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Rock ON: Chris Rock’s Cousin April Rock Could Be a New Cast Member on “Saturday Night Live,” No Nepo-Baby — Watch Her Videos Here

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It could be all in the family at “Saturday Night Live” this fall.

Comedian April Rock is being considered as new member of the cast. Reportedly, “SNL” is looking for a Black female cast member since the great Ego Nwodim left in 2025.

The family part: April is a cousin of former “SNL” cast member Chris Rock, who has since become a huge star. (He’s directed a new movie coming soon, FYI). April was born in tony Woodbridge, Connecticut. Her father is a doctor and professor at Yale.

April Rock is no nepo baby. She has the goods, and if she’s chosen it will be on her own merits. You can click on some of her work below. She’s a multi-talented comic-actor-singer-writer-director.

Family members have always been part of “SNL.” Bill Murray’s brother Brian Doyle Murray was part of the show years ago. Jim Belushi joined the show after his brother, John, died. They worked out just fine, so I’m rooting for April to land a spot on “SNL” this season.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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