name	''Liz Lemon''
first	"Pilot"
nickname	"Lemon", "LL", "Dummy", "Liz Lemon Cool J," "Li Lem", "Beth", "Lizzy","The Lizard", "Blizzard", "Menta-Liz"
gender	Female
occupation	Head writer for ''TGS with Tracy Jordan'', Host of ''Dealbreakers'', author
family	Dick Lemon (father)Margaret Lemon (nee Freeman) (mother)Mitch Lemon (brother)"Nana" Lemon (grandmother)Adolf Lemon (grandfather)Dolly Harlan (great-aunt)Linda Lemon (aunt)Gray "The Hair" (third cousin)Randy Lemon (cousin)
spouse	Jack Donaghy (Husband by accident)
religion	Unspecified ("I pretty much do whatever Oprah tells me to.")
portrayer	Tina FeyMichal Antonov (as a preteen in "The Head and the Hair" and "Seinfeld Vision")Marcella Roy (as a preschooler in "Rosemary's Baby")Julia Louis-Dreyfus (during flashbacks in "Live Show")
creator	Tina Fey }}

Elizabeth Miervaldis "Liz" Lemon is the main character of the American television series ''30 Rock''. She is portrayed by Tina Fey, who is also the creator of the series and its showrunner.

Like Fey, who was head writer of ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') from 1999 to 2006, the character is head writer for a sketch comedy show. For this reason, Liz Lemon is widely seen by critics as a fictionalized version of Fey herself, which Fey herself has confirmed as being her intention. In a video interview conducted with Fey before the airing of the pilot, she stated that Liz is herself "five or six years ago when I first started at my job and had to figure out how to deal with big, strong personalities and get through the day, being sort-of scared of everyone... but acting like you're not scared of everyone."

Fey has reported incorporating some of her own quirks and history into the character, saying that she tries to "share as many of Liz's habits as possible so it feels truthful". Liz has been seen singing "Maybe" and Fey has noted that she also enjoys singing songs from ''Annie''. Both were once rejected by a man who later went to "clown college" which had a huge emotional impact on them.

The character also shares her given name with Fey, whose full name is Elizabeth Stamatina Fey. However, Liz Lemon is only very rarely referred to as "Elizabeth" and the character's name is usually given as "Liz Lemon" in official contexts (example, the plaque on the door to her office). The character's middle name, "Miervaldis," is a Latvian name, and Fey has said that, while Lemon's ethnic background is unknown, "Latvian seems to make sense." The character's last name, "Lemon," is apparently intended to imply an acerbic personality and possibly also to make her full name alliterative. Fey has stated that she wanted Liz to have a good last name since she knew the character would often be called by it.

Personal history

Liz is from the town of White Haven, Pennsylvania, and was born on October 14, 1970 on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Her optimistic family is introduced in season 2. Liz's parents, Dick Lemon and Margaret Lemon (née Freeman), are very supportive of her, at least outwardly. In the episode "The Moms," her mother is said to have worked as a secretary at Sterling Cooper. Liz went to elementary school with Sheryl Crow (although in reality, Sheryl Crow grew up in Missouri and is eight years older than Liz), co-starring with Crow as one of a pair of kidneys in a 5th grade musical; Liz remembers that they were great friends, but Sheryl Crow referred to Liz in the Season 3 finale "Kidney Now" as a loser. Her brother Mitch had a skiing accident on Sunday, December 8, 1985 when he was a high school senior. Afterwards, he experienced anterograde amnesia, remaining "stuck" in the day before the accident, thinking for the next 22 years that he was still 17 and that it was still 1985.

Liz was inspired to become a writer by Rosemary Howard, the first female head writer of ''Laugh-In''. She mentioned that she used to teach improv to senior citizens. In high school, she believed that she was just the unpopular nerd everyone picked on, only to learn years later at her 20-year high school reunion that she was the universally disliked class bully. At Bryn Mawr College, she studied theater tech for which she still has an outstanding student loan, and attended the University of Maryland on a partial competitive jazz dance scholarship. She spent her junior year abroad in Frankfurt, Germany. She did not lose her virginity until she was 25.

Liz and Jenna Maroney shared an apartment in a Chicago neighborhood called "Little Armenia" and together dreamed of making it big. While in Chicago, Liz reportedly tried to be an actress, but the only job she booked was a phone sex line commercial. Liz and Jenna began ''The Girlie Show'' at Second City. They worked for years to turn ''The Girlie Show'' into a television series, which NBC picked up only to quell the outrage of women's groups over the misogynistic show ''Bitch Hunter,'' the pair of them moving from Chicago to New York City for it. Liz became the head writer for ''The Girlie Show'' while Jenna became the show's main star. In the episode "Floyd", she reveals that she appeared in an episode of ''America's Most Wanted'', portraying a woman who gets strangled on the toilet.

