Amy Meredith 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

• Dig — Elise, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2026Steps — Producer
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• Dream Productions — Joy (voice)
• 2024Inside Out 2 — Joy (voice)
• 2024Thoughts and Prayers — Executive Producer
• 2023First Time Female Director — Meg, Producer
• The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2022Lucy and Desi — Producer, Director
• 2021Moxie — Lisa Carter, Director, Producer
• 2020A Parks and Recreation Special — Leslie Knope, Producer
• Duncanville — Leslie Knope (voice), Duncan / Annie (voice), Executive Producer, Story, Creator
• 2020Nate: A One Man Show — Executive Producer
• 2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation — Leslie Knope
• Three Busy Debras — Executive Producer
• Russian Doll — Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator
• 2019Wine Country — Abby, Director, Producer
• I Feel Bad — Executive Producer
• 2017Household Name
• 2017The House — Kate Johansen
• Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later — Susie
• 2016Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays — Executive Producer
• 2016Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe — The Devil
• The UCB Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2015A Very Murray Christmas — Liz
• 2015An SNL Valentine — (archive footage)
• Difficult People — Flute
• 2015Inside Out — Joy (voice), Additional Dialogue
• 2015Mind Candy — Joy (voice)
• 2015Riley's First Date? — Joy (voice)
• 2015Sisters — Maura Ellis, Executive Producer
• Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Susie
• Broad City — Cheryl, Director
• 2014The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas — Sunshine
• 2014They Came Together — Molly
• Welcome to Sweden — Amy Poehler, Executive Producer
• 2013A.C.O.D. — Sondra
• 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues — Wendy Van Peele (uncredited)
• 2013Are You Here — Terri Baker
• 2013Free Birds — Jenny (voice)
• The Greatest Event in Television History — Jennifer Hart
• 2011Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Eleanor (voice)
• 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited — Café Patron
• 2011Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil — Gretel (voice)
• 2010Freak Dance — Lilian
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• 2009Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel — Eleanor (voice)
• 2009Monsters vs Aliens — Computer (voice)
• Parks and Recreation — Leslie Knope, Writer, Producer, Director
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Various (archive footage)
• 2009Spring Breakdown — Gayle O'Brien
• 2009The Mystery of Claywoman — Celeste Dupree
• 2008Baby Mama — Angie
• 2008Hamlet 2 — Cricket Feldstein
• 2008Horton Hears a Who! — Sally O'Malley (voice)
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
• The Mighty B! — Bessie Higgenbottom, Producer, Creator
• 2007Asssscat
• 2007Blades of Glory — Fairchild Van Waldenberg
• 2007Girl Missing — Vikki
• 2007Mr. Woodcock — Maggie
• 2007On Broadway — Farrah
• 2007Shortcut to Happiness — Molly Gilchrest
• 2007Shrek the Third — Snow White (voice)
• 2007Southland Tales — Veronica Mung / Dream
• 2007Wild Girls Gone — Doreen Moran, Writer
• 30 Rock — Young Liz
• 2006Man of the Year — Amy Poehler
• 2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny — Truck Stop Waitress
• 2006Tenacious D: For the Ladies
• 2006The Ex — Carol Lane
• 2005Saving Manhattan — Kristen
• 2005SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? — Grandma
• Weekends at the D.L.
• Wonder Showzen — Miss Mary
• 2004Envy — Natalie Vanderpark
• 2004Mean Girls — Mrs. George
• O'Grady
• 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie — Bank Teller
• Arrested Development — Gob's Wife
• 2003Sick in the Head
• 2002Martin & Orloff — Patty
• 2001North Hollywood — Wendy
• Undeclared — Hillary
• 2001Wet Hot American Summer — Susie
• 2000Zoe Loses It — Pink
• 1999Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo — Ruth
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Grandma (voice)
• 1998Tomorrow Night — Woman Getting Squirted
• 1998Ugly Revenge — Pretty Lady
• Upright Citizens Brigade — Colby, Creator
• 1996Escape From a Wonderful Life — Mary Hatch (voice), Writer
• Spin City — Susan
• The Simpsons — Jenda (voice)
• Friday Night Videos
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Weekend Update Anchor / Self (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (53)

• 2026Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable — Self
• 2026Lorne — Self (Uncredited)
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• 2023Disney 100: Remember That — Self
• 2022Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter — Self
• Baking It — Self - Host
• 2021Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• 2020Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble — Self
• Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest
• 2019Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Love, Gilda — Self
• Making It — Self - Host
• America Divided — Self
• 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You — Self
• 2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot — Self
• 2015Live from New York! — Self
• 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self
• 2014Don Rickles: One Night Only — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Approval Matrix — Self - Special Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• 2013Never Before, Never Again: Behind the Scenes of Asssscat — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Billy on the Street — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 2008Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales — Self
• 2008Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' — Self
• Comedy Central Roasts — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self, Self - Presenter
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Host, Self - Nominee