Tina Fey Biography

Raised on comedic movies and classic sitcoms in her childhood, Fey took her degree in drama from the University of Virginia and moved to Chicago where she discovered her passion for improv at the famed Second City. Best known for her work on Saturday Night Live as co-anchor of the Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon and her subsequent success with the award-winning sitcom 30 Rock that she executive produces, writes and stars in, Fey made her first noteworthy appearance on the silver screen co-starring in Mean Girls (2004), which also earned her a screenplay writing credit. Fey continues her quest for the loudest laughs, starring with fellow SNL alum Amy Poehler in 2008's Baby Mama.


1. She considered herself a "supernerd" during her high school and college years.
2. She was Saturday Night Live's first-ever female head writer.
3. Her father is German/Scottish-American, and her mother is Greek.
4. She recorded the voices for the British and German princesses for Williams' "Medieval Madness" pinball machine.
5. She is an alumna of the famous Improv Olympic, along with Vince Vaughn, the late Chris Farley, Mike Myers and Amy Poehler.


"I think I'm descended from opossums. If I really stress out, I start yawning."
Reader's Digest, 2008


Husband: Jeff Richmond, composer and producer, married June 3, 2001
Daughter: Alice Zenobia Richmond, born Sept. 10, 2005


2008: Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy), 30 Rock


Baby Mama - (2008) - Actor
Artie Lange's Beer League - (2006) - Actor
Man of the Year - (2006) - Actor
Mean Girls - (2004) - Screenwriter, Actor


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