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American actress, comedian, and writer (born )

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, ) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer.

She was a cast member and head writer for the NBCsketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from to After her departure from SNL, she created the NBC sitcom30 Rock (–, ) and the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (–), the former of which she also starred in.

Fey is also known for her work in film, including Mean Girls (), Baby Mama (), Date Night (), Megamind (), Muppets Most Wanted (), Sisters (), Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (), Wine Country (), Soul (), A Haunting in Venice (), and Mean Girls ().

Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She joined Saturday Night Live (SNL) as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, appearing as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment and, later, developing a sati