In the pilot, it is announced that Liz's former boss Gary has died and Jack Donaghy takes his place. Jack immediately decides to retool the show to make it appeal to a larger demographic, starting by firing Liz's trusted producer Pete Hornberger and making her hire unpredictable actor Tracy Jordan as the show's new star. Liz manages to convince Jack to re-hire Pete, but Jack is insistent on making the show center around Tracy and, much to her chagrin, he renames the show ''TGS with Tracy Jordan''.

Liz currently lives in an apartment at 160 Riverside Drive, which is a real apartment complex in New York City; her apartment number is 3B. She has lived there since 2005..

Personality

Jack's overview

Jack, at a mere glance, described her, apparently accurately, as a "New York third-wave feminist, college-educated, single-and-pretending-to-be-happy-about-it, over-scheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine that says 'healthy body image' on the cover and every two years you take up knitting for...a week." Pete said the "knitting" part, in particular, was uncanny. Liz is seen several times saying "Blerg!" the definition of which is subtly shown in another episode where a shot of Lemon's apartment reveals unopened box of Ikea-esque furniture, one is named blërg, satirizing the names of Ikea furniture.

Physical appearance and typical attire

In contrast with her friend and foil Jenna Maroney, Liz seems to have little interest in stereotypical female interests such as fashion. Her "bi-curious" shoes led Jack to erroneously think she was gay and set her up on a blind date with his friend Gretchen Thomas, the "brilliant plastics engineer/lesbian".

Except when she is pressured to dress more femininely, Liz typically appears in casual, gender-neutral attire. In earlier episodes, she almost always appeared wearing plastic-rimmed glasses, though she has started to wear the glasses less and less over the course of the show. Flashbacks reveal that she has worn glasses since she was about four or five. However, according to Jenna she does not actually need glasses. This is probably intended to parody the fact that plastic-rimmed glasses are considered to be Tina Fey's trademark in real life, despite the fact that she does not actually need glasses except to see far away.

Quirks and personality traits

Liz is generally portrayed as something of a geek, so, although apparently a skilled writer, she seems to have precious few social skills. For example, while she was trying to meet a date at a karaoke bar, a man asked her if the seat next to her was taken and she asked him why she should move her coat just so he could sit there. Jack has described her as "socially retarded". Liz has tried using Match.com to find a boyfriend.

Liz has a rather sardonic sense of humor. She has frequently been shown to be a stress eater, a trait she shares with Jack, and, although she is often seen eating junk food, she seems to keep her weight under control, perhaps because she does not seem to have proper meals. According to Fey, the character is not bulimic; "she just likes to eat." Liz does have some knowledge of cooking, though she admits to only using her oven to warm her jeans in the morning. She is allergic to dogs and, apparently, cats as well as "anything warm and adorable," though she believes her allergy to dogs is psychosomatic because a dog bit her the first time she got her period. She has evidently won at least one Emmy Award.

Liz studied abroad in Germany. She seems to speak fluent German and thinks it is the most beautiful language in the world; however it becomes obvious in "Episode 210" that she is not fluent because she mixes up the verbs "to sell" and "to buy" (''verkaufen'' and ''kaufen'') and has difficulty understanding the German TV executives. In one episode, she sings "99 Luftballons."

Liz has a strong aversion to unfairness and rule-breaking as demonstrated in the opening scene of the pilot, where a man cheats to get a hot dog from a hot dog stand more quickly by "creating" a new line which several people from the "original" line promptly join. She responds by buying all the hot dogs and giving them to the "good people" who stayed in the original line. Later, when Liz considered quitting over Jack's changes to the show, Pete told her that she had the best job in New York and that she should not "buy all the hot dogs." This also displays the tendency she seems to have of acting rashly in a fit of anger.

She also seems to have a weakness when it comes to maternal instincts. The day after Liz told Jenna that she wanted to have children, she found herself bombarded with offers from people who wanted to be sperm donors or surrogates for her. Liz was also asked by a makeup artist to hold her baby daughter while she was doing touch ups on Jenna, but, after leaving Jenna's dressing room, Liz blacked out and found herself standing in her apartment, still holding the baby in her arms, thanks to the baby's hypnotic effect on her. Liz compares the effect to highway hypnosis.

While Liz is generally calm in nature, she is prone to violence when her food is stolen; she once knocked over a table when someone stole her macaroni and cheese and also threatened to cut her co-workers' faces so bad they'd "all have chins" when she discovered someone had stolen her sandwich.

Some of Liz's social problems stem from past slapstick events that left her with long-suppressed traumas and phobias. For instance, in Reaganing, Liz reveals to Jack that she once ended up falling while wearing roller skates and ending up with her panties around her ankles while covered by a Tom Jones poster (all while she was trying to find a bathroom to use in the house), and when Jack learns she also freaked out when hearing a snippet of music in Las Vegas, she realizes that anything that reminds her of Tom Jones triggers her revulsion to sex. She was also unable to eat eggs for a long time, and Kenneth's impromptu therapy helped her understand why: her creepy aunt's husband ran away, and the aunt would feed a pre-teen Liz disgusting egg-based dishes while making bizarre requests for company.

Liz also has a tendency to say "blerg", "nerds", "What the what?", and "son of a mother" as replacements for curse words, as well as the phrases "By the Hammer of Thor!", "shut it down", "I want to go to there", "deal breaker", and "pwomp".

Interests

Like Fey, Liz is a big fan of ''Star Wars'', often using events from the original trilogy to explain her feelings and actions in daily life. For example, In the episode "Jack the Writer," she compares Jack Donaghy to Darth Vader and that stepping into his office is like entering the Death Star. Liz mentions that she recently dressed up as Princess Leia for four Halloweens in a row and does so during jury selection in order to be disqualified from serving. Liz considers ''Attack of the Clones'' to be the worst film of the series.

She is also a fan of ''Heroes'', in which her favorite character is Hiro Nakamura, ''Lost'', ''Little People, Big World'', ''Ugly Betty'', ''Top Chef'', ''Designing Women'' and ''The Daily Show''. Her drinks of choice are Pinot Grigio or white wine with ice cubes and Sprite. She is obsessed with men in green tights. As of "Cleveland", her ringtone is "Ride of the Valkyries", which she and Jenna consider a reference to ''What's Opera, Doc?''. Her ringtone for "Future Husband", is "Fuck the Pain Away" by Peaches.

In the episode "The Fabian Strategy", Liz reveals that the three things she likes in the world are Ina Garten, sweater weather, and when Muppets present at awards shows.

Liz appears to be a Philadelphia Phillies fan. In "Reaganing", it is mentioned that at nine-years old, she sported a Pete Rose inspired haircut and had posters of Mike Schmidt and Tug McGraw in her bedroom. These three players were active with the Phillies during this period. It is also noted that she uses a 'Phillies Sport Wallet' in "It's Never Too Late For Now".

On "Christmas Attack Zone", Liz says she learned body language through watching ''The Mentalist'' because her TV is on CBS and she could not find her remote. She calls herself "The MentaLiz."

Political and religious views

As demonstrated in several encounters with Jack, she seems to have liberal political opinions. For instance, she stated that she believes "gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and we should all have hybrid cars". Liz, however, has not been shown to own a car, hybrid or otherwise. She is frequently portrayed endorsing Barack Obama. Despite her vocal support of Obama, she said that there was an "eighty percent chance" that she would end up secretly voting for John McCain in the 2008 election.

She is shown to be somewhat afflicted with "white guilt," which Tracy uses to manipulate her in the episode "Jack-Tor." She later says that her white guilt "is to be used only for good, like over-tipping and supporting Barack Obama". She is very concerned about not being seen as racist; for example, an African-American man she was dating played the "race card" when she tried to ditch him by claiming that they were not a good match.

When asked what religion she was she replied that "I pretty much do whatever Oprah tells me to". She does mention that she tried to get former boyfriend Floyd to check out a Unitarian church with her, but he wasn't interested. In "The Break-Up", Liz compiles a pros-vs-cons list for her boyfriend Dennis in which his being Catholic is listed as a negative. Liz's own religion has never been revealed.

Relationships

Jack Donaghy

At the beginning of the show, Liz and Jack had an antagonistic relationship. As the series progressed, however, this original dislike all but disappeared, and they are now close friends, with Jack at one point going so far as to tell her, "Lemon, I honestly don't know what I'd do without you". In spite of this, they still annoy each other at times.

