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Biography

Amy Poehler is an American comedian and actress. She rose to fame on Saturday Night Live, where she was known for her impressions of…more

Born

9/16/1971, Burlington, Massachusetts

Birth Name

Amy Meredith Poehler

Gender

Female

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Star (7)

Role
- Parks and Recreation
  Leslie Knope
  - S 4: Ep 22 Win, Lose or Draw
    5/10/12
  - S 4: Ep 21 Bus Tour
    5/3/12
  - S 4: Ep 20 The Debate
    4/26/12
  - S 4: Ep 19 Live Ammo
    4/19/12
  - S 4: Ep 18 Lucky
    3/8/12
  - + 57 More Credits
- The Mighty B!
  Bessie Higgenbottom
  - S 1: Ep 27 Portrait of a Happy
    6/8/09
  - S 1: Ep 12 Ten Little Honeybees
    6/27/08
  - S 1: Ep 11 Penny Hearts Joey
    6/26/08
  - S 1: Ep 10 Boston Beean
    6/25/08
  - S 1: Ep 9 Beenadict Arnold
    6/24/08
  - + 9 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - — The Best of Amy Poehler
    4/18/09
  - S 34: Ep 11 Hugh Laurie/Kanye West
    12/13/08
  - S 34: Ep 10 John Malkovich/T.I.
    12/6/08
  - S 34: Ep 6 Jon Hamm/Coldplay
    10/25/08
  - S 34: Ep 25 Thursday Night Live (3)
    10/23/08
  - + 143 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - S 34: Ep 26 Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008
    11/3/08
  - S 33: Ep 5 SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
    11/24/07
  - — The Best of Darrell Hammond
    11/4/06
  - — Best of David Spade
    10/15/05
  - — The Best Of Alec Baldwin
    5/28/05
  - + 7 More Credits
- SNL Weekend Update Thursday
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/16/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    10/9/08
- Upright Citizens Brigade
  Colby, Various
  - S 3: Ep 10 Thunderball
    4/3/00
  - S 3: Ep 9 Technology
    3/27/00
  - S 3: Ep 8 Small Town
    3/20/00
  - S 3: Ep 7 Sex
    3/6/00
  - S 3: Ep 6 College
    2/28/00
  - + 25 More Credits
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Stacy Richter (1995-96)
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 37: Ep 15 Maya Rudolph/Sleigh Bells
    2/18/12
  - S 37: Ep 10 Jimmy Fallon/Michael Bublé
    12/17/11
  - S 36: Ep 1 Amy Poehler/Katy Perry
    9/25/10
  - S 35: Ep 22 Betty White/Jay-Z
    5/8/10
  - S 35: Ep 5 Taylor Swift
    11/7/09
  - + 1 More Credits
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 322 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 05/05/2011
    5/5/11
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 125 Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, Doves
    5/19/05
  - S 12: Ep 19 James Spader, Amy Poehler, Kenny Hotz & Spencer Rice
    9/30/04
  - S 10: Ep 30 Harry Connick Jr., Amy Poehler, David Cross
    11/7/02
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Stacy Richter (1995-96)
  - S 12: Ep 107 Kristen Bell, Duran Duran
    4/12/05
  - S 12: Ep 104 Matthew McConaughey, John Stamos, Moby
    4/6/05
  - S 12: Ep 103 Gisele Bundchen, Johnny Damon, Hot Hot Heat
    4/5/05
  - S 12: Ep 98 Jessica Alba, Mike Binder, Queens of the Stone Age
    3/25/05
  - S 12: Ep 97 Benecio Del Toro, Jordana Brewster, Kings of Leon
    3/24/05
  - + 34 More Credits
- Arrested Development
  Gob's Wife
  - S 2: Ep 13 Motherboy XXX
    3/13/05
  - S 1: Ep 20 Whistler's Mother
    4/11/04
  - S 1: Ep 19 Best Man for the Gob
    4/4/04
  - S 1: Ep 17 Justice Is Blind (2)
    3/21/04
  - S 1: Ep 16 Altar Egos (1)
    3/17/04
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 110 Eric Bana, Amy Poehler, Sondre Lerche
    5/11/04
Guest Star (34)

