Biographic - Sunday February 22, 2009 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Tina Fey Born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on May 18, 1970, Tina Fey graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Drama before moving to Chicago to join the famed improvisational troupe, The Second City. This led to a writing job on "Saturday Night Live" and in 1999 she became the show's first female head writer the following year, she began anchoring the show's Weekend Update segment, initially alongside in Tandem with Amy Poehler. After writing and co-starring in the 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie "Mean Girls" she left "SNL" to create and develop her sitcom "30 Rock." The show on which she stars alongside fellow "SNL" veterans Tracy Morgan and Alec Baldwin, debuted in 2006 to much critical acclaim, but initially struggled in the ratings. 2008 saw her team with Poehler on the movie "Baby Mama" she also returned to "SNL" to make a string of appearances as Sarah Palin, her devastating portrayal of the vice-presidential hopeful becoming a media sensation and boosting the popularity of "30 Rock" To date, Tina has won five Emmys and three Golden Globes and looks set to continue her reign as the queen of comedy.

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