tina_fey tina fey born american actress comedian writer producer best known work nbc sketch comedy series saturday night live impression alaska governor vice presidential candidate creating acclaimed series rock present known appearing films mean girls date night wanted sisters fey broke comedy featured player chicago based comedy group joined writer later head writer performer known position anchor weekend update segment starred wrote screenplay mean girls adapted self help book leaving created television series situation comedy loosely based experiences series fey portrays head writer fictional sketch comedy series starred comedy film baby mama alongside star fey appeared comedy film date night animated film created produced television series originally nbc eventually recent films include sisters whiskey fey received emmy awards writers guild america awards nominated grammy award autobiographical book topped new_york_times best seller list weeks year award satirical portrayal republican vice presidential candidate guest appearance fey awarded mark prize american humor youngest recipient award january fey hosted golden globe awards long time friend fellow comedian critical acclaim duo hosted following years generating highest ratings annual ceremony decade receiving similar acclaim early life fey born pennsylvania suburb philadelphia mother née employee father died age university grant proposal writer brother peter years older fey mother born greece daughter greek immigrants fey maternal grandmother left greece arriving united_states february fey father english german northern irish ancestry fey paternal great great great great great textile manufacturer immigrated america support enabling quickly open factory neighborhood philadelphia pennsylvania according dna test arranged television series finding roots fey ancestry european middle eastern fey exposed comedy early age fey read seventy years school project comedy grew watching cited catherine role model fey attended hills middle school upper middle school knew interested comedy fey attended honors student member choir drama club tennis team editor school newspaper anonymously wrote newspaper satirical column colonel following graduation fey enrolled studied play writing acting awarded prize graduated bachelor_of_arts degree drama college worked day took classes night career saturday night live performing shows fey submitted scripts nbc variety saturday night live request head writer performer hired writer following meeting creator moved new_york chicago fey told new_yorker eye forever way kids eye originally fey struggled sketch air starred satire fey went write series parodies including abc morning talk view wrote sketches plays teens fey extra episode watching decided diet lost pounds told new_york_times completely normal weight new_york_city money couldn buy clothes lost weight interest putting camera stepped head writer led michaels approach fey position female head writer year fey began performing sketches anchors segment fey said ask audition michaels approached michaels explained chemistry fey decision kind risky time role received critics ken_tucker entertainment_weekly wrote fey delivers blow poison filled jokes written long precisely sentences unprecedented update history bright sunny makes delightful cast member anchor pleased fey anchors segment fey best anchor writes funniest jokes today commented pairing fey rest writing staff won writers guild america award 25th anniversary special following year emmy awards ceremony won emmy outstanding writing variety music comedy program left replaced time women anchored fey revealed hired host segment reception positive chicago_tribune noting pairing hilarious pitch perfect success play quick liners delivery season departed develop time left episodes hosted longest serving anchor mark later passed replacement rolling_stone_magazine february cast members date fey ranked importance credited update decade long losing streak late coma rock fey suggested pilot episode situation comedy cable news network nbc rejected pilot reworked revolve style series accepted nbc signed contract nbc allowed remain head writer position television season contract fey develop prime time project produced pilot directed centered liz_lemon head writer variety nbc managed relationships volatile stars new head network october pilot aired nbc rock episode received generally favorable reviews finished timeslot network renewed series second season began october season premiered october premiere episode drew million viewers highest ratings series fey received nomination outstanding actress comedy series won emmy outstanding comedy series subsequent years won emmy awards category comedy series following year fey won screen actors guild award categories nominated early fey received nomination won screen actors guild award best lead actress rock renewed season march series returned season fey pregnancy second child season premiere delayed midseason fey performance inspired later play stand character liz_lemon flashback scenes live episode fifth season announced renewed seventh final season premiere october episodes receiving emmy award nominations wins final season rock ended critically acclaimed run emmy award nominations cited greatest series time considered greatest television history fey created produced television comedy fellow rock alumnus series stars ellie titular character escapes cult moves new_york stars fey star jane_krakowski previously appeared originally produced nbc eventually sold immediately renewed second season premiered march critical acclaim july series nominated seven primetime emmy awards including fey nominated creator executive producer series outstanding guest actress comedy series guest performance prosecutor reference feature films fey appeared surreal comedy debut writer star teen comedy mean girls characters behaviors movie based fey high school life non fiction book cast includes past cast members including film received favorable reviews box office success grossing million worldwide interview fey expressed like write direct movies fey worked movie script paramount_pictures feature based loosely true story rock musician cast animated comedy film theaters teens mother giant received card appearing released compelled join thousand dollars fey starred comedy movie written directed plot concerns kate fey business woman wants child discovering million chance getting pregnant decides find white trash received mixed reviews critics enjoyed fey performance variety wrote fey delight watch able convey kate intentions feelings simple looks situation efficient movie grossed million box office fey projects include voice role english language version japanese animated film appeared alongside film role comedy date night feature focuses married couple played fey steve_carell date night goes year voiced television reporter animated film total worldwide gross million