Tina Fey

Actor, Author, Producer, Writer

Birthdate: May 18, 1970 (56 Years Old)

Birthplace: Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA

Tina Fey (birthname: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey) was the first female lead writer of Saturday Night Live, a position in which she established herself as perhaps the leading American female comic writer-performer of her generation. Along with her extraordinary success in a string of hit shows (largely for NBC), Fey has expanded into feature films, which began in earnest with the runaway hit, Mean Girls (2004), which she wrote (with Mark Waters directing) and played a supporting role with cast mates Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, and Ana Gasteyer, with the $17-million production grossing $130 million, spawning a made-for-TV sequel, a 2018 Broadway musical (which Fey co-wrote with composer-husband Jeff Richmond and lyricist Nell Benjamin), and a film adaptation of the musical, Mean Girls: The Musical (date to be announced), which Fey also wrote and revives her role as Ms. Norbury. Fey has delivered voice performances in the Adult Swim feature, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007); in the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo (2008); in a lead role in DreamWorks Animation’s $321-million-grossing Megamind (2010) with Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, David Cross, and Brad Pitt; as the narrator of Disney Studios Motion Pictures’ documentary, Monkey Kingdom (2015); in a co-lead role in writer-director Pete Docter’s acclaimed Disney animated film, Soul (2020), with Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Graham Norton, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, and Questlove; and in a cameo voice role (as Vacuuming Mom) in the live-action comedy, Free Guy (2021), starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, and Taika Waititi, and directed by Shawn Levy. Tina Fey had her first starring role in a movie she didn’t write with writer-director Michael McCullers’ comedy for Universal, Baby Mama (2008), co-starring with Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, and Sigourney Weaver. Fey played support in Ricky Gervais’ and Matthew Robinson’s comedy, The Invention of Lying (2009), with Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., and Rob Lowe, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Fey starred in her first major box-office hit (as an actor only) in director-producer Shawn Levy’s $152-million-grossing crime comedy, Date Night (2010), co-starring Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Common, and Mark Wahlberg, and released by 20^th Century Fox. Fey expanded her range as co-star opposite Paul Rudd in the drama-tinged Admission (2013), produced and directed by Paul Weitz, with Lily Tomlin, Michael Sheen, and Wallace Shawn. After appearing with Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell and The Muppets in Muppets Most Wanted (2014), Fey co-starred in her second drama-inflected movie, and her second movie with director-producer Shawn Levy, the $41.3-million-grossing This is Where I Leave You (2014), with Jason Bateman, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, and Jane Fonda. Tina Fey (also producing) reunited on the big screen with her longtime comedy collaborator, Amy Poehler, as co-stars of the Paula Pell-written comedy, Sisters (2015), grossing a solid $105 million for Universal Pictures. Fey continued as star-producer of the fact-based war comedy-drama, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), with Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton, though it received an indifferent critical response and box office. Tina Fey co-starred with Jon Hamm in the little-seen black comedy, Maggie Moore(s) (2023), directed and produced by John Slattery, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Fey then took on a very different kind of role in Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice (2023), opposite Branagh (as Poirot), Kelly Reilly, and Michelle Yeoh. Tina Fey has played herself in three features—first in a cameo in director-writer Barry Levinson’s political satire, Man of the Year (2006), starring Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Jeff Goldblum, Lewis Black; then in the documentary portrait, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013), directed and produced by Chiemi Karasawa; and in another tribute feature to another funny lady, Betty White: A Celebration (2022), released by Fathom Events.

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Personal life

Tina Fey was born and raised in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, by parents Donald Fey (administrator and grant proposal writer at the University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University) and Zenobia “Jeanne” Fey (brokerage staffer). Fey has one older brother, Peter. In her hometown of Upper Darby Township, Fey attended Cardington-Stonehurst Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School, followed by Upper Darby High School, where she was an honors student, active in drama, tennis, and choir, and co-editor of the school newspaper, for which she wrote the paper’s satirical column. After high school graduation, Fey attended the University of Virginia, studying playwriting and acting and graduating with a B.A. in drama. Fey has been married to pianist/musician Jeff Richmond since 2001; the couple has two daughters, Alice and Penelope. Fey’s height is 5’ 4 ½”. Fey’s estimated net worth is $75 million.

