

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