History Creator / AmyPoehler

Poehler was married to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Will Arnett]], making them one of Hollywood's most ridiculously awesome couples, but they went through a divorce in 2012, which was apparently [[AmicableExes amicable]]. 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".

Poehler co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group that went on to have their own Creator/ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''Film/BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

** ''WesternAnimation/ShrektheThird''

** ''[[HamletTwo Hamlet 2]]''

** ''Film/Sisters''
** ''SpringBreakdown''

* HideYourPregnancy: Averted. During her first pregnancy, she continued to perform on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' until mere ''hours'' before she went into labor, with her eventually massive baby bump getting worked into sketches.[[note]]When she was absent for that week's "Weekend Update," co-host Seth Meyers announced that she was off that night because she was having her baby, and the audience, who had followed her entire pregnancy, erupted in applause.[[/note]]

On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez. She also famously performed on the show's 30th season while visibly pregnant with her first child, not taking off until she actually went into labor during that week's show.

On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez.

* HideYourPregnancy: Averted. During her first pregnancy, she continued to perform on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' until mere ''hours'' before she went into labor, with her eventually massive baby bump getting worked into sketches.[[edit]]When she was absent for that week's "Weekend Update," co-host Seth Meyers announced that she was off that night because she was having her baby, and the audience, who had followed her entire pregnancy, erupted in applause.[[/note]]

Poehler co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''Film/BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

'''Amy Meredith Poehler''' (born September 16, 1971) is an American comedic {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a former cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' 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/SecondCity improv troupe.

On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez.

'''Amy Meredith Poehler''' (born September 16, 1971) is an American comedic {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a former cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and for producing, frequently directing, and starring as [[DeTerminator go-getter]] [[BlitheSpirit never-give-up]] government worker Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.

Poehler co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

** ''WetHotAmericanSummer''

** ''BladesOfGlory''

** ''BabyMama''

Poehler was married to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Will Arnett]], making them one of Hollywood's most ridiculously awesome couples, but they went through a divorce in 2012, which was apparently [[AmicableExes 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".

Amy Meredith Poehler (born 1971) is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She produced, frequently directed, and starred as [[DeTerminator go-getter]] [[BlitheSpirit never-give-up]] government worker Leslie Knope on NBC's ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

Amy Meredith Poehler (born 1971) is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She produced, frequently directed, and starred as government [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna Leslie Knope]] on NBC's ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

Amy Meredith Poehler (born 1971) is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor 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.

Amy Meredith Poehler (born 1971) is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor TinaFey.

* PlayingGertrude: She's only a few years older than RachelMcAdams, who played her teenage daughter in ''Film/MeanGirls''.

Poehler was married to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment 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".

* TheLadette: Particularly during her [=UCB=] years.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She was born in 1971 for God's sake!
* PlatonicLifePartners: Is very close friends with her former Weekend Update coanchor SethMeyers.

* TheStoner: Most of her jokes on Weekend Update are about how she loves to smoke weed.

Amy Meredith Poehler (born 1971) is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor TinaFey. On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez.

Amy Poehler is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor TinaFey. On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez.

AmyPoehler is an American {{film}} and [[LiveActionTV television]] actress best known for being a cast member on Comedy Central's ''Upright Citizens Brigade'' and NBC's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Poehler co-founded TheUprightCitizensBrigade, an improv group that went on to have their own ComedyCentral sketch series and open theaters and training centers on both coasts. She currently portrays the character of Leslie Knope on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. She also co-starred in the 2008 film ''BabyMama'' with her former [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]] co-anchor TinaFey. On ''SNL'', her most notable recurring characters were Kaitlin (a hyperactive kid who pesters her older brother 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 SethMeyers]), Amber (a one-legged hypoglycemic with a flatuence 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, Avril Lavigne, Creator/DakotaFanning, Nancy Grace, Sharon Stone, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Rosie Perez.