Megan Callahan-Shah (born February 1985) is an American television writer known for her work on Saturday Night Live .
Callahan-Shah was born in Illinois to Paul and Jane Callahan in Downers Grove, Illinois. She graduated from Benet Academy in 2003. [1] She attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. [2] She has written for Weekend Update since 2015, becoming head writer in 2023. [3]
Callahan has been nominated for several Emmy awards. She received a 2017 Peabody Award for Political Satire and a 2018 Writers Guild Award for best Comedy/Variety Sketch Series. [4] [5]
Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | 2016 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [6] |
2017 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | ||
2018 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | ||
2019 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | ||
2021 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [7] | |
2022 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | ||
2023 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | ||
2024 | Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
Callahan-Shah is married to Swedish rapper Rebstar, whose albums sideWAYS and Rosengård she executive produced. [8] They have one child.
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