Known For

Lorne

(2026)

A Haunting in Venice

Ariadne Oliver (2023)

Awards

Winner, Entertainer of the Year, Associated Press Awards (2008); Nine-time Winner, Best Writing—Variety, Music, Comedy Program/Best Comedy Series/Best Writing for Comedy Series/Best Lead Actress in Comedy Series/Best Guest Actress in Comedy Series, Emmy Awards (2002-2003, 2007-2009, 2013, 2016); Two-time Winner, Best Actress-Comedy or Musical TV Series, Golden Globe Awards (2008-2009); Nominee, Best Breakthrough Longform Series, Gotham Awards (2015); Three-time Winner, Best Female Lead in Comedy Series/Best Female Actor in Featured or Guest Role, Gracie Allen Awards (2007-2008, 2016); Nominee, Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Awards (2012); Winner, Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (2011); Nominee, 30 Minute Category, Humanitas Prize (2016); Two-time Nominee, Best Cameo/Best Fight, MTV Movie + TV Awards (2014); Winner, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2010); Three-time Winner, Best Producer-Episodic Comedy TV, Producers Guild of America Awards (2008-2010); Five-time Winner, Best Female Actor-Comedy Series/Best Ensemble-Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008-2010, 2013); Winner, Achievement in Comedy, Television Critics Association Awards (2008); Seven-time Winner, Best Writing for Comedy-Variety/Best Writing for Comedy Series/Best Writing for Comedy-Variety Sketch Series, Writers Guild of America Awards (2001, 2007-2010, 2015, 2017); Winner, Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence, Writers Guild of America (2018).

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Tina Fey Movies

Actor

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Previous (13)

2024 |
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2024
Comedy, Musical
Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
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2024 |
Soul
Soul
2024
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.
2024 |
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2024
Comedy, Musical
Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
More Info
2023 |
A Haunting in Venice
A Haunting in Venice
2023
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.
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asAriadne Oliver
2018 |
Sisters
Sisters
2018
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police that she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
asKate Ellis
2016 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
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asKim Baker
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Monkey Kingdomas Narrator
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This Is Where I Leave Youas Wendy Altman
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Muppets Most Wantedas Nadya
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Admissionas Portia Nathan
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as Self
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Megamindas Roxanne Ritchi
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as Self - Creator of 30 Rock, Former Cast Member & Writer 1997 - 2006

Producer

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2024 |
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2024
Comedy, Musical
Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
More Info
2018 |
Sisters
Sisters
2018
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small-time reporter tries to convince the police that she saw a murder in the apartment across from hers.
2016 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
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Writer

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Previous (2)

2024 |
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2024
Comedy, Musical
Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
More Info
2024 |
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
2024
Comedy, Musical
Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
More Info

Facts About Tina Fey

Scarred: Tina Fey was attacked by a stranger in an alley behind her home when she was five; she was slashed in the face. Her face bears a scar from this attack. AKA: Although her first name is Elizabeth, Fey went by “Tina” (a reduction of her Greek middle name, Stamatina) when she was a young girl. To the Rescue: Tina Fey told Jimmy Fallon on his late-night show that she called 911 when she spotted a man drifting in a kayak without an oar in the Hudson River. Awards Queen: Fey has been nominated and won a multitude of awards, including wins for nine Emmys, seven WGA awards, five SAG awards, three PGA awards, and two Golden Globe awards, as well as the Associated Press Entertainer of the Year award, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (its youngest recipient), the Hollywood Walk of Fame star, and the WGA’s Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence.

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