Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris stopped into Saturday Night Live to give herself a pep talk days before the US presidential election.

The presidential hopeful appeared as the “mirror image” of herself alongside actress Maya Rudolph, who reprised her role impersonating the vice president, during the show’s cold open.

Harris was scheduled to be heading to Detroit, Michigan before her campaign revealed she was making an unscheduled stop in New York City.

The final show before Tuesday’s election opened on a CNN parody, before cutting to a Trump rally with Austin Johnson portraying the former president and his most recent Liz Cheney remarks.

It then cut to a conversation between Rudolph as Harris, Dana Carvey portraying President Joe Biden, Jim Gaffigan as vice presidential pick Tim Walz, and Andy Samberg’s Dough Emhoff.

Rudolph stepped aside for a moment to reflect before her last campaign speech, seeing the real Harris as she looked into the mirror.

“I just wish I could talk to someone who’s been in my shoes,” she said moments before the Democratic presidential nominee appeared.

“You know, a black South Asian woman running for president, preferably from the Bay Area.”

The pair give each other a pep talk before resolving to “end the dram-ala” and “keep Kamala and carry on-a-la”.

John Mulaney returned to host the famed sketch comedy show for the sixth time on Saturday, alongside musical guest Chappell Roan.

Also making a surprise appearance was Virginia Senator and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 running mate Tim Kaine, who appeared in a skit where a contestant could not recall who Kaine was.

Many US politicians have appeared on the long-running variety show, including Harris’ Republican opponent Donald Trump, who hosted the show in 2015.

Hillary Clinton appeared on the show alongside impersonator Amy Poehler during her 2008 Democratic primary campaign and unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign.

The first sitting president to appear on the show was Republican Gerald Ford, who made his debut a cold open in April 1976.