# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ellen-cleghorne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:09:46.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ellen-cleghorne"
name: "Ellen Cleghorne"
slug: "ellen-cleghorne"
description: "Ellen Leslye Cleghorne \n(born November 29, 1965) is an American actress and comedian. Cleghorne is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1995. She was the sketch comedy show's second African-American female repertory cast member, succeeding Danitra Vance in its eleventh season, and the first African-American female cast member to stay for more than one season. She returned for its 40th anniversary special on February 15, 2015. Cleghorne was ranked the 69th greatest Saturday Night Live cast member by Rolling Stone magazine."
tagline: "American actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen_Cleghorne_Aviano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-11-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.447597333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165971/"
    handle:    "nm0165971"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "الين كليجورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ellen Cleghorne"
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    title: "엘렌 클레혼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Клегхорн, Эллен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ellen Cleghorne"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump