Emily Spivey (born September 29, 1971) is an American television writer, producer, actress, and creator of the series Up All Night and Bless the Harts. She previously worked as a staff writer on Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2010 (she was named a writing supervisor during her final season at the show). She won an Emmy Award in 2002 and a WGA Award in 2008, both for her work on Saturday Night Live. Since leaving SNL, she has come back to guest write for the show on several occasions, and made an onscreen cameo during the April 11, 2020 episode, in the Hal Willner Tribute.
Spivey was born in Statesville, North Carolina and grew up in High Point, North Carolina. She graduated from T. Wingate Andrews High School. She earned her bachelor's degree from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her master's degree from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Spivey has been married to film editor Scott Philbrook since 1993. They have a son who was born in 2009.
In Los Angeles, she joined The Groundlings. Spivey wrote for the show King of the Hill, which she left to go write for Saturday Night Live in 2001. In addition to writing the script, Spivey is also part of the ensemble cast of the 2019 Netflix movie Wine Country. She also created the NBC sitcom Up All Night (which starred fellow SNL alum Maya Rudolph, as well as Christina Applegate) and the FOX animated series Bless the Harts (2019-2021).
SNL Career[]
- 2001-2010: Writer
- 2009-10: Writing Supervisor