Amanda Seyfried continues to be everywhere, from her work in the animated Cinderella-inspired film Steps to her surprise role in Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary You Can See Everything, about Theranos founder and fraudster Elizabeth Holmes. She’s also angling for a potential Oscars campaign for her supporting role in YCSE and gearing up for a new challenge: Hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time ever. Seyfried’s hosting gig was announced during the most recent episode of the long-running NBC sketch comedy series, in which comedian John Mulaney hosted for the seventh time, Phoebe Bridgers served as the musical guest, and Bowen Yang returned (after leaving last year) to play disgraced Nvidia founder Jensen Huang. Seyfried will take the stage at Studio 8H on December 5, after SNL takes a three-week break, with rapper Don Toliver joining her as the musical guest.
The hosting gig coincides with the release of Steps, in which Seyfried voices Cinderella, on Netflix on November 20. It’s also an opportune time for Seyfried to talk openly about her appearance in You Can See Everything, in which she reprised her role as Holmes (after portraying her on the Hulu series The Dropout) to film reenactments of conversations the filmmakers had with the real Holmes. Elsewhere in the documentary, Seyfried has a memorable, tense conversation with Holmes’ partner, Billy Evans. How much of her YCSE experience trickles into her SNL opening monologue and skits remains to be seen, but she certainly has plenty of material to work with.
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