Tina Fey Biography
Born: May 18, 1970
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, USA
Tina Fey is a highly appreciated comedian, actress and writer, best known for her work on Saturday Night Live. She was born Elizabeth Tina Fey to Donald Fey, a university grant-proposal writer and Zenobia a brokerage employee. Tina grew up in Philadelphia suburbs where she enrolled at the University of Virginia and graduated with a B.A in Drama, in 1992. That's when she decided to make her way to Chigaso's famed Second City.
While working at a YMCA to support herself, Tina auditioned for the more selective Second City Training Center and was eventually accepted into the year-long program. In 1995, NBC was looking for new talents for Saturday Night Live, called upon Second City and were impressed by Tina. She went to New York and met the executive producer who immediately hired her. It was Adam Mckay, a good friend of Tina's who insisted that she would be hired to write the sketch comedy series.
After a few years writing for Saturday Night Live including parodies such as Kelly and The View and Live with Regis, Fey made history by becoming the first female to occupy a head writer position in the show's history. In addition to that, Tina made her screen debut hosting "Weekend Update" opposite Jimmy Fallon. Fay made her movie-acting and screenwriting debut with 2004's Mean Girls, an adaptation of Rosalind Wiseman's novel.
In 2000, Tina Fey married Jeff Richmond, a director at Second City and they currently live in New York City.
