Amy Poehler
Biography
Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American comedian and actress. She is a repertory player on Saturday Night Live. Poehler was born in Burlington, Massachusetts, to Eileen, a teacher, and Bill Poehler.[1] She has a younger brother, Gregory. A 1993 graduate of Boston College, Poehler was a key member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag. On Saturday Night Live, she parodies stars such as Sharon Osbourne, Paula Abdul, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Stone, Nancy Grace, Michael Jackson, and Dakota Fanning. 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 appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer, Mean Girls, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, Envy and Shrek The Third. In the past, she often appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien 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, and is set to appear in the 2007 films Mr. Woodcock and Spring Breakdown, among others. She has also created an animated series for Nickelodeon called Mighty B, scheduled to premiere in 2008 about a "sweet, merit-badge-obsessed girl scout," to which she lends her vocal talents.[2] Poehler performed at Second City Chicago and the ImprovOlympic, and is a disciple of longform improv comic innovator Del Close. She was one of the four players on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade and is a co-owner of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. She can also be seen most Sundays at the theatre in the infamous ASSSSCAT, which has been performed for more than 10 years. Poehler is a talented mimic and has done numerous impressions on SNL and in her other performances. Poehler is also the highest grossing film actress currently employed on SNL. The films she has appeared in have earned a total of over $800 million worldwide. Poehler 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 the role of a brother-sister ice skating pair in the 2007 film Blades of Glory.
Inside Out
Joy (voice)
Sisters
Maura Ellis
Baby Mama
Angie
House (2017)
Kate Johansen
Inside Out 2
Joy (voice)
Mr. Woodcock
Maggie
Envy
Natalie Vanderpark
Spring Breakdown
Gayle O'Brien
Upright Citizens Brigade - The Complete First Season
Colby / ... (30 episodes, 1998-2000)
Wine Country
Abby
Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable
Self
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards
Self - Presenter
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2025
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
The Oscars Red Carpet Show
Self - Interviewee
Inside Out 2
Joy (voice)
Nicktoons
Bessie Higgenbottom (voice)
I'm 'George Lucas': A Connor Ratliff Story
Self
First Time Female Director
Meg
Self - Guest
Self
Self
Moxie
Lisa
Leslie Knope
Wine Country
Abby
Love Gilda
Herself
House (2017)
Kate Johansen
The Devil
Sisters
Maura Ellis
A Very Murray Christmas
Liz
Riley's First Date?
Joy (voice)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Herself
Inside Out
Joy (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Herself / Weekend Update Anchor
Self
They Came Together
Molly
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Entertainment Tonight Reporter (uncredited)
Free Birds
Jenny (voice)
Are You Here
Terry Coulter
A.C.O.D.
Sondra
Game Change
Hillary Clinton / Katie Couric (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Eleanor (voice)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Gretel (voice)
Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right Revisited
Café Patron
The Women of SNL
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell - Volume 3
Sharon Osbourne (archive footage)
The Secret World of Arrietty
Homily
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Eleanor (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Various (archive footage)
Monsters vs. Aliens
Computer (voice)
Spring Breakdown
Gayle O'Brien
Baby Mama
Angie
Hamlet 2
Cricket Feldstein
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Sally O'Malley (voice)
Mr. Woodcock
Maggie
Shrek the Third
Snow White (voice)
On Broadway
Farrah
Blades of Glory
Fairchild Van Waldenberg
The Ex
Carol Lane
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Truck Stop Waitress
Man of the Year
Herself
Southland Tales
Veronica Mung / Dream
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon
Self / Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live - The Best of David Spade
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anchorman: Wake-Up Ron Burgundy
Bank Teller
Saturday Night Live - The Best Of Will Ferrell Vol. 2
Amy (uncredited) (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: Christopher Walken
Mellinda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Herself (9 episodes, 1996-2007)
Envy
Natalie Vanderpark
Mean Girls
Mrs. George
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tracy Morgan
Moviegoer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shortcut To Happiness
Molly Gilchrest
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Kattan
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wet Hot American Summer
Susie
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Ruth
Tomorrow Night
Woman Getting Squirted
Upright Citizens Brigade - The Complete First Season
Colby / ... (30 episodes, 1998-2000)
Saturday Night Live - Best of Alec Baldwin
Various characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
"Saturday Night Live"
Various / ... (112 episodes, 2001-2007)
