Amy Poehler is an American
film and
television actress best known for playing
Hillary Clinton on
Saturday Night Live. Poehler co-founded
The Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group that went on to have their own
Comedy Central sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on
Parks and Recreation. She also co-starred in the 2008 film
Baby Mama with her former
Weekend Update co-anchor
Tina Fey.
Poehler was married to
Will Arnett, making them one of Hollywood's most ridiculously awesome couples, but they went through a divorce in 2012, which was apparently amicable. She's also an outspoken feminist who produces a web series called
Smart Girls at the Party, about young women who are "changing the world by being themselves".
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