Tina Fey

Tina enjoys baking cookies and sewing.

Tina and her husband finally revealed in Vanity Fair magazine how she got the scar on her face. The scar is the result of a violent cutting attack by a stranger in her front yard when she was five years old.

Tina's mother is Greek, and her father is German/Scottish-American.

Tina was voted No. 1 on AfterEllen.com's 'Hot 100' list of 2008. The previous year she was ranked 7th.

Tina has appeared on the cover of the following magazines: *Parade (April 4, 2010) *Esquire (April 2010) *Entertainment Weekly (March 26, 2010) *Vogue (March 2010) *Harper's Bazaar (November 2009) *Vanity Fair (January 2009) *Rolling Stone (September 18, 2008) *Emmy (Issue No.3, 2008) *Marie Claire (May 2008) *Entertainment Weekly (April 18, 2008) *Vanity Fair (April 2008) *Parade (March 9, 2008) *Gotham (Yearbook 2007) *Geek (October 2007) *PDTV (October 8, 2006) *Life (September 2004) *Bust (Spring 2004) *Entertainment Weekly (May 10, 2002) *Current Biography (April 2002)

Tina is a Star Wars fan. Her favorite character is Princess Leia.

Tina was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in 2003 and again in 2007.

When Tina was a young girl she wanted to be a ball girl for the Philadelphia Phillies.

In high school Tina was a straight-A student.

Tina's favorite color is orange.

Tina prefers working in television over movies because of its fast pace and more immediate schedule.

Tina is 5'4" tall.

Tina grew up surrounded by humor, her parents loved comedy, and watched funny movies all of the time. Her mother's biting wit encouraged Tina to start making snappy remarks & quick comebacks. She credits these influences with molding her into the comic she is today.

Tina Fey's major award wins & nominations:
Emmy Awards * 2010 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2010 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 30 Rock for the episode "Lee Marvin Vs. Derek Jeter" (Nomination) * 2010 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2009 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2009 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (Win) * 2009 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2008 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 30 Rock for the episode "Cooter" (Win) * 2008 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2008 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2007 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2007 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2007 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for 30 Rock for the episode "Tracy Does Conan"(Nomination) * 2003 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2002 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for Saturday Night Live (Win) * 2001 Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) Golden Globe Awards * 2010 Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2009 Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 30 Rock (Win) * 2008 Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for 30 Rock (Win) Screen Actor Guild Awards * 2010 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2010 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2009 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2009 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2008 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2008 Screen Actor Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) Writers Guild Awards * 2010 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2009 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2009 Writers Guild Awards: Episodic Comedy for the episode "Cooter" (Nomination) * 2008 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Win) * 2007 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series for Saturday Night Live (Win) * 2007 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2007 Writers Guild Awards: New Series for 30 Rock (Nomination) * 2005 Writers Guild Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay for Mean Girls (Nomination) * 2003 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2003 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials for NBC 75th Anniversary Special (Nomination) * 2002 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2001 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Any Length for Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (Win) * 2001 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for Saturday Night Live (Win) * 2001 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for Saturday Night Live (Nomination) * 2001 Writers Guild Awards: Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for Saturday Night Live (Nomination)

Tina has written the following as head writer on Saturday Night Live: Old French Whore, The View, Sully and Denise and The Monica Lewinsky skits to name a few.

Tina was the first female head writer on Saturday Night Live.

Tina's husband, Jeff Richmond is a Second City director, and that's how they met. Jeff is ten years older than her.

Tina graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1988. She was inducted into their Wall of Fame in 2004.

On May 20, 2006, Tina surprised many Saturday Night Live viewers by stating she was leaving SNL. Tina left to work on her own show 30 Rock.

Tina played the role of Frenchie in her high school's production of Grease. She later played the role of Sally Bowels in a production of Cabaret in her last year of college.

Tina's older brother, Peter works as a web editor on QVC, the Home Shopping Network. Peter is 8 years older than Tina.

Tina's first comedy job was writing an anonymous column for her high school newspaper, The Acorn under the alias 'The Colonel'.

When Tina worked on Saturday Night Live she was one of a small group of writers and producers who decided which sketches would air, and which writers would join the staff.

Tina was labeled 'The thinking man's sex symbol' by GQ magazine in 2003.

Tina staged an intervention for her Mean Girls co-star Lindsey Lohan, after her Saturday Night Live performance. She and fellow castmates tried to convince her to drop her partying ways.

Tina used to do the Asscat shows every week at Upright Citizen's Brigade theater in New York.

Tina will watch any television show having to do with 'transformations.' This includes anything from home renovations to makeovers.

Tina has a nude photo of Blaze Starr hanging in her office.

Tina did a print ad for The Gap.

Tina and fellow former Saturday Night Live co-star Cheri Oteri attended the same high school.

Tina recorded the voices of two princesses in the Williams' pinball machine Medieval Madness.

Tina's trademark are her black rimmed glasses.

Tina's rankings in magazines: *Tina was ranked #8 in Entertainment Weekly magazine's 'Entertainer Of The Year' in 2001. *Tina was ranked #80 in Maxim magazine's '100 Sexiest Women' in 2002.

Tina is left handed.

Tina and fellow Saturday Night Live co-star Rachel Dratch performed their two-woman stage show called Dratch and Fey in Chicago in 1999, and in New York, in 2000.

Tina based her first screenplay Mean Girls, on an article that she read in the New York Times.

Early in her career, Tina worked at a YMCA during the day while she studied at the Second City improv group by night.

Tina studied drama at the University of Virginia and graduated in 1992.

Tina gave birth to first child, a 5 pound, 5 ounce baby girl named Alice on September 10th, 2005.

Tina co-anchored "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live with Jimmy Fallon (2000-2003). When Jimmy left the show Tina co-anchored with Amy Poehler (2003-2006).