Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Throughout her career, Fey has received numerous accolades including ten Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Producers Guild of America Awards and seven Writers Guild of America Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award.
She started her career as a head writer and cast member on the NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live (1997âÂÂ2006). As a writer for SNL she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 2002. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series twice, her first win for portraying Sarah Palin in 2009, and her second win for co-hosting with Amy Poehler in 2016. She gained acclaim as a writer, producer and actress on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2006âÂÂ2013) where she portrayed Liz Lemon winning the Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series twice for "Cooter" in 2008 and "Last Lunch" in 2013.
Fey then created the Netflix sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015âÂÂ2019) which earned her four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. During this time she earned notoriety for co-hosting the Golden Globe Awards four times in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2021, with Amy Poehler. She wrote her biography Bossypants in 2011 which was turned into an audiobook and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. On film, she starred in numerous comedy films such as Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), and Sisters (2015), the later of which earned Fey a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She voiced role in the Pixar animated film Soul (2020), which earned her a nomination for a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Voice Actress in an Animated Movie.
On stage, she wrote the book for the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2018) which was adapted from Fey's 2004 movie of the same name of which she acted in. The musical earned critical acclaim as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Book of a Musical and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. The 2004 film earned her a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Fey wrote the 2024 film adaptation of the musical.
Fey was listed on the Time Magazine 100 most influential people in the world twice in 2007 and 2009. She received the AP Entertainer of the Year award from the Associated Press in 2008. Fey was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the award. The same year it was announced that she would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, Fey was the recipient of the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence from the Writers Guild of America together with frequent collaborator Robert Carlock.