Amy Poehler

ABOUT AMY POEHLER

Saturday Night Live star who co-anchored Weekend Update with her good friend Tina Fey and parodied politician Hillary Clinton . She won a Golden Globe Award for her starring role as Leslie Knope on NBC's Parks and Recreation . Her many film credits include Wet Hot American Summer , Mean Girls , Blades of Glory and Baby Mama .

She was a member of the oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag, while attending Boston College . She graduated from BC in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in media and communications, then moved to Chicago to study improv at Second City.

In 1999, she co-founded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, an improv theatre and training center. She provides the voice for the character Joy in the 2015 Disney film Inside Out .

She grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts. She married actor Will Arnett in August of 2003 and the couple had a pair of children together before separating in 2012. She then dated actor Nick Kroll from 2013 to 2015. Her brother Greg Poehler has also had a career in entertainment as an actor and comedian.

In 2014, she became a producer on the Comedy Central series Broad City , starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson .