Tina Fey

Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She joined the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1997 to 2006 where she served as a head writer, a performer, and co-anchor of ''Weekend Update''. She later returned to the show portraying a satirical version of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in subsequent guest appearances. She gained acclaim for creating and starring as Liz Lemon in the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock'' (2006–2013) which earned her several accolades including the Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
She later created several shows including the Netflix sitcom ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020), the NBC sitcom ''Mr. Mayor'' (2021–2022), and the Netflix comedy-drama series ''The Four Seasons'' (2025), and executive produced the Peacock series ''Girls5eva'' (2021–2024). Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted the Golden Globe Awards four times in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2021 as well as ''SNL'' in 2015 the latter of which earned them a Primetime Emmy Award. On film, Fey has acted in ''Mean Girls'' (2004), ''Baby Mama'' (2008), ''Date Night'' (2010), ''Megamind'' (2010), ''Admission'' (2013), ''Muppets Most Wanted'' (2014), ''Sisters'' (2015), ''Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'' (2016), ''Wine Country'' (2019), and ''Soul'' (2020).
She released her memoir, ''Bossypants'' (2011), which topped ''The New York Times Best Seller'' list for five weeks and garnered her a Grammy Award nomination. Fey also created the musical adaptation ''Mean Girls'', which premiered on Broadway in 2018, and earned her a Tony Award nomination. She later adapted the stage production into a 2024 musical film of the same name. Provided by Wikipedia
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