Every SNL Cast Member Who Just Left

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This week's Saturday Night Live saw the departure of four long-time cast members, with the season 47 finale serving as their swan song. SNL has experienced some near-unprecedented security in the current era, with a number of cast members having been with the show for years. But, as with all Saturday Night Live alumni, eventually, even those stalwart names have decided to move on after this season.

Prior to SNL season 47, only Beck Bennet and Lauren Holt departed the show, despite swirling rumors that other big names would leave with them. But the Saturday Night Live family also added three new featured players in the form of Aristotle Athari, Sarah Sherman, and James Austin Johnson. Meanwhile, the talented Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang were promoted to repertory players.

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This season, however, is set to be the true end of an era for Saturday Night Live. Four big names who have been integral to the show for a decade (or just about) are departing after the season 47 finale hosted by Natasha Lyonne (proving that SNL must stop tapping non-actors like Kim Kardashian to host). Here's every SNL cast member who just left the show.

Without a doubt, Kate McKinnon has been Saturday Night Live's backbone and brightest star over the past decade. Her introduction to the show in 2012 injected a breath of wacky fresh air into a show that had started to flounder a bit. McKinnon's comedic timing and uncanny impressions are unparalleled, and arguably, no other SNL cast member regularly gets their colleagues to break like McKinnon. McKinnon was the queen of political impersonations, with some of her most beloved being Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Sessions, Ruth