Amy Poehler is a screenwriter, director, producer, and a popular American film and theater actress. The singer has been nominated for Emmy and Golden Globe awards several times. She is best known for her role as Miss George in Mean Girls and for her television show Saturday Night Live.
Amy Poehler has been called a born comedian.
The path to the vocation
Amy Meredith Poehler was born in 1971 in Baglington on September 16 to a teacher's family.
The girl spent her entire childhood in her hometown. After graduating from high school, Amy went to study at Boston College. She became the organizer of her own show with the unexpected name "My Mom's Avoska".
The student quickly became famous as a born comedian. Until graduation in 1993, Amy spoke from the stage about the difficulties that students face during their studies.
The future famous performer graduated with a bachelor's degree in media and communications.
The main components of success were not only attractive appearance and charm, but also the real talent of the performer. After completing her education, the future star moved to Chicago.
She joined the improvised acting troupe My Mother's Fleabag.
During the performances, the actors often turned to the audience for advice, in every possible way involved the audience in the action.
Then Poehler met Tina Fey. The girls quickly became friends.
Amy, together with like-minded people, organized her own quartet, Upright Citizens Brigade. They often performed in theaters and clubs in the city with comedy scenes.
Success
The team that set off to conquer New York received an invitation to participate in the Late Night with Conan O'Brien program.
Viewers in 1998 saw a comedy of situations performed by a creative team. It was shown until 2000 on Comedy Central.
Since 2001, Emmy began a long-term collaboration with the program "Saturday Night Live". The actress acted out funny scenes on the TV show. She was often helped by her friend Tina Fey.
Poehler remained a regular participant in the program for seven years. The next serious stage was the work in the new TV comedy project “Parks and Recreation Areas”. It takes place in the fictional town of Pony.
In the comedy series, the actress was offered a key character. She portrayed the image of the deputy director of the park department Leslie Knop brilliantly.
The audience liked the multi-part program. Thanks to Leslie Knop, the singer became a five-time Emmy nominee and one Oscar nomination.
Then Poehler independently wrote the script for four episodes of the comedy project.
There are many successful works in the artistic film portfolio. She played in Mean Girls, Tales of the South, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Choice of Fate, The Ex-Lover and other films, and voiced Monsters vs. Aliens.
Life on set and with family
The portrayal of Mrs. George in Mean Girls earned Poehler the highest popularity. In Baby Mama, the talented actress has convincingly reincarnated as a surrogate mother.
The most interesting thing for her was that while working, Amy found out that she was really expecting a baby.
In 2003, in August, the celebrity got married. Actor Will Arnett became her husband. His television and cinema audiences have seen in the projects "Arrested Development", films "On Broadway", "Spring Break". In the show "Parks and Recreation" he participated as a guest star, Poehler's husband was engaged in dubbing popular cartoons.
Five years later, the first child of the star couple, Archibald William Emerson, was born. Due to her pregnancy, Amy left Saturday Night Live.
Also in August, his younger brother Abel James was born. The difference between the children was two years.
In 2007, the husband and wife starred in Blades of Glory: Stars on Ice. The couple decided to break up in April 2014. They did not disclose the reasons for the breakup.
Will continues to engage in education and participation in the lives of children with pleasure. He spends a lot of time with his sons.
Amy is not going to start a new family.
Television and film activities
She is filming intensively. In a year, Poehler works on several paintings at the same time. She has already played in two dozen television projects and films.
The actress herself likes comedies more. It is in this genre that she fully reveals her talent and shares her optimism and vitality with the audience.
In 2011, TIME magazine named Amy one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
In 2012, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Then she was first nominated for an Emmy as a screenwriter and producer.
Amy enjoys doing cartoons voice acting. She is constantly working in this direction.
The actress participated in "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2", "Shrek the Third", "Red Hat Against Evil", "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3".
Poehler contributed to the writing and script development for the animated series Mighty Bee!
- Poehler is a distant relative of Stephen King and Senator Scott Brown.
- Her brother Greg is an actor and producer.
- Amy's ancestors were Irish.
- She likes to play on the stage of the theater much more than working on the set.
- The cost of a ticket for a performance with the participation of the actress does not exceed seven dollars. Therefore, there are always so many students in the hall.
For Amy, the main thing is the mood. With a good charge, beautiful jokes are easily born.