Role
- Access Hollywood
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 233 August 30, 2011
    8/30/11
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 23: Ep 112 February 23, 2011
    2/23/11
  - S 23: Ep 13 September 23, 2010
    9/23/10
  - S 21: Ep 162 April 23, 2009
    4/23/09
  - S 20: Ep 149 April 22, 2008
    4/22/08
- Conan
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 41 Who Will Cry For The Third Nipple?
    1/31/11
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 226 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 04/08/2010
    4/8/10
  - S 1: Ep 159 159
    11/27/09
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 43 Amy Poehler/Fran Drescher
    11/5/09
  - S 3: Ep 58 Matt Lauer/Tina Fey/Rachel Dratch/Amy Poehler
    11/23/05
  - S 2: Ep 66 Kevin Kline/Amy Poehler
    12/6/04
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 97 Amy Poehler, Magic Johnson & Larry Bird, The Bravery
    11/4/09
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 117 Amy Poehler, Dan Fogler, Parkour Athletes
    9/23/09
  - S 1: Ep 38 Amy Poehler, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, The National
    5/6/09
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 7 7
    9/22/09
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Guest Star
  - S 15: Ep 17 Amy Poehler
    9/21/09
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/09
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 35: Ep 24 Weekend Update Thursday (1)
    9/17/09
  - S 34: Ep 22 Will Ferrell/Green Day
    5/16/09
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 16: Ep 182 Show #3157
    7/24/09
  - S 15: Ep 98 Show #2905
    4/18/08
  - S 12: Ep 79 Show #2299
    1/10/05
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 81 April 23, 2009
    4/23/09
- Golden Globe Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 66: Ep 1 The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
    1/11/09
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Herself - As Hillary Clinton
  - S 6: Ep 11 Monday, September 15, 2008
    9/15/08
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 257 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
    8/26/08
- The Mighty B!
  Sissy Sullivan
  - S 1: Ep 10 Boston Beean
    6/25/08
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Herself - Video Clip
  - S 5: Ep 131 Monday, March 3, 2008
    3/3/08
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 2417 Amy Poehler, Dave Annable, M. Ward
    5/17/07
  - S 13: Ep 100 Amy Poehler, Steve Schirripa, She Wants Revenge
    4/4/06
- e-Talk Daily
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 84 May 16, 2007
    5/16/07
  - S 3: Ep 53 March 29, 2007
    3/29/07
  - S 3: Ep 40 March 12, 2007
    3/12/07
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 52 Amy Poehler, Carmelo Anthony, Josh Groban
    4/2/07
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
- Wonder Showzen
  Miss Mary
  - S 2: Ep 6 Cooperation
    5/5/06
  - S 2: Ep 3 Knowledge
    4/14/06
- SpongeBob SquarePants
  Grandma
  - S 4: Ep 10 Have You Seen This Snail?
    11/11/05
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 108 Amy Poehler, Ice-T, & Amy Miles
    8/22/05
- Weekends at the D.L.
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Loni Love / Sharon Osbourne / Amy Poehler
    8/20/05
- The Simpsons
  Jenda
  - S 16: Ep 15 Future-Drama
    4/17/05
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 13: Ep 105 Show #2826
    11/30/04
- Celebrity Poker Showdown
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 5 Tournament 3 Game 5
    8/5/04
- McEnroe
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 13
    7/23/04
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    7/19/04
- The Sharon Osbourne Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 8 January 23, 2004
    1/23/04
- Undeclared
  Hillary
  - S 1: Ep 15 Hal and Hillary
    3/5/02
  - S 1: Ep 9 Oh So You Have a Boyfriend
    1/8/02
- Late Friday
  Drunk Lady
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 1.6
    2/23/01
- Spin City
  Susan
  - S 2: Ep 23 Single White Male
    5/6/98
Cameo (1)

Role
- NBC Nightly News
  Self
  - S 39: Ep 54 February 23, 2008
    2/23/08
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Teenage Liz
  - S 6: Ep 19 Live from Studio 6H
    4/26/12
Writer (2)

Role
- Parks and Recreation
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Fight
    5/12/11
  - S 2: Ep 22 Telethon
    5/6/10
- Upright Citizens Brigade
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 8 Time Machine
    10/14/98
Producer (1)

Role
- Parks and Recreation
  Producer
  - S 4: Ep 19 Live Ammo
    4/19/12
  - S 4: Ep 18 Lucky
    3/8/12
  - S 4: Ep 16 Sweet Sixteen
    2/23/12
  - S 2: Ep 24 Freddy Spaghetti
    5/20/10
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Master Plan
    5/13/10
  - + 28 More Credits
Creator (1)

Role
- The Mighty B!
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bat Mitzvah Crashers/Super Secret Weakness
    5/17/08

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- On Friday August 6 2010, Amy and her husband Will Arnett welcomed their second child, Abel James Arnett to the world.
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- In September 2009, Amy rejoined Seth Myers at the Weekend Update anchor desk on Saturday Night Live for a pair of special Thursday editions. The appearances were to help promote and lead into the new episodes of the second season of Parks and Recreation.
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- After joining the ImprovOlympics comedy group, Amy was mentored by comedy coach Del Close, who had also helped develop the comedic skills of SNL legends like Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Chris Farley.
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- Amy Poehler: I want to go on the record and say I have never urinated in public. But the night is still young.
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- Amy Poehler: (in reference to "Parks and Recreation") We don't want to overreach, but every single episode will have life, death, happiness, sadness, anger, rebirth, redemption and a very clear conclusion. Again, I don't want to overreach.
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- Amy: If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?
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