Amy Poehler Trivia | 40 facts about the actress

Amy Poehler is a famous American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director.

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1. Was promoted from featured player to full cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975) in the middle of her first year on the show (2001-2002). The only other SNL cast member to have this distinction is Eddie Murphy during the 1980-1981 season.
2. Is only seven years older than Rachel McAdams, who plays her daughter in Mean Girls (2004).
3. She succeeded Jimmy Fallon (who left after season 29) as Tina Fey’s co-anchor of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update sketch and making this the first all-female team beginning on the 30th season of NBC’s Saturday Night Live (1975).
4. Has played sister to her then real-life husband in Blades of Glory (2007).
5. Best friends with Tina Fey and Seth Meyers.
6. Friends with Rashida Jones.
7. After studying improv at Chicago’s Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade.
8. The group moved to New York City in 1996, where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998.
9. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
10. Was four months pregnant with her son Abel when she completed filming on the second season of Parks and Recreation.
11. Ex-wife of Will Arnett, G.O.B. Bluth on Arrested Development.
12. She has a recurring role on the series as G.O.B. Bluth’s “accidental” wife.
13. Is an alumnus of the famous Improv Olympic, along with actors Vince Vaughn, the late Chris Farley, Ossie Beck, Tina Fey, Mike Myers and Adam McKay.
14. Has given impressions of Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Osbourne, Julia Roberts and Tonya Harding on Saturday Night Live (1975).
15. Received her Bachelor’s degree in media and communications from Boston College (1993).
16. The week her movie Baby Mama (2008) debuted at #1 at the box-office, she announced that she was expecting her first child with Will Arnett.
17. Has the rare distinction of being in two movies that opened on the same day in the United States.
18. Is a huge fan of the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
19. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6767 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 3, 2015.
20. In the 1990s, she appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1993) playing Andy Richter’s younger sister, who had a psychotic crush on Conan.
21. Returned to work four months after giving birth to her son Archibald in order to begin filming Parks and Recreation.
22. Also returned to work two months after giving birth to her son Abel in order to resume presenting Saturday Night Live (1975).
23. Has two sons with her ex-husband Will Arnett – Archibald William Emerson Poehler Arnett (b. October 25, 2008) and Abel James Poehler Arnett (b. August 6, 2010).
24. Attended and graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Massachusetts (1989).
25. Born at 4:33 PM (EDT).
26. Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts to school teachers Eileen and William Poehler.
27. Poehler credits her father with encouraging her to break social protocols and take risks.
28. She has one younger brother, Greg, who is also a producer and actor.
29. Poehler’s ancestry is Irish, along with German, Portuguese, and English.
30. Her Irish roots originate from County Sligo and County Cork.
31. Her great-grandmother immigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston in the late 1800s.
32. She was raised as a Catholic.
33. Poehler grew up in nearby Burlington, Massachusetts, which she describes as a blue-collar town.
34. Her favorite performers and influences included sketch comedians Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, and Catherine O’Hara.
35. When she was 10 years old, Poehler played Dorothy Gale in her school’s production of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz.
36. The experience inspired Poehler’s love of performing.
37. Poehler continued acting in school plays at Burlington High School.
38. She also participated in other activities during her time in high school including student council, soccer, and softball.
39. After graduating from high school in 1989, she enrolled at Boston College.
40. During college, Poehler became a member of the improv comedy troupe My Mother’s Fleabag. She graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in media and communications in 1993.