In Season 2, Liz declared that she and Jack "are friends" and seems to be welcome in Jack's office at any time of the day. The two joke often about their various personal and work-related problems, and increasingly offer each other advice. Jack has even surpassed Pete as Liz's most trusted confidant. This relationship culminated when Jack, after being told he was to be the next Chairman of General Electric, named Liz as his Vice President and successor. In essence, Liz and Jack have developed into each other's best sounding boards. For example, when Liz believed herself to be pregnant, her first reaction was to go to Jack's office (then occupied by the daughter of G.E.'s CEO) and, when ultimately she was unable to speak with him face to face, she left multiple messages on his phone. When Jack had made a fool out himself at a business retreat, Liz took the attention away from him by doing improvisation and eventually, danced and took off her top. Jack was clearly moved and appreciative of her actions. She has done similar things multiple times, sacrificing her finite dignity for Donaghy's overall public appearance, as evidenced when she kissed Jack's business rival Banks on security camera footage so she could blackmail him. Jack responded to this by saying "Well played," or in the episode I Do Do, she stalled for him in front of a church, expanding her small reading to involve a guitar song and random readings from the bible. Liz has a pregnancy scare in "Cooter", and leaves a series of messages on Jack's voicemail as she goes through a series of emotions. The pregnancy test turns out to be a false reading, and Jack flies from D.C to New York, showing up at her door to comfort her. When Liz struggled with intimacy issues, Jack talked her through them and helped her get to the root of the problem. When she wanted to give up on herself and break up with Carol, Jack didn't allow her to, telling her "You deserve a guy like Carol and he deserves you because, I'll only say this once a decade: you're great". Despite their close friendship, Jack rarely addresses her as "Liz", generally preferring to call her "Lemon". In the Season 5 episode "Mrs. Donaghy", the minister married Jack to Liz, when it fact it was Jack and Avery's wedding. Although they remain platonic, Liz and Jack are required to go to marriage counseling and realize the impact they have had on each others lives in the past 5 years. In honor of his friendship with Liz and everything she has done for him, Jack gave his firstborn daughter the middle name Elizabeth.

Tina Fey has said that Liz' relationship with Jack is "somewhere between Mary Tyler Moore and Lou Grant, and Han Solo and Princess Leia." Fey previously stated that there would not be a romantic relationship between the two, as it would be "too icky." More recently, however, she admitted there is sexual tension between Jack and Liz. There have been many episodes which hint at this, which has caused many fans to hope for an eventual Jack/Liz relationship. Jack passes Liz off as his girlfriend to make ex-wife Bianca jealous and Bianca tells Liz in one scene that "I can tell from the way he [Jack] looks at you that he's serious". Colleen Donaghy, Jack's mother, thinks that Liz is a perfect match for Jack. In "Do-Over", Jack and Liz attempt to win over temporary head of GE, Kathy Geiss by pretending to have a soap opera-style real life relationship, escalating to the point where Geiss wants the two to kiss each other (her shouting "KISS!" marks the only time Kathy Geiss has spoken in the entire series); there is a pause, but Jack and Liz refuse. Jack and Liz are accidentally married in "Mrs. Donaghy", which Liz uses to blackmail Jack into doing what she wants him to do.

Jenna Maroney

Liz and Jenna have known each other since 1993, when they met at an audition for a car dealership commercial in Chicago. Liz stated in the pilot that she and Jenna worked for years to get ''The Girlie Show'', having formerly been roommates in a Chicago neighborhood called "Little Armenia" around 1996. Given Jenna's insecure nature, Liz is generally forced to act as her rock. This has caused Liz some annoyance, especially after Jack increased Jenna's stress level and paranoia by hiring Tracy Jordan and changing the show's name from ''The Girlie Show'' to ''TGS With Tracy Jordan''.

Liz has been seen complaining about Jenna's erratic tendencies behind her back, usually with Pete. Jenna once got mad at Liz when she overheard Liz describe her to Tracy as being "paranoid" and "neurotic." Jenna once slept with Liz's brother Mitch and said he was disgusting in bed. Liz explains this by saying that Mitch has not been right since he was in some kind of skiing accident, because of which he thinks it's still 1985 and he's still a teenager. Nonetheless, Jenna attempts to seduce Mitch once more in the episode "Ludachristmas."

Despite their frustrations and occasional rivalries, however, the show often reveals that the two women appreciate their friendship and do their best to be supportive of the other's careers. When the phrase "That's a deal breaker, ladies" is coined by Jenna thanks to Liz's writing, Jenna surrenders the spotlight with a surprisingly short sulking period. She later encourages Liz to write a book and take on a talk show gig based on the catch phrase (though the talk show is considerably short lived).

