Amy Poehler Bio
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Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American comedienne and actress. She is a cast member and parody news anchor on the NBC television program Saturday Night Live. In early 2008 Amy Poehler starred in the film Baby Mama. Amy Poehler: Early lifePoehler was born in Burlington, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eileen, a teacher, and Bill Poehler. She has a younger brother, Gregory, who was a copyright lawyer in New York before moving to Stockholm, Sweden with his wife. A 1993 graduate of Boston College, Poehler was a key member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag. After graduating from college, Poehler moved to Chicago where she studied improv at Second City alongside friend and future co-star Tina Fey. She also studied with Del Close at ImprovOlympic, going on to become part of the touring company as well as teaching classes at iO. Amy Poehler: CareerAmy Poehler - Upright Citizens BrigadeDuring her time at Second City, Poehler studied with Matt Besser, part of the Upright Citizens Brigade. While the group initially consisted of many members (including Horatio Sanz, Adam McKay, and Neil Flynn), Poehler quickly became part of the group along with Matt Walsh. The two, along with Besser and Ian Roberts, performed sketch and improv around Chicago before moving to New York in 1996. In 1998, Comedy Central debuted the Upright Citizens Brigade 's half hour TV show. During the show's second season, the group opened an Improv theatre and training center in New York City at 161 W. 22nd Street, occupying the space of a former strip club. The UCB theatre held shows seven nights a week in addition to offering classes in sketch comedy writing and improv. Comedy Central cancelled the Upright Citizens Brigade program after its third season, though the UCB theatre continues to operate. Amy Poehler - Saturday Night LiveOn September 29, 2001, Poehler made her debut as a featured player on Saturday Night Live. She was promoted to repertory player halfway through her first season-- only the second cast member in SNL history to have achieved this fact. During her first season on SNL, Poehler was promoted from featured player to full cast member, making her the third person to have ever earned this distinction (after Harry Shearer and Eddie Murphy). Beginning with the 2004-05 season, she co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Tina Fey, replacing the newly departed Jimmy Fallon. In a TV Guide interview, Fey said that with Poehler co-anchoring, there now is "double the sexual tension." When Fey left after the 2005-06 season to devote time to the sitcom she created, 30 Rock, Seth Meyers joined Poehler at the anchor desk. Poehler has confirmed she will be back for the 2008 - 2009 season of SNL. Amy Poehler - Other projectsPoehler has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer, Mean Girls, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, Blades of Glory, Envy, Shrek The Third and Mr. Woodcock. In the past, she often appeared in various comedy segments on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, often playing her recurring role as Andy Richter's little sister Stacy, and as a recurring character in two episodes of the college dramedy Undeclared. She appears in the film Southland Tales, which premiered on May 21, 2006 at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, she appeared in Horton Hears a Who! and Baby Mama, and will star in Spring Breakdown and Hamlet 2. She has also co-created an animated series for Nickelodeon called The Mighty B! about Bessie Higgenbottom, a "sweet, merit-badge-obsessed girl scout," to which she lends her vocal talents. Poehler appeared on the cover of the April 20, 2008 issue of Page Six Magazine. Amy Poehler: Personal lifePoehler is married to Will Arnett, of the FOX comedy Arrested Development, and had recurring roles in the series as the nameless wife of Arnett's character George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II. Poehler and Arnett also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister ice skating team in the 2007 film Blades of Glory. Amy Poehler - PregnancyOn April 28, 2008 People announced that the couple are expecting their first child together, due in the fall. |
