Tina Fey

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. Fey was a cast member and head writer of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2000 to 2006 and co-anchor of Weekend Update, as well as the show's head writer. After her departure from SNL, she created the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006–2013, 2020) and the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020), the former of which she also starred in. Fey is also known for her work in film, including Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), Megamind (2010), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Sisters (2015), Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), Wine Country (2019), and Soul (2020).

Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She joined Saturday Night Live (SNL) as a writer, later becoming head writer and a cast member, appearing as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment and, later, developing a satirical portrayal of 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin in subsequent guest appearances. In 2004, she co-starred in and wrote the screenplay for Mean Girls, which was adapted from the 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes. After leaving SNL in 2006, Fey created the television series 30 Rock for Broadway Video, a sitcom loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, Fey starred as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2011, she released her memoir, Bossypants, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks and garnered her a Grammy Award nomination. In 2015, she co-created the comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Fey also created the musical adaptation Mean Girls, which premiered on Broadway in 2018, and earned her a Tony Award nomination.

Fey has received numerous accolades, including nine Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2008, the Associated Press gave Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year award for her Sarah Palin impression on SNL. In 2010, Fey was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest recipient of the award.

Fey returned to Saturday Night Live to host for the first time on February 23, 2008, the fifth episode of Saturday Night Live's 33rd season, with musical guest Carrie Underwood, which this marks the first new show since the three-month Writers Guild of America Strike and which coincidentally, was the first episode for featured player Casey Wilson.

On April 10, 2010, Fey hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time, hosting the eighteenth episode of Saturday Night Live's 35th season, with musical guest Justin Bieber.

On May 7, 2011, she hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time, hosting the twentieth episode and Mother's Day show of Saturday Night Live's 36th season, with musical guest Ellie Goulding.

She returned to Saturday Night Live again to host for the fourth time on September 28, 2013, which is the Season 39 premiere, with musical guests Arcade Fire. She is also the third former cast member, as well as the second former female cast member to host the season premiere of SNL.

She returned to Saturday Night Live again to host for the fifth time, sharing duties for the first time with her longtime friend, former castmate and Weekend Update co-anchor Amy Poehler, on December 19, 2015, the ninth episode and the Christmas show of 41st season, with musical guest Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band. She is the third former longtime cast member, as well as the first former female cast member, thus making Fey a five-time host to enter the Five-Timers Club.

She returned to Saturday Night Live once again to hosting for the sixth time on May 19, 2018, which is the season finale of Season 43, with musical guest Nicki Minaj.

Fey is also the fifth former cast member, as well as the first former female cast member host the season finale of Saturday Night Live, after Dan Aykroyd, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg and Fred Armisen.

Impressions/Characters[]

Impressions[]

Barbara Pierce Bush
Bea Arthur
Brittany Murphy
Daisy De La Hoya
Dina Lohan
Elliot Page (as Juno MacGuff from Juno)
Janice Dickinson
Jodi Benson
Kathleen Willey
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Jo Buttafuoco
Natalia Veselnitskaya
Paris Hilton
Paula Zahn
Sarah Palin
Vanna White

Characters[]

Anna Faye
Bedelia's Mother
Misty Peppers
Rialto Grande Cocktail Waitress
Space Lesbian

Personal Life[]

Fey is married to composer Jeff Richmond, who wrote the music for her sitcom 30 Rock. They have two daughters together: Alice Zenobia and Penelope Athena Richmond, born September 10, 2005, and August 10, 2011, respectively.

SNL Career[]

1997-1999: Writer
1999-2006: Head Writer
2000-2001: Featured Player
2000-2006: Weekend Update Anchor
2001-2006: Repertory Player
November 11, 2006: Cameo
February 23, 2008: Host
April 5, 2008: Cameo
September 13, 2008: Cameo
October 4, 2008: Cameo
October 18, 2008: Cameo
October 23, 2008 (Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday): Cameo
November 1, 2008: Cameo
March 14, 2009: Cameo
April 10, 2010: Host
September 25, 2010: Cameo
May 7, 2011: Host
December 17, 2011: Cameo
December 15, 2012: Cameo
September 28, 2013: Host
October 17, 2015: Cameo
December 19, 2015: Co-Host with Amy Poehler
January 23, 2016: Cameo
October 8, 2016: Cameo
January 14, 2017: Cameo
August 17, 2017 (Weekend Update Summer Edition): Cameo
February 3, 2018: Cameo
May 19, 2018: Host
November 3, 2018: Cameo
May 11, 2019: Cameo
April 11, 2020: Cameo
May 9, 2020: Cameo
March 27, 2021: Cameo
December 18, 2021: Cameo, Replacement Weekend Update Co-Anchor
February 26, 2022: Cameo
December 2, 2023: Cameo

Trivia[]

She is left-handed.
It had been considered by fans she should be impersonated in the future. As Fey & Jimmy Fallon were dual anchors in Weekend Update for four seasons. On his hosted episode, Fallon was impersonated by Andy Samberg as his mirror side during the "Dressing Room" sketch.