Pete Hornberger

Liz and Pete have known each other since about 1996 and he's possibly the closest thing Liz has to a confidant besides Jack, especially since Jenna, her closest female friend, is far too anxious about her own life to function as such. Pete lived in Liz's apartment for an extended period while separated from his wife.

Tracy Jordan

Liz has not really tried to pursue a relationship of any kind with Tracy, preferring to focus her energies on keeping his craziness in check. She is typically friendly towards him, though mainly to further this end. While Liz will refer to him as either "Tracy" or "Tray", Tracy will most often refer to Liz by her full name "Liz Lemon", "LL", or, less often, just "Lemon". He often challenges her authority, but always ends up losing out when he does so—he once cracked under the stress of doing the hard production work that Liz does every week, and when Liz allowed him to make a porno film as penance for her "Dealbreakers" book messing up Tracy's romantic life with wife Angie, he was so disgusted that he stopped watching it halfway through.

Love life

Many episodes of the show have dealt with Lemon's ongoing search for love. According to Pete, Liz has had some "really terrible boyfriends" in the ten years that he's known her. In the episodes "Believe in the Stars" and "Cooter," Liz states that she lost her virginity at the age of 25 (this would be in 1995 or 1996). It is implied that she once dated Conan O'Brien when there is obvious romantic tension between them. Conan has told Liz that he wants to forget their brief relationship. He is one of the few people to address her as Elizabeth. It has become apparent that Lemon has very high standards in men, personified in her imaginary perfect husband, "Astronaut Mike Dexter". She appears to take a somewhat more realistic view her dream man after learning of her mother's premarital relationship with then-future astronaut Edwin "Buzz" ("Eddie" to her) Aldrin and subsequently conversing with Aldrin.

Liz's longest relationship thus far has been with failed beeper salesman Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters), her on-again-off-again boyfriend. Despite Dennis' many personal failings and general loutish behavior, Liz put up with him until she learned that he was an online sexual predator after seeing him on ''Dateline NBC'', where he was caught in one of their hidden camera investigations. Even after this occurred, Liz nearly fell back into a relationship with Dennis when he became a celebrity for saving someone who fell on a subway track, and slept with him, leading to a brief pregnancy scare. Dennis later caused a rift between Liz and Jenna when Liz learned Jenna slept with Dennis during Hurricane Katrina (Dennis says this was because they were both so upset "at what those people were doing to the Superdome").

Lemon had several comically disastrous dates and short relationships. In one episode, Liz and Jenna consider hooking up with two men from the building who they have nicknamed "The Head" and "The Hair" (because one is boring and balding, and the other is interesting and handsome, with a full head of great hair). Liz and Jenna both assume, automatically, that the good-looking one (The Hair) will go for Jenna, so Liz, a little resignedly, decides to ask The Head out on a date. On the way there, however, she is stunned to be approached by "The Hair" (whose real name, it turns out, is Gray). After a rocky start, things start to look optimistic for their romantic potential - until Liz and Gray discover that they are actually third cousins. In "The Source Awards," Liz has a dinner date with Steven Black, Tracy's attorney (played by Wayne Brady). She quickly discovers that they have nothing in common and voices her doubts about furthering a relationship with him, but she backs down when he accuses her of being racist. Liz inadvertently gives herself an out, however; at the Source Awards she accidentally shoots Black in the buttocks. Liz briefly dated a 20-year-old named Jamie, but ended it when she discovered that his mother, Beth, was physically similar to her, and went on two dates with a dwarf named Stuart mostly to save face after mistaking him for a small child.

Liz's most stable relationship thus far began when she received an anonymous Valentine that, in a true ''Charlie Brown'' twist, turned out to have been sent to her by accident by a man named Floyd (Jason Sudeikis) who intended to send the gift to his girlfriend, Liz Lemler ("The Other Liz"). Later, Jack told her to fire the bottom ten percent of her staff and Liz realized that Liz Lemler actually worked for her. What followed was chaos as Liz ended up firing not only Liz Lemler but also the entire accounting staff and Pete. In the end, Jack rehired Liz Lemler but had her transferred to Connecticut. Although she did end up dating Floyd, they broke up when he moved to Cleveland and she decided to stay with her show in New York. It is later shown that she was not over Floyd at all. When he briefly returns to New York, she confronts him over their break-up, and they end up leaving their relationship closed but part on friendly terms. In season 4, Floyd returns to New York with his fiancee, and after a series of mishaps involving Jack Daniels-soaked Salmon, The Today Show and Jack's ongoing relationships with two different women, Liz winds up in Floyd's wedding party.

