Chloe Eileen Troast (born May 13, 1997) is an American comedian and actress. Troast was featured on the

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series ''

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'' for its 49th season.

Early life

Troast was raised in

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, and graduated from

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in 2015. In 2021, Troast directed and starred in the music video for The Convenience song "Saturday's Child". Troast attended

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, where she got an individualized major at

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(which she describes as "basically just an English degree") and a minor in Middle Eastern Islamic studies. She sang at her college graduation.

Career

Troast has performed

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, stand-up, and sketch comedy in New York City, sometimes embodying an

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character named Pepper Slit. Troast co-wrote and starred in the web series on ''

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'' (2021). In 2023, she participated in the Montreal comedy festival Just for Laughs and was named one of its 2023 New Faces of Comedy. She has frequently collaborated with the comedy trio Please Don't Destroy and appeared in the film '' Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain''. After auditioning and coming close to joining the cast the previous season, Troast made her ''Saturday Night Live'' debut on October 14, 2023, as the only new featured performer that year. She departed the show the following year after the show producers decided not to keep her on the cast. She starred in the

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film '' Sweethearts'' along with

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, and appeared on the Adult Swim Smalls series ''Dohl's.''

Personal life

Troast lives in

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Filmography

Film Television

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Troast, Chloe 1997 births Living people Northern Highlands Regional High School alumni People from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey 21st-century American comedians American women comedians Comedians from Bergen County, New Jersey Comedians from Brooklyn American stand-up comedians 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New Jersey Actresses from Brooklyn American television actresses New York University alumni Actors from Bergen County, New Jersey