Line #29 Creator/AmyPoehler


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3	Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16, 1971 in Newton, Massachusetts) is an American actor and comedian. She is best known for being a former cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (including being co-anchor of its ''Weekend Update'' segment) and for producing, frequently directing, and starring as [[{{Determinator}} go-getter]] [[BlitheSpirit never-give-up]] government worker Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. Like many of her fellow comedians, she was trained by the famed [[Creator/TheSecondCity Second City]] improv troupe.
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5	Poehler co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group that went on to have their own open theaters and training centers on both coasts, as well as [[Series/UprightCitizensBrigade a sketch series]] on Creator/ComedyCentral. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''Film/BabyMama'' with her former ''Weekend Update'' co-anchor Creator/TinaFey. She is also executive producing ''Series/WelcomeToSweden'', a sitcom that is created by and stars Greg Poehler, her brother. She makes occasional guest appearances playing a deranged version of herself, although in the show's universe she's not related to her brother's character.
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7	On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her step-father Rick [played by Horatio Sanz]), Nettie Bo Dance (wife of Percy Bo Dance [Darrell Hammond] from ''Appalachian Emergency Room''), Sally Needler (one half of The Couple Who Should Be Divorced [her husband, Dan, was played by Creator/SethMeyers]), Amber (a one-legged hypoglycemic with a flatulence problem), and Deidre Nicks (one of the hosts of ''The Cougar Den'', a talk show about older women who date younger men). Poehler's most popular celebrity impressions include Hillary Clinton, Music/AvrilLavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Creator/SharonStone, Music/MichaelJackson, Music/{{Madonna}}, and Creator/RosiePerez. She also famously performed on the show's 34th season while [[ObviousPregnancy visibly pregnant]] with her first child, not taking off until she actually went into labor during that week's show.
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9	Poehler has helped to co-create two animated series, ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, and ''WesternAnimation/{{Duncanville}}'' for Creator/FoxEntertainment, and has voiced the main leads of both shows.
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11	Poehler was married to Creator/WillArnett, but they went through a divorce in 2012. They have two sons. She's also an outspoken feminist who co-founded the website Smart Girls at the Party (now [[http://amysmartgirls.com Amy Poehler's Smart Girls]]), dedicated to young women who are "changing the world by being themselves".
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14	!!Film Roles:
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16	* ''Film/DeuceBigalow'' (1999) - Ruth
17	* ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' (2001) - Susie
18	* ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'' (2003) - Molly Gilchrest
19	* ''Film/MeanGirls'' (2004) - Mrs. George
20	* ''Film/TheEx'' (2006) - Carol Lane
21	* ''Film/BladesOfGlory'' (2007) - Fairchild Van Waldenberg
22	* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' (2007) - Snow White
23	* ''Film/Hamlet2'' (2008) - Cricket Feldstein
24	* ''Film/BabyMama'' (2008) - Angie Ostrowski
25	* ''Film/TheyCameTogether'' (2014) - Molly
26	* ''Film/{{Sisters\|2015}}'' (2015) - Maura Ellis
27	* ''Film/SpringBreakdown'' (2009) - Gayle O'Brien
28	* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' (2015) - Joy
29	** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut2''
30	* ''Film/TheHouse'' (2017) - Kate Johansen
31	* ''Film/WineCountry'' - Also her feature directorial debut
32	* ''Film/{{Moxie}}'' (2021) (Director)
33	!!Television Roles:
34	* ''Series/UprightCitizensBrigade''
35	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
36	* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' - Played [[RealLifeRelative GOB's nameless wife]]
37	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' - Granny from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E3HaveYouSeenThisSnail Have You Seen This Snail?]]"
38	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' - Bessie Higgenbottom
39	* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''
40	* ''Series/WelcomeToSweden''
41	* ''Series/MakingIt''
42	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duncanville}}''
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45	!!Associated tropes:
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47	* LargeHam: She whips up excitement with everything she says. "I can do the worm, I've served jail time, I got mad skin tags and I'm rocking one leg. '''JEAL-ESSS?!'''"
48	* SesameStreetCred: She appears on shows and children's media due to her household comedian status.
49	* ThoseTwoGuys: She and Tina Fey are usually in each other's shows or movies.

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