In season three Liz briefly dated her neighbor Dr. Drew Baird (played by Jon Hamm). Liz was initially attracted to him after receiving some of his mail by mistake and realizing from his magazine subscriptions that they had many common interests. After a rocky first date, culminating in Lemon accidentally drugging Drew with a roofie, they were able to start a relationship. Liz ended the relationship when she realized that Drew was completely incompetent at basically everything he attempted, and people let him get away with it because he was incredibly handsome, a situation Jack described as "the bubble." Drew briefly returned in season 4 after losing both his hands in unrelated, insanely stupid accidents, and Liz decided once and for all that he was too dumb to ever date again.

At Kenneth's party, a drunk Liz made out with Grizz Griswold. Kenneth later mentioned that apparently afterward, she made Dot Com and Grizz cry. Liz's sexual history with Grizz has since been alluded to, and it is possibly this instance being referred to.

In the episode "Klaus and Greta", Liz sleeps with James Franco and, presumably, Kimiko, Franco's Japanese body pillow lover. In the following episode, "Black Light Attack!", it is revealed that Liz has been secretly hooking up with the new TGS cast member, Danny. When Jack finds out, he's desperate for the relationship to end, since Danny is the first "man" friend Jack has made on the show, and is upset about Liz's interference with their friendship. Jack tells Danny he's secretly in love with Lemon, and Danny agrees to end the relationship. In the episode "Future Husband", Liz woke up from the anesthesiology after a root canal to discover she had a man listed in her cellphone contact list as "Future Husband". After discovering that they met while both under anesthesia, she is able to track him down at her dentists office. "Future Husband" is actually an uptight British insurance salesman (Michael Sheen) named Wesley Snipes, who persistently resents the actor of the same name. He initially appeals to Liz, who asks him out for coffee, but they get along poorly and seem to have little in common, and their second date (to see ''Hot Tub Time Machine'') goes even worse. Liz repeatedly runs into Wesley, which leads him to believe that the universe is telling them to settle for each other (as 'settling soul mates'), and he gleefully points out how terrible her romantic history has been as an argument in favor of settling for him. After being repeatedly told that her standards are too high, and looking back at her past failures (such as Dennis and Drew), Liz agrees to marry him—he is happy about this because he is about to be deported back to England, and also because he has lost his insurance job in unsalvageable fashion—but Liz ends the engagement and the relationship hours later after meeting Carol Burnett (played by Matt Damon), an airline pilot who is a huge fan of TGS and shares many of Liz's personality quirks. The pair are still involved as of "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish". Liz takes advantage of Carol's extensive travel to avoid developing emotional intimacy or familiarity, while Carol has expressed a desire that they become more committed to each other and was not scared away when Liz confessed to being on an adoption waiting list. Their relationship ended in the episode "Double-Edged Sword", their over-similarity finally leading to a confrontation on Carol's airplane, Carol threatening with a gun while Liz uses an old man as a human shield.

The loss of Liz's luggage caused her to wear tennis whites and an insect net while serving as the emergency back-up best man at Jack's and Avery's wedding during unseen events occurring between "Christmas Attack Zone" and "Mrs. Donaghy". Her attire and the officiant's lack of English proficiency led to Liz accidentally becoming Jack's wife, although their relationship remains platonic.

External links

"30 Rocks" on Sesame Street, a parody where "Liz Lemon" is a lemon-shaped puppet.

References

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name	Tina Fey
birth name	Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
birth date	May 18, 1970
birth place	Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
occupation	Actress, comedian, writer, producer
years active	1994–present
spouse	Jeff Richmond (2001-present)
children	2 }}

Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''), the NBC comedy series ''30 Rock'', and films such as ''Mean Girls'' (2004), ''Baby Mama'' (2008), and ''Date Night'' (2010).

Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She later joined ''SNL'' as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the ''Weekend Update'' segment. In 2004 she adapted the screenplay ''Mean Girls'' in which she also co-starred. After leaving ''SNL'' in 2006, she created the television series ''30 Rock'', a situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at ''SNL''. In the series, Fey portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, she starred in the comedy film ''Baby Mama'', alongside former ''SNL'' co-star Amy Poehler. Fey next appeared in the 2010 comedy films ''Date Night'' and ''Megamind''.

She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards. She was singled out as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008 by the Associated Press, which gave her its AP Entertainer of the Year award for her satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on ''SNL''. In 2010, Fey was the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award.

Early life

Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a township just west of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Zenobia "Jeanne" (née Xenakes) – a brokerage employee of Greek descent – and Donald Fey, a university grant proposal-writer of German and Scottish descent. She has a brother, who is eight years older, named Peter.

