

When writing her 2014 memoir, Yes Please, Poehler further reflected on the beginning of her friendship with Fey: “She was sharp, shy, and hilarious. Her name was Tina and she was like me but with brown hair.” As Poehler explained, “ said there was another new improviser in another one of her classes whom she thought I would really like. In reality, the improv theater’s co-founder Charna Halpern introduced the women to one other. “I was 22 or 23, and I had only recently learned that you can pluck your eyebrows or have a lady put hot wax on them and remove portions of them and shape them,” Fey has said of the wisdom she supposedly imparted to Poehler. Poehler taught Fey her 'first real beauty lesson'įey and Poehler first met in 1993 at a Chicago ImprovOlympic Theater class, where the latter has joked that she got her “first real beauty lesson” from her now-close pal. They have two daughters, Alice (born in 2005) and Penelope (born in 2011).Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler backstage during the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2019, in Hollywood, California Photo: Matt Sayles - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. They dated for 7 years before marrying in 2001. Tina Fey met Jeff Richmond in 1994 at Chicago’s Second City improv comedy enterprise. Tina Fey is best known for her role as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, as a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live and for her close friendship with fellow comedian Amy Poehler. She is also the co-creator of the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. She stars in 2015’s Sisters and in 2016’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. On television, Tina gained notoriety for her role as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, which she played from 2006 to 2013. Tina’s autobiography, Bossypants, topped The New York Times Bestseller List for 5 weeks.
Her other acting film credits include Baby Mama, Admission, The Invention of Lying, Date Night, and Megamind.

Tina wrote and starred in the hit 2004 film Mean Girls. She was a cast member of the show from 1998 to 2006, where she famously impersonated Sarah Palin in popular comedic skits. She was the head writer at Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006. She has received 8 Emmy Awards, 5 Screen Actors Guild Awards, 4 Writers Guild Of America Awards, and 2 Golden Globe Awards. Tina Fey (born Elizabeth Stamatina “Tina” Fey in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1970) is an American comedic actress, writer, and producer.
