Jane Wickline

The eldest of three siblings, Wickline grew up in Los Angeles.^[2] She attended Santa Monica High School, where she was active in the school band, playing jazz trumpet and piano. She graduated in 2017,^[3] then attended Oberlin College. There, she participated in performing sketch comedy and edited the college satire publication The Grape. She graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in creative writing.^[4][5]

Wickline's mother is Marcella "Marcy" Hardart, a pediatrician who worked at SNL as an assistant to Lorne Michaels from 1987 to 1990^[6] and as a production manager at MTV in the early 1990s.^[7] Her father is comedy writer Matt Wickline, who was part of the original writing staff of Late Night with David Letterman.^[7]

Wickline began making comedy videos in late 2020 when Oberlin suspended classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After graduating in 2021, she worked as a copy editor in Philadelphia while continuing to post comedy videos on TikTok.^[8] In a 2021 interview, when asked about her goals, she said she "would love to write comedy in some capacity".^[9]

Wickline tours as a sketch comedian. She was a cast member of Stapleview, which was created in 2022 as TikTok's live sketch comedy show,^[10][11] and co-starred in the 2024 indie drama My First Film.^[2] By 2024, she was a regular figure on Brooklyn's alternative comedy scene, and was performing with Liva Pierce as the musical comedy act Dukes.^[8][12]

In September 2024, Wickline was announced as one of the new featured players on Saturday Night Live's 50th season.^[13][2] As of 2026, she has spent two seasons on SNL, where she has become best known for her appearances on Weekend Update performing satirical songs.