- Born
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Noël Wells was born on December 23, 1986 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Mr. Roosevelt (2017), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020).
- ParentsKathryn Ann WellsMohamed Hedi Chaouachi
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Her father is a Tunisian immigrant. Her mother is of half Mexican descent.
- Graduated from University of Texas with a Radio-TV-Film and Plan II Honors degree with a focus on production, editing, Middle Eastern studies and politics.
- One of her photographs was the cover of Oxford American's "Best of the South" issue in 2010.
- Performed in the comedy show "Esther's Follies" while attending college.
- Los Angeles, CA
- Just as performers, I think you'd be an idiot not to utilize YouTube.
- I'm sure there have been a lot of boys I've chased over the years that has been fueled by alcohol and stupidity. But that's kind of how things happen - sometimes you have to do something really stupid, and sometimes it works out, and sometimes you fall flat on your face.
- I feel like I grew up being babysat by a television, and all I ever wanted to do was be in movies, direct movies, make movies, but it took me a really long time to be honest with myself about it because my background is that my family was very poor.
- I'm one of those people who had Christmas and my birthday always combined, and generally, my birthday was pretty much ignored. But my parents are always good about making some kind of special effort to make me feel like I also have a birthday that exists.
- I think the process of 'SNL' is still pretty formal. You make an audition tape, your agent sends it in, they watch people's tapes, and then they invite people to perform at a comedy club in Los Angeles or New York. But I don't know how much actual scouting they do online.
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