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Why I’ll be watching: This movie feels like the spiritual successor to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's 2008 comedy Baby Mama. — Lily Herman, The Yodel newsletter ...
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Amy Poehler (/ ˈ p oʊ l ər / POH-lər; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress and comedian. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade.
IMDb provides an extensive overview of Amy Poehler's life and career, from her early days in Boston and Chicago to her roles in SNL, Parks and Recreation, and Wet Hot American Summer. You can also find her contact info, resume, photos, videos, and more on IMDb.
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Amy Poehler filmography. Poehler at the 71st Peabody Awards Luncheon on May 21, 2012. This is the complete filmography of Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award -winning actress, voice artist, comedian, writer, director, and producer Amy Poehler .
YearTitleRole20242023Meg2021Lisa2019AbbyLearn about the life and career of Amy Poehler, a comedian, actress, and producer. Find out her birth date, family, spouse, children, trademarks, trivia, quotes, and more.
- Actress, Producer, Writer
- September 16, 1971
- She Worked at An Ice Cream Parlor
- She Shed Her Thick Accent
- She Owns A Wine Store
- She Started A 'Parks and Recreation' Dinner Party Tradition
- She Almost Wasn’T Cast in 'Mean Girls'
- She Shaped Kevin G.’s 'Mean Girls' Rap
- She Likes to Write Topless
- Her Brother Is Also A Comedian
- She Co-Founded An Improv Theater
- Her Improv Teams Have Had Some Interesting Names
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The summer before she began studying at Boston College in 1989, Poehler worked part-time at an ice cream parlor called Chadwick’s, where she “wore old-timey outfits” and frequently had to sing “Happy Birthday” to customers — complete with drums, kazoos, cowbells and noisemakers. She ultimately fell in love with that performance element of her summe...
Born and raised in the Boston suburbs, Poehler admitted to The Hollywood Reporterin 2019 that she had to work hard to shed her New England accent. “I found out I had an accent when I went to [Boston College], which is not full of people from Boston," she said. "Every once in a while, it still comes out when I'm yelling or fighting."
Along with longtime friends and musicians Amy Miles and Mike Robertson, Poehler opened Zula Wines & Spirits in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood in 2018. At the time, she explained to Eater that the store had high-end brands, along with a “big” collection of wines under $13 for those looking for a “very good bottle” that won’t “break a bank.” Alth...
Parks and Recreation creator Mike Schur described a tradition Poehler started on the TV comedy’s set — any time the show shot on location, the whole cast and crew would have dinner together, he said, and Poehler would start by dedicating a toast to someone, and the toasting would go on and on until everyone had also been toasted themselves. "She'd ...
Paramount was wary of casting Poehler as Regina George’s mother because they’d “been burned on some Saturday Night Live movies” and didn’t want the 2004 comedy to “feel like an SNL movie,” according to Mean Girls director Mark Waters. Screenwriter and star Tina Fey initially recommended her longtime friend, who had to fly in for half days to filmMe...
Waters also told Vulturein 2014 that Fey let Poehler take charge of Kevin Gnapoor’s racy school talent show rap in the 2004 movie. “She’ll actually give credit to Amy for this, because Amy is more of the rap person,” Waters revealed. “Amy definitely coached him on how to do the rap, and she actually gave him some of the moves and choreography for i...
Poehler revealed in her 2014 book, Yes Please, that she prefers to do her writing topless, later elaborating to Ellen DeGeneres that it “relaxes” her. "I think it was probably accidental, like I was out of the shower and I was like, 'I have to finish this thing’ “And then I was like, 'This feels really good,’” she toldthe daytime talk show host. "A...
After beginning a career as a real estate lawyer, younger brother Greg Poehler switched gears and pursued his Hollywood dreams. Now a comedian, producer and actor, he moved to Sweden in 2006, before teaming with his sister for the short-lived 2014 sitcom, Welcome to Sweden. Greg, who also made a cameo as an emergency room doctor in his sister's 201...
Poehler co-founded New York City and Los Angeles' Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) improv theaters which was featured in a sketch comedy TV series of the same name for three seasons beginning in 1998. Poehler recently admitted to The New York Timesthat she’s unsure of UCB’s future, especially given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "I don't know. It's b...
In their early twenties, Poehler and Fey competed in Chicago’s ImprovOlympics as part of a group called Inside Vladimir. As Fey explained on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2004, the troupe was named after “a gay porn movie that was for rent at the mini-mart near we used to live.” Poehler was also part of a Boston college troupe called My Mother’...
Learn 10 things you may not know about the actress, comedian and producer, from her ice cream parlor job to her toasting tradition. Discover how she shaped Kevin G's rap in Mean Girls, co-owns a Brooklyn wine store and prefers to write topless.
Apr 2, 2014 · Amy Poehler is an actress and comedian known for her work on 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Parks and Recreation.' Updated: Apr 27, 2021. Photo: Zach Pagano/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty...
Feb 22, 2021 · Talk Feb. 19, 2021. Amy Poehler Is Into What Gen Z Is Selling. By David Marchese Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado. No matter the degree of mischievous glee or righteous anger, there’s always...
