Amy Poehler

Described as

American actress

Other names

Amy Meredith Poehler

Born

September 16, 1971 · 2 references

Born in

Newton · 2 references

Name at birth

Amy Meredith Poehler

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

screenwriter; film producer; writer; television actor · 1 reference; film actor · 1 reference; television director · 1 reference; voice actor; television producer · 1 reference

Education

Burlington High School (–1989) · 1 reference; Boston College (–1993)

Known for

Parks and Recreation; Inside Out; The Mighty B!; Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2014); MTV Movie Award for Best Jaw Dropping Moment (2009); star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1 reference; Entrepreneur in Entertainment Award (2019) · 1 reference; Golden Globe Award for Best Podcast (2026)

Field

acting · 1 reference; comic · 1 reference; popular science literature · 1 reference

Spouse

Will Arnett (2003–2016)

Children

Archie Arnett; Abel Arnett

Father

William Grinstead Poehler

Siblings

Greg Poehler

Lived in

Chicago; Burlington; Tribeca; Newton

Website

https://web.archive.org/web/20100227095523/http://www.amy-poehler.net/

Wikipedias with a page

68

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Amy Meredith Poehler ( POH-lər; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, and podcaster. Known for her acclaimed roles in sketch comedy, sitcoms and comedy films, she has earned accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award from 26 nominations, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Peabody Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award. Poehler was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to comedy in 2015.
Poehler started her career in improvisational theatre at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, and with the Upright Citizens Brigade in 1995. The group moved to New York City in 1996, where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In 2001, Poehler joined the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live as a cast member, where she also served as a Weekend Update co-anchor starting from 2004 to 2008. She went on to produce and star as Leslie Knope in the sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) for which she won a Golden Globe Award, and co-created the animated series The Mighty B! (2008-2010) for Nickelodeon.
She frequently collaborated with Tina Fey on SNL and later acted with her in the feature films Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Sisters (2015), and Wine Country (2019). Together they co-hosted the Golden Globe Awards four times in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2021, as well as SNL, the latter of which earned them the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award. Poehler served as an executive producer on the television series Welcome to Sweden, Broad City, Difficult People, Duncanville, Three Busy Debras, and Russian Doll. Poehler also voiced roles for the animated films Shrek the Third (2007), Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and the Inside Out franchise (2015–present).
Poehler wrote the comedic book Yes Please (2014) and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. In 2025, she started the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, for which she won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Podcast. She is also known for championing causes which advance worker's rights and women's rights.

Born, in its opening lines

September 16, 1971

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