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Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Known for her comedic roles in sketch comedy, television and film, Fey has received numerous accolades, including ten Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. She appeared on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world in…
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2026· 10 entries
“They made a porn movie about Sarah Palin, and the same actress, Lisa Ann, played me in the porn version of 30 Rock. Weirdly, of the three of us, Lisa Ann knows the most about foreign policy.”
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“If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.”
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NBC Los Angeles: Tina Fey compares directing to motherhood in candid moment with Kelly Clarkson
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Forbes: Inside ‘The Four Seasons’: Tina Fey And The Creative Team On Friendship, Loss And Finding Humor In Midlife
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Public attention spiked: 15,252 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 4,033, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 20,717 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.1× the usual 4,033, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “All About Tina Fey's Husband, Composer Jeff Richmond” (People).
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People: All About Tina Fey's Husband, Composer Jeff Richmond
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Yahoo: Tina Fey Delivers Sharp Message to People Who Said She and Husband Jeff Richmond “Weren’t Going to Make It” as They Celebrate 25 Years
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UPI: Tina Fey, Colman Domingo reunite in 'Four Seasons' Season 2 trailer
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2025· 6 entries
Netflix announced it had been renewed for a second season, which is set to premiere on May 28, 2026
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Decider: Tina Fey Says Adapting 'The Four Seasons' For Netflix Served As A Challenge To Her Comedy Skills: "Can We Restrain Ourselves To Actual Human Behavior And Still Make It Funny?"
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Netflix streamed The Four Seasons, inspired by the 1981 Alan Alda film, The Four Seasons
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People: Tina Fey Admits Her 'Impulse to Hide and Retire' Is 'Very Strong': 'I Am So Tired of Hearing from Me'
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CNN: Lorne Michaels once said Tina Fey ‘could easily’ succeed him at ‘SNL.’ Here’s what she has to say about that
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The Cheat Sheet: Tina Fey Has Been ‘Haunted Every Day’ for Years by Steve Martin’s Advice
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A reboot of the 1980s sitcom “The Golden Girls” is coming to Disney+ in June 2024 starring Tina Fey, Lisa Kudrow, Maya Rudolph, and Amy Poehler.” Labeled Satire.
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Fey wrote, produced, and starred in the musical comedy film Mean Girls
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2023· 1 entry
Fey starred alongside Jon Hamm in the black comedy film Maggie Moore(s), directed by John Slattery
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2021· 1 entry
Fey began a recurring role as Cinda Canning, a true crime podcaster, in the Hulu mystery comedy series Only Murders in the Building
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2020· 1 entry
Fey apologized for episodes of 30 Rock where characters appeared in blackface
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2019· 1 entry
It was announced that the series would return with an interactive special, which premiered on May 12, 2020
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2018· 2 entries
During which she revived her Sarah Palin impression
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Receiving twelve Tony Award nominations, including a nomination for Best Book of a Musical for Fey
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2017· 1 entry
Fey adapted Mean Girls into a musical of the same name
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (2016).
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Had guest roles in the NBC variety series Maya & Marty and the Hulu dark comedy series Difficult People
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Fey starred in the biographical war comedy-drama Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to mixed reviews, with some criticizing the whitewashing of chara
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2015· 6 entries
For which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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The series was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series
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The latter of which earned them a Primetime Emmy Award
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Fey guest starred in the Comedy Central variety sketch series Inside Amy Schumer, alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette
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Fey created and produced the television comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt with fellow 30 Rock-alumnus Robert Carlock
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It was announced Fey would be the narrator for the Disneynature film Monkey Kingdom, which was released in theaters on April 17, 2015
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2014· 1 entry
And 2015, generating the highest ratings for the annual ceremony in a decade and receiving similar acclaim
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (2013).
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Fey hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards with Amy Poehler, to critical acclaim
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Entertainment Weekly crowned Fey as "The Once and Future Queen" (an allusion to The Once and Future King) in their feature on "Women Who Run TV", calling her "the funniest woman in the free world
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Fey starred alongside Paul Rudd in the romantic comedy-drama film Admission, based on the Jean Hanff Korelitz novel by the same name
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Bossypants”.
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Fey made her rapping debut on the Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) mixtape Royalty
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2011· 2 entries
Fey's autobiography, Bossypants, was released to a positive review from The New York Times
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Fey narrated The Secret Life of Girls, a two-hour-long radio documentary produced by The Kitchen Sisters
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2010).
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And for her appearance she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (2009).
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Fey was named as Entertainment Weekly's fifth individual in their 15 Entertainers of the 2000s list
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2008· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (2008).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (2008).
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Fey hosted the first episode of SNL after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike
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Won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Emmy awards all in the category for Best Actress in a Comedy Series
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2007· 6 entries
Fey made a guest appearance in the Sesame Street episode "The Bookaneers"
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Was named one of the magazine's Entertainers of the Year, and placed number two in 2008
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Fey received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
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Was cast in the animated comedy film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters as the Aqua Teens' mother, a giant burrito
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In 2007, Fey placed seventh on the Hot 100 List on AfterEllen.com.
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Fey was among the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2007 and 2009, as selected annually by Time magazine.
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2006· 3 entries
“It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good.”
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In which she was compelled to join for "a thousand dollars"
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Fey worked on a script for Paramount Pictures, which was to feature Sacha Baron Cohen, by the name of Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill, based loosely on the true story of a Hasidic rock musician
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2004· 1 entry
“s even more significant is that Baby Mama easily beat comedies aimed at Hollywood”
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2002· 2 entries
Fey suggested a pilot episode for a situation comedy about a cable news network to NBC, which rejected it
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Fey appeared in the surreal comedy Martin & Orloff
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2001· 3 entries
Fey and the rest of the writing staff won a Writers Guild of America Award for SNL's 25th anniversary special
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Entertainment Weekly named Fey as one of their Entertainers of the Year for her work on Weekend Update
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Fey formed the television production company Little Stranger with longtime collaborator Eric Gurian
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2000· 2 entries
Fey began performing in sketches and became a co-anchor of SNL's Weekend Update segment alongside Jimmy Fallon
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Fey partnered with fellow SNL cast member Rachel Dratch in the Off Broadway two-woman show Dratch & Fey at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City
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1999· 2 entries
Fey and Amy Poehler provided voices for the video game Deer Avenger 2: Deer in the City
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McKay stepped down as head writer, which led Michaels to approach Fey for the position
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1997· 2 entries
Fey and other members of The Second City provided voices for the pinball game Medieval Madness
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Fey submitted several scripts to NBC's variety show Saturday Night Live, at the request of its head writer Adam McKay, a former performer at Second City
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1993· 1 entry
Where she first worked with pianist Jeff Richmond, her future husband, and frequent collaborator Amy Poehler
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1992· 2 entries
With a Bachelor of Arts degree and a major in drama
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Studied at University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts (1988–1992).
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1988· 2 entries
Fey enrolled at the University of Virginia (UVA), where she studied playwriting and acting and was awarded the Pettway Prize
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Studied at Upper Darby High School (1988).
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1970· 2 entries
Born 1970-05-18.
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In Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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