Her mother, Zenobia "Jeanne" ( née Xenakes), is a retired brokerage employee born in Piraeus, Greece. Following her father's death, Fey established a scholarship fund in his name at his alma mater, Temple University, to support war veterans studying journalism. Her father, Donald Henry Fey, was a Korean War veteran, university administrator for the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University, and a grant proposal writer who raised $500 million for schools, hospitals, and public service agencies through proposals and direct mail appeals. In 2010, Fey was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest recipient of the award.Įlizabeth Stamatina Fey was born on in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In 2008, the Associated Press gave Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year award for her Sarah Palin impression on SNL. Fey also created the musical adaptation Mean Girls, which premiered on Broadway in 2018, and earned her a Tony Award nomination.įey 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 2015, she co-created the comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. 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 the series, Fey starred as Liz Lemon, the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. 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 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. She joined Saturday Night Live ( SNL) as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, 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. 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).įey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. 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 was a cast member and head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1997 to 2006. Elizabeth Stamatina " Tina" Fey ( / f eɪ/ born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright.
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