Amy Poehler
2008 has been a very busy year for Amy Poehler. Between her seventh season of “Saturday Night Live” (and her fourth as the co-anchor of “Weekend Update,”) a trio of films and a new animated project for Nickelodeon, she has been very active. Poehler recently received her first Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series” for her work on “Saturday Night Live”. Poehler also recently signed on to star in the highly anticipated untitled NBC comedy series from producers Greg Daniels and Mike Schur (“The Office.”) The series is slated to join NBC’s Thursday night comedy block in 2009. Poehler returned for her eighth season of “SNL” this fall and will continue to produce, write and provide the voice of “Bessie” in the new Nickelodeon animated television series “The Mighty B.”
Poehler joined the SNL cast from the Upright Citizens Brigade, a sketch/improv troupe originally formed in Chicago. Poehler and the U.C.B. relocated to New York where they had a sketch show on Comedy Central for three seasons on which she was both a writer and performer. In addition, they opened a theater currently regarded as the premiere sketch/improv comedy venue in New York City. Poehler and the U.C.B. was featured in “A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv” an improvised comedy special on Bravo.
Poehler is married to actor Will Arnett and lives in New York City.