fey commercially successful picture date earned million outside million domestically fey starred alongside romantic comedy drama film admission based novel film directed fey later starred comedy drama leave helmed date night director case films received generally mixed reviews fey performances received film critics announced fey narrator disney nature film released theaters april teamed starring comedy film sisters title characters received positive reviews role fey starred biographical war comedy drama whiskey based memoir afghanistan pakistan positive reviews subsequent appearances february fey hosted episode writers guild america strike appearance nominated emmy category fey hosted second time april appearance received emmy nomination outstanding guest actress comedy series september november fey multiple guest appearances perform series parodies republican vice presidential candidate 34th season premiere episode aired september fey imitated sketch alongside hillary_clinton included clinton tina fey glasses sketch quickly nbc watched viral video million views following wednesday fey reprised role october october joined real november joined john_mccain wife october best ratings following year fey won emmy category comedy series fey returned april reprised impression sketch titled sarah network fey impression hosted saturday night live december entertainment_weekly end decade best list writing fey spot ability strike balance comedy cruelty truly television rolling_stone called impression arguably brilliant work fey members provided voices game fey partnered fellow cast member broadway woman new_york_city production received critics wall_street_journal wrote fun watching fey perform seeing comfortable concluded production isn women funny fey funny period sketches originated second city august fey guest appearance episode appeared guest judge november episode program fey appeared disney campaign year million dreams commercials april fey autobiography released positive review new_york_times fey narrated secret life girls hour long radio documentary produced kitchen sisters introduced stories women girls world shared memories mother fey rapping debut royalty writer rock worked fey fey featured episode america comedic acting style fey known humor delivery wit trademark critics commented reviews fey work according los_angeles_times critic fey project oblivious security hyper alert expression performances chronicle wrote actress ironic comedy fey comedic prowess saturday night live creator employee clear things comes place intelligence edge michaels concluded fearful strong confident recognise voice time agree writing guardian believes fey fashioned comic persona glasses worn fey joked glasses look seldom use butt jokes fey known practicing self humor demonstrated performance liz_lemon 30_rock article ranking fey greatest jokes guardian wrote performer work continues feature trademark mix self pop culture fey self comedic style inspired atlantic recognize comedian successor similar humor critics divided opinions discussions fey use self humor effect women female comic blogger disapproved fey performance rock torn sad apparently doesn beauty reinforcing idea having brown hair glasses figure maybe size instead actually equals ugly defended actress writing fey performance supposed precisely kinds media reinforce ideas unconventional women writing misunderstood fey intentions author concluded self precisely makes women moments self doubt seeing successful tina_fey self gives permission imperfect defended fey tendency physical appearance appearance sure way consistently shows culture placing importance women look interesting thing comic persona 30_rock liz_lemon laughed things career managerial style ability concluded reality self art fact find good male comedian isn master self fun reasons readily accessible source inspiration generous observing fey material lacks wrote fey comedy simply iteration self passing humor current generation female earlier generations performers told use sounding board ideas punching bag insults actress fey developed reputation portraying hilarious self unmarried career woman films date boston_globe defended limited filmography writing unlike film actors fey remains realistic range leading lady says deliberate taking parts actually suited fey explained approaches role asking plausible role job role sisters provided fey opportunity stray playing type female characters known new_york_times film critic wrote seeing fey anxious weapon train surround time gets train wreck rock fey comedic acting heavily influenced physical comedy writer carefully written scripts quirky character driven media fey ranked hot list number maxim magazine photos taken earlier rolling_stone calling thinking man sex symbol named people magazine beautiful people people magazine beautiful people fey placed seventh hot list repeated appearance following year voted number list entertainment_weekly named fey year work named magazine year placed number fey named entertainment_weekly fifth individual 2000s list entertainment_weekly crowned fey future queen allusion future king feature women run calling funniest woman free world quoted saying feel bringing tina inspiration inspiration reason column quoted praise newspaper editors broadcast producers associated_press voted fey entertainer year performer greatest impact culture entertainment citing impression appeared forbes annual celebrity list powerful celebrities respectively new_york_post included fey new_york powerful women ranking number fey time list influential people world selected annually time magazine fey featured article list written rock star alec_baldwin selected america fascinating people september fey ranked forbes magazine list highest paid actresses june announced fey receive star fey recognized women hollywood awards honoring women outstanding achievements film spanning aspects motion picture industry including acting directing producing charity work fey charity work includes support speaks organization sponsors research april participated night stars comedy benefit education fey supporter global relief development organization campaign end world hunger fey narrated video new_york_city describing hunger wider world problems supports love children usa organization fights violence children named mothers difference national spokesperson light night walk benefits personal life years fey joined chicago theatre troupe began dating piano player later musical director composer 30_rock married greek orthodox ceremony june daughters richmond born september born august april fey richmond purchased million apartment new_york_city fey inches long left chin cheek cause remained unexplained public vanity_fair profile subsequently autobiographical book revealed spring semester face stranger alley house filmography film television video games awards nominations
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