Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born
May 18,
1970) is a
Golden Globe-, five time
Emmy-, and
SAG Award-winning
American writer,
comedienne,
actress and
producer. Fey is best known for her work on
Saturday Night Live (
SNL) as well as her work on
30 Rock, a
situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at
Saturday Night Live.
Fey became a writer on
SNL in 1997 and she was promoted to the position of
head writer in 1999. She was later added to the cast of
SNL in 2000.
After leaving
SNL in 2006, Fey created her own television series called
30 Rock. In the series, she portrays
Liz Lemon, the head writer of
TGS with Tracy Jordan, a fictional
sketch comedy series.
In 2008, she starred in the movie
Baby Mama, alongside
Amy Poehler.
