Amy Poehler

Acting · Born 1971-09-16 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Amy Poehler (/ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Poehler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• Wet Hot American Summer as Susie
• Mean Girls as Mrs. George
• Inside Out as Joy (voice)
• Inside Out 2 as Joy (voice)
• Riley's First Date? as Joy (voice)
• Moxie as Lisa Carter
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Truck Stop Waitress
• Envy as Natalie Vanderpark
• Southland Tales as Veronica Mung / Dream
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as Eleanor (voice)

TV

• The Simpsons as Jenda (voice)
• Arrested Development as Gob's Wife
• Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
• SpongeBob SquarePants as Grandma (voice)
• Duncanville as Leslie Knope (voice)
• Duncanville as Duncan / Annie (voice)
• Dream Productions as Joy (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Wonder Showzen
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters