Tina Fey

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, in 1970 to Donald and Jeannec Fey. She studied drama at the University of Virginia, and after graduating in 1992, she headed to Chicago, the ancestral home of American comedy. She ended up spending many years at The Second City in Chicago where many SNL cast members first started out. Then in 1995, "Saturday Night Live" (1975) came to The Second City's cast, including Fey's friend, Adam McKay, as a writer, searching for new talent. What they found was Tina Fey. When Adam was made Head writer, he suggested Fey should send a submission packet over the summer with six sketches, 10 pages each. Tina took the advice and sent them. After Lorne Michaels met her and saw her work she was offered a job a week later (1997).

In 1999 Tina made history by becoming the first female head writer in the show's history. Tina also made her screen debut as a featured player during the 25th season by co-anchoring Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon. After Fallon left the show in 2004 Fey hosted WU with Amy Poehler.

In 2004 she not only wrote but played a role alongside Lindsay Lohan in the major motion picture "Mean Girls", based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman. The cast includes other present and past cast members of SNL including Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler.

Tina left Saturday Night Live in 2006 to write, produce and star as Liz Lemon in NBC’s "30 Rock" (2006), a workplace comedy where the workplace exists behind-the-scenes of a live variety show.

Tina and husband Jeff Richmond, Producer/Musical Director, had their first child, Alice Zenobia Richmond, in September 2005. They live in New York City.

-- From http://www.tina-fey.org/