Comedian Bio: Tina Fey

Tina Fey in 2014

With over 30 awards and in excess of 70 nominations, she has more awards than most series and films. She's an actress, writer and producer and has worked on critically acclaimed hit series Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock as well as several hit films.

Elizabeth Stamatina “Tina” Fey is truly one of the great comedic geniuses of our age. She started doing satire in high school and has been engaged in comedy ever since. She played in Chicago-based comedy collective Second City before being hired as a writer at Saturday Night Live. Although she struggled at first, she quickly found her way and soon had regular sketches air. After only 2 years as a writer she became head writer for the show.

Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in
30 Rock, 2007

After having worked as head writer for Saturday Night Live for several years, she conjured up a sitcom-like variety sketch show loosely based on her work with SNL. This became 30 rock, the wildly popular and critically acclaimed NBC hit show.

Besides her work on the small screen, she has also worked on a number of films. She wrote and starred in Mean Girls, which met critical acclaim and was a box office success. She also had a small acting part in Artie Lange's Beer League, which she did as a favour to the film's director, despite being seven months pregnant. The film was a complete flop and she reportedly received 1000 dollars for it, to pay for her membership of SAG (now SAG-AFTRA). More successful (and sometimes serious) roles she did were a burrito in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres and Nadya in Muppets most Wanted.

With her resume and the amount of awards she won, her quick rise in the comedy world and the fact she's still young enough to keep on creating for years to come, we're eager to see what she'll bring us. Keep on the lookout for this youngest ever winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor!