ACTOR
Amy Poehler
- Known for
- The House (2017), Baby Mama (2008), Wine Country (2019), Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
21 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Amy Poehler is an actor best known for The House, Baby Mama and Wine Country.
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- #001
Midway through her first season on the show (2001-2002), Amy Poehler was promoted from featured player to full cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975). The only other SNL cast member to receive that distinction is Eddie Murphy, in the 1980-1981 season.
- #002
She replaced Jimmy Fallon (who left after season 29) as Tina Fey's co-anchor on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, which made it the first all-female team on NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975), starting with its 30th season.
- #003
She is only seven years older than Rachel McAdams, who played her daughter in Mean Girls (2004).
- #004
She is best friends with Tina Fey and Seth Meyers, and friends with Rashida Jones.
- #005
When she finished filming the second season of Parks and Recreation (2009), she was four months pregnant with her son Abel.
- #006
In Blades of Glory (2007), she played the sister of her then real-life husband.
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She is the ex-wife of Will Arnett, who played G. O. B. Bluth on Arrested Development (2003). She has a recurring role on the series as G. O. B. Bluth's "accidental" wife.
- #008
She earned her bachelor's degree in media and communications from Boston College (1993).
- #009
She is a graduate of the famed ImprovOlympic, along with actors Vince Vaughn, the late Chris Farley, Ossie Beck, Tina Fey, Mike Myers and Adam McKay.
- #010
On Saturday Night Live (1975), she did impressions of Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Osbourne, Julia Roberts and Tonya Harding.
- #011
The week Baby Mama (2008) opened at number one at the box office, she announced she was expecting her first child with Will Arnett.
- #012
On December 3, 2015, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Television category at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #013
She holds the rare distinction of appearing in two films released in the United States on the same day: Mean Girls (2004) and Envy (2004) (April 30, 2004).
- #014
Four months after giving birth to her son Archibald, she returned to work to begin filming Parks and Recreation (2009). She also returned to work two months after giving birth to her son Abel to continue hosting Saturday Night Live (1975).
- #015
She is a big fan of the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
- #016
She has two sons with her ex-husband Will Arnett: Archibald William Emerson Poehler Arnett (b. October 25, 2008) and Abel James Poehler Arnett (b. August 6, 2010).
- #017
In the 1990s, she played Andy Richter's younger sister, who is psychotically in love with Conan, on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).
- #018
She graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Massachusetts (1989).
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In 2025, she became a celebrity spokesperson for Subway.
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She lives in both New York and Los Angeles.
- #021
Amy Poehler was born at 16:33 EDT.
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