Fey was exposed to comedy early. She recalls:

She also grew up watching ''Second City Television'' (''SCTV'') and cites Catherine O'Hara as a role model.

Fey attended Cardington Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School in Upper Darby. By middle school, she knew she was interested in comedy, even doing an independent-study project on the subject in eighth grade. Fey attended Upper Darby High School, where she was an honor student, a member of the choir, drama club, and tennis team, and co-editor of the school's newspaper. She also anonymously wrote the newspaper's satirical column, ''The Acorn''. Following her graduation in 1988, Fey enrolled at the University of Virginia, where she studied playwriting and acting. She graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama.

Career

Early career

After graduating, Fey originally had plans to do graduate work in drama at DePaul University in Chicago, but she "just got this feeling like it wasn't going to work out ...[that] they were going to take my money and then cut me from the program." She moved to Chicago anyway, knowing about the improvisational comedy troupe, The Second City. She took night classes at Second City, and had a day job working at the front desk of a YMCA facility in Evanston to pay for her classes. Once her Second City training began, she immersed herself in the "cult of improvisation", becoming, as she described it later, "like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It was all about blind focus. I was so sure that I was doing exactly what I'd been put on this earth to do, and I would have done anything to make it onto that stage. Not because of ''SNL'', but because I wanted to devote my life to improv. I would have been perfectly happy to stay at Second City forever."

In 1994, she joined the cast of The Second City, where she performed eight shows a week, for two years. She was also in the revues ''Citizen Gates'' (1996) and ''Paradigm Lost'' (1997), where she performed alongside Scott Adsit, Kevin Dorff, Rachel Dratch, Jenna Jolovitz, and Jim Zulevic. Improvisation became an important influence on her initial understanding of what it means to be an actress, as she noted in an interview for ''The Believer'' in November 2003:

While in Chicago, Fey also made what she later described as an "amateurish" attempt at stand-up comedy. She also performed at the ImprovOlympic theater.

''Saturday Night Live'' (1997–2006)

While performing shows with the Second City in 1997, Fey submitted several scripts to NBC's variety show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''), at the request of its head writer Adam McKay, a former performer at Second City. She was hired as a writer for ''SNL'' following a meeting with ''SNL'' creator Lorne Michaels, and moved to New York. Fey told ''The New Yorker'', "I’d had my eye on the show forever, the way other kids have their eye on Derek Jeter." Originally, Fey "struggled" at ''SNL''. Her first sketch to air starred Chris Farley in a Sally Jessy Raphael satire. Fey went on to write a series of parodies, including one of ABC's morning talk show ''The View''. She co-wrote the "Sully and Denise" sketches with Rachel Dratch, who plays one of the teens.

Fey played an extra in one of the episodes in 1998, and after watching herself, decided to diet and lost 30 pounds. She told ''The New York Times'', "I was a completely normal weight. But I was here in New York City, I had money and I couldn't buy any clothes. After I lost weight, there was interest in putting me on camera." In 1999, McKay stepped down as head writer, which led Michaels to approach Fey for the position. She became ''SNL'''s first female head writer, a milestone she downplays.

In 2000, Fey began performing in sketches, and she and Jimmy Fallon became co-anchors of ''SNL's Weekend Update'' segment. Fey said she did not ask to audition, but that Michaels approached her. Michaels explained that there was "chemistry" between Fey and Fallon. Michaels, however, revealed that choosing Fey was "kind of risky" at the time. Her role in ''Weekend Update'' was well-received by critics. Ken Tucker of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote: "...Fey delivers such blow darts – poison filled jokes written in long, precisely parsed sentences unprecedented in ''Update'' history – with such a bright, sunny countenance makes her all the more devilishly delightful." Dennis Miller, a former cast member of ''SNL'' and anchor of ''Weekend Update'', was pleased with Fey as one of the anchors for the segment: "...Fey might be the best ''Weekend Update'' anchor who ever did it. She writes the funniest jokes". Robert Bianco of ''USA Today'', however, commented that he was "not enamored" of the pairing.

In 2001, Fey and the writing staff won a Writers Guild of America Award for ''SNL'''s 25th anniversary special. The following year at the 2002 Emmy Awards ceremony, she and the writing team won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

The pairing of Fey and Fallon ended in May 2004 when Fallon last appeared as a cast member. He was replaced by Amy Poehler. It was the first time that two women co-anchored ''Weekend Update''. Fey revealed that she "hired" Poehler as her co-host for the segment. The reception to the teaming of Fey and Poehler was positive, with Rachel Sklar of the ''Chicago Tribune'' noting that the pairing "has been a hilarious, pitch-perfect success as they play off each other with quick one-liners and deadpan delivery".

