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Template:Person'Amy Meredith Poehler' ( born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, producer and writer. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she had a minor role in the film Mean Girls with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in |Baby Mama in 2008. She is currently the lead of NBC's comedy Parks and Recreation. 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. 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 operate theaters in both New York and Los Angeles, where they also continue to run their highly accredited comedy classes.

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+}}''''''Amy Meredith Poehler'''''' ( born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, producer and writer. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she had a minor role in the film ''Mean Girls'' with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in ''|Baby Mama'' in 2008. She is currently the lead of NBC's comedy ''Parks and Recreation''. 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. 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 operate theaters in both New York and Los Angeles, where they also continue to run their highly accredited comedy classes.
-'''Amy Poehler''' (born September 16, 1971, Burlington, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actress. A former cast member on [[Wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]], she is currently the star of NBC's new sitcom [[Wikipedia:Parks and Recreation|Parks and Recreation]], which premiered in 2009. Poehler was born the daughter of Eileen, a teacher, and Bill Poehler. Poehler was a key member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag while at Boston College, where she graduated. As a extended member of the Nick family, Poehler co-created and is also the voice of Bessie Higgenbottom on [[Wikipedia:The mighty B|The Mighty B]]. She voiced "Grandma" from episode "[[Have You Seen This Snail?]]." Just recently, she did the voice for the character Eleanor on [[wikipedia:Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel|Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]].
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