Amy Poehler

If you were looking for the article about the other guest voice actor, then see Amy Sedaris.

Template:Person Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16, 1971, age Template:Age) is an American actress, comedian, producer, and writer. She was the voice of Grandma in the season 4 episode "Have You Seen This Snail?"

Filmography

Poehler was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she played a minor role in the film Mean Girls with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in Baby Mama in 2008. She is the voice of Bessie Higgenbottom in the Nickelodeon animated series The Mighty B! (whom she also co-created with former crew member of SpongeBob, Erik Wiese). She also voices Snow White from the DreamWorks film Shrek the Third, Gallaxhar's computer voice from Monsters vs. Aliens, Jenny from Free Birds, and Joy in the Disney/Pixar 2015 American kids animated movie, Inside Out. She is currently the lead of NBC's comedy Parks and Recreation. She also co-created the Fox animated sitcom Duncanville, as well as voicing the characters Duncan and Annie Harris.

Poehler is also a member of the renowned comedy troupe the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), who had their own sketch series on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000. Poehler and the UCB went on to found the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, which has since become one of the most visible and influential breeding grounds for improvisational comedy since they opened in 1999. The UCB now operates theaters in both New York and Los Angeles, where they also continue to run their highly accredited comedy classes.

Awards

She has been nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Saturday Night Live, and three times for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in Parks and Recreation. For the latter series, she also received a 2012 Golden Globe Award nomination.