United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- Ben Marshall has been promoted to a featured cast member on Saturday Night Live.

The long-running sketch show is undergoing a refresh of performers ahead of season 51, with Veronika Slowikowska, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Tommy Brennan also joining as featured players in the wake of the departures of Heidi Garner after eight seasons, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker after three seasons each, and Emil Wakim after just one.

Ben has already been part of SNL for four seasons, joining as a member of comedy trio Please Don't Destroy, with troupemate John Higgins leaving the show and Martin Herlihy staying on staff as a writer.

Veronika has acting credits in Netflix's comedy series Tires and FX's What We D...