Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She starred in NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live. She became co-anchor of SNL's Weekend Update in 2004 until she left the series in 2008 to star as Leslie Knope in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.

For Netflix, she starred as Bride of Gob in Arrested Development, Liz in A Very Murray Christmas, Abby in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Susie in Wine Country and as of 2021 she directed the teenage drama-comedy film Moxie and portrays Ms. Carter.

Biography
She was born in Newton, Massachusetts. Poehler grew up in nearby Burlington, Massachusetts. When she was 10 years old, Poehler played Dorothy in her school's production of The Wizard Of Oz.

After the Upright Citizens Brigade (1998) sketch show came and went, Amy joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 2001. By the end of Christmas break of that year, she became a regularly featured performer. She has brought a slew of great performances on every show, such as impersonations of celebrities such as Kelly Ripa or Sharon Osbourne. When Jimmy Fallon left at the end of the 2003-04 season, Amy joined Tina Fey as a co-anchor for Weekend Update. Her Hollywood star is also growing bright, as she has done several feature films, including Blades of Glory (2007) with her then-real-life husband and Arrested Development (2003) star Will Arnett; and the Farrelly brothers-directed remake of The Heartbreak Kid (1993), in which she stars alongside another Arrested Development (2003) star, Jason Bateman.

Movies

 * A Very Murray Christmas
 * Wine Country
 * Moxie

Series

 * Arrested Development
 * Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
 * Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later