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Birth Name: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey

Age: 53, born 18 May 1970

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Jeff Richmond

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Tina Fey Met Donald Trump at Adele's Christmas Special

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True Confessions with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

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Description: Tina Fey [ born: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania ] is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She broke through in 1995 on Saturday Night Live as a writer and actress. Since leaving the show, Fey has written hit movies and had created, written and starred in the television series 30 Rock, for which she has garnered two Emmys. Comedian, writer, producer and actress Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, to parents Donald and Jeannec Fay. Jeannec Fey worked in a brokerage firm and Donald Fey wrote grants for the University of Penn Tina Fey [ born: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania ] is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She broke through in 1995 on Saturday Night Live as a writer and actress. Since leaving the show, Fey has written hit movies and had created, written and starred in the television series 30 Rock, for which she has garnered two Emmys.

Comedian, writer, producer and actress Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, to parents Donald and Jeannec Fay. Jeannec Fey worked in a brokerage firm and Donald Fey wrote grants for the University of Pennsylvania. At the age of five, Fey was in her front yard when a stranger approached her and slashed her face with a knife, leaving her with the signature scar she still carries today. But Fey did not allow this incident to define or hinder her. Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Tina recalls a dorky adolescence filled with unplucked eyebrows and perms. In lieu of dating, Fey would have friends over to play party games like Celebrity. This self-proclaimed supernerd went on to study drama at the University of Virginia.

After graduating from college in 1992, Tina Fey moved to Chicago to pursue a career in comedy. She enrolled in the comedy training ground Second City, a renowned program where many Saturday Night Live (SNL) comedians got their start. In 1995, SNL writers came to Second City looking for new talent and were encouraged by Tina Fey's aptitude. When SNL producer Lorne Michaels read Fey's sketch ideas, she was offered a job as an SNL writer. It may be hard for some to imagine Tina Fey prior to stardom and her trademark sexy librarian image, but husband Jeff Richmond remembers dating a Tina who wore "mismatched frumpy clothing" on a heavier, Rubenesque frame.

After several years in New York, Fey became the first female head writer in SNL history. However, when critics were apprehensive of casting her because she didn't have the looks, Fey realized she needed a diet and a makeover.

It was during the show's 25th season when Fey was able to transform her image and establish a fan base. Fey was cast as a news reporter on the regular "Weekend Update" sketch with Jimmy Fallon, where she wrote many of the segments' most popular biting jokes.

Despite gaining a more glamorous persona in recent years, Fey still retains her legendary work ethic, deadpan humor, and grounded personality. These qualities surely helped Fey catapult her comedy projects into unprecedented levels of success. In 2004, Fey went on to write Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan, a popular movie about the awkwardness of teenage culture in America.

Shortly after, Fey created the television show 30 Rock, a satirical look on her own life as a SNL writer. Despite luke-warm ratings in the show's early seasons, 30 Rock made comedy-series history after receiving 17 different Emmy nominations in 2008. The show won an Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 2007 and 2008, and Fey won two Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

Many contribute the sudden success of 30 Rock to Tina Fey's enormously popular impersonations of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live during the 2008 presidential election. When combined with friend Amy Poehler's impersonations of New York Senator Hillary Clinton, the skits resulted in a 46 percent increase in Saturday Night Live's ratings from the prior season.

But this success is not new to Fey. In 2001, Fey won Writer's Guild awards for her writing on SNL. In 2002, Fey's writing also helped win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for the sketch program. Fey also won Golden Globe awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for 30 Rock in 2008 and 2009, a Gracie Allen award for Outstanding Female Lead in 2007 and 2008, a PGA award for Television Producer of the Year Award in 2008 and 2009, a People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Female Star in 2009, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards - one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009, and another for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2008, Fey won a Television Critics Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy.

Fey currently resides in New York City with her husband—30 Rock producer and composer Jeff Richmond, and their daughter Alice Zenobia Richmond. ... (more)