Growing up in Maryland, SNL star Ego Ewodim wanted to be an actress. Her mother, a Nigerian immigrant, wanted her to be a doctor. So she made a deal with her mother. She moved across the country to LA to “be near where the acting happens," but agreed to study pre-med, and the rest was SNL history.
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