Elizabeth Stamatina 'Tina' Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL, 1997–2006), the critically acclaimed NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2006–2013), and such films as Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), and Admission (2013). She has received eight Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards and was nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book Bossypants, which topped the The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. She first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improv comedy group The Second City. She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004, she adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock, a situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, she portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, she starred in the comedy film Baby Mama, alongside former SNL co-star Amy Poehler. She next appeared alongside Steve Carell in the 2010 comedy film Date Night and with Will Ferrell in the animated film Megamind. In 2008, the Associated Press (AP) gave her the AP Entertainer of the Year award for her satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on SNL. In 2010, she was the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award. On January 13, 2013, she hosted the Golden Globe Awards with her long-time friend and fellow comedian, Amy Poehler. Their performance was critically acclaimed. The duo hosted again the following year to similar acclaim, generating the highest ratings for the annual ceremony in ten years.

Filmography

• The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — Executive Producer
• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actress, Writer, and Comedian, Thanks
• The Four Seasons — Kate, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• 2024Mean Girls — Ms. Norbury, Screenplay, Musical, Producer
• 2023A Haunting in Venice — Ariadne Oliver
• 2023Maggie Moore(s) — Rita Grace
• Mulligan — Dr. Farrah Braun (voice), Executive Producer
• 202122 vs. Earth — 22 (voice)
• 2021Free Guy — Vacuuming Mom (voice)
• Girls5eva — Dolly Parton, Executive Producer
• Mr. Mayor — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Only Murders in the Building — Cinda Canning
• 202030 Rock: A One-Time Special — Liz Lemon, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
• Mapleworth Murders — Martha
• 2020Soul — 22 (voice)
• 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend — Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
• Modern Love — Sarah
• 2019Wine Country — Tammy
• Busy Tonight — Self - Guest, Executive Producer
• 2018Party Monster: Scratching the Surface — Creator, Executive Producer
• Great News — Diana St. Tropez, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2016Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — Kim Barker, Producer
• Difficult People — Tina Fey
• 2015Monkey Kingdom — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Sisters — Kate Ellis, Producer
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Andrea Bayden, Marcia Clark, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2014Muppets Most Wanted — Nadya
• 2014This Is Where I Leave You — Wendy Altman
• 2013Admission — Portia Nathan
• 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues — Jill Janson (uncredited)
• Bob's Burgers — Miss Bisselbender (voice)
• 2011Mean Girls 2 — Characters
• 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
• 2010Date Night — Claire Foster
• 2010Megamind — Roxanne Ritchi (voice)
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• 2009Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler — Various (archive footage)
• 2009The Invention of Lying — Shelley Bailey
• 2008Baby Mama — Kate
• 2007Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters — Nine-Layer Bean Burrito (voice)
• Phineas and Ferb — Annabelle
• iCarly — Tina Fey
• 30 Rock — Liz Lemon, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2006Beer League — Front Desk Girl
• 2006Man of the Year — Tina Fey
• 2004Mean Girls — Ms. Norbury, Screenplay
• 2002Martin & Orloff — Southern Woman
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self, Writer
• The Colin Quinn Show — Writer
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self, Writer
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Tina Fey
• Upright Citizens Brigade
• E! True Hollywood Story
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Ms. Cantwell (voice)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Patron (uncredited), Audience Member (uncredited), Kathleen Willey (uncredited), Leonardo DiCaprio (voice) (uncredited), Laughing Writer (uncredited), The Mob Squat Porn Actress (uncredited), Wife in Viagra Sketch (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Woman #1 (uncredited), Sarah Palin (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
• John Proctor Is the Villain — Producer
• Second to None

Appearances as themselves (62)

• 2026Lorne — Self
• 2026Playing POTUS — Self
• Saturday Night Live UK — Self - Host
• Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces — Self - Writer & Actress
• 2024Will & Harper — Self
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• Be My Guest with Ina Garten — Self - Guest
• 2022Betty White: A Celebration — Self
• 2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl — Self
• Cup of Joe — Self
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• 2020One Night Only: The Best of Broadway — Self - Host
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2020Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live) — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Betty White: First Lady of Television — Self
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self
• 2015Live from New York! — Self
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration — Self
• 2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Don Rickles: One Night Only — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2013Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me — Self
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
• Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• Inside Comedy — Self
• 2012Radioman — Self
• Billy on the Street — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again — Self
• The Marriage Ref — Self - Panelist
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2009Sesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers: Pirates Who Love to Read! — Self
• 2009SpongeBob's Truth or Square — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Impaler — Herself
• 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
• Second City: First Family of Comedy — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• 2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell — Self (archive footage)
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Top 10 Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• Kids' Choice Awards — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Winner & Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Host