The 2005–2006 season was her last; she thereafter departed to develop ''30 Rock''.

''30 Rock'' (2006–present)

In 2002, Fey suggested a pilot episode for a situation comedy about a cable news network to NBC, who rejected it. The pilot was reworked to revolve around an ''SNL'' style series, and was accepted by NBC. She signed a contract with NBC in May 2003, which allowed her to remain in her ''SNL'' head writer position at least through the 2004–2005 television season. As part of the contract, Fey was to develop a primetime project to be produced by Broadway Video and NBC Universal. She began developing the pilot project under the working title ''Untitled Tina Fey Project''. The pilot, directed by Adam Bernstein, centered on the head writer of a variety show and how she managed her relationships with the show's volatile star and its executive producer. In October 2006, the pilot aired on NBC as ''30 Rock''. Although the episode received generally favorable reviews, it finished third in its timeslot.

The network renewed the series for a second season, which began in October 2007. The show's third season premiered on October 30, 2008. The premiere episode set records for the highest ratings of the series. In January 2009, NBC renewed ''30 Rock'' for the 2009–2010 season.

In 2007, Fey received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. The show itself won the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2008, she won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Emmy awards all in the category for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. The following year, Fey again won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same categories, and was nominated for an Emmy Award. In early 2010, Fey received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress. ''30 Rock'' was renewed for the 2010–2011 season in March 2010. It will return for the 2011-2012 season, though due to Fey's pregnancy with her second child, the season premiere will be delayed until midseason.

Impersonation of Sarah Palin

From September to November 2008, Fey made frequent guest appearances on ''SNL'' to perform a series of parodies of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. On the 34th season premiere episode, aired September 13, 2008, Fey imitated Palin in a sketch, alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. Their repartee included Clinton needling Palin about her "Tina Fey glasses". The sketch quickly became NBC.com's most-watched viral video ever, with 5.7 million views by the following Wednesday. Fey reprised this role on the October 4 show, on the October 18 show where she was joined by the real Sarah Palin, and on the November 1 show where she was joined by John McCain and his wife Cindy. The October 18 show had the best ratings of any ''SNL'' show since 1994. The following year Fey won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her impersonation of Palin. Fey returned to ''SNL'' in April 2010, and reprised her impression of Palin in one sketch titled "Sarah Palin Network". Fey once again did her impression of Palin when she hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on May 8, 2011.

In December 2009, ''Entertainment Weekly'' put her impersonation on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, writing, "Fey's freakishly spot-on ''SNL'' impersonation of the wannabe VP (and her ability to strike a balance between comedy and cruelty) made for truly transcendent television."

Other work

In 2000, Fey partnered with fellow ''SNL'' cast member Rachel Dratch in the Off Broadway two-woman show ''Dratch & Fey'' at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City. The production was well received by critics. Tim Townsend of ''The Wall Street Journal'' in review of ''Dratch & Fey'', wrote that the fun part of watching them perform was "seeing how comfortable they are with each other". He concluded that the production "isn't about two women being funny. [...] Dratch and Fey are just funny. Period." One of the ''SNL'' sketches, "Sully and Denise", originated at Second City in Chicago.

On August 13, 2007, Fey made a guest appearance on the children's television series ''Sesame Street'', in the episode, "The Bookaneers". She appeared as a guest judge on the November 25, 2007 episode of the Food Network program ''Iron Chef America''. Fey has appeared in Disney's campaign "Year of a Million Dreams" as Tinker Bell, along with Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Gisele Bündchen as Wendy Darling. She has also done commercials for American Express credit card.

On February 23, 2008, Fey hosted the first episode of ''SNL'' after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. For this appearance, she was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Fey hosted ''SNL'' for a second time on April 10, 2010, and for her appearance she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

On April 5, 2011, her book, an autobiographical comedy entitled ''Bossypants'', was released. It received a positive review from ''the New York Times''.

Feature films

In 2002, Fey appeared in the surreal comedy ''Martin & Orloff''. She made her debut as writer and co-star of the 2004 teen comedy ''Mean Girls''. Characters and behaviors in the movie are based on Fey's high school life at Upper Darby High School and on the non-fiction book ''Queen Bees and Wannabes'' by Rosalind Wiseman. The cast includes other past cast members of ''SNL'' including Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler. The film received favorable reviews, and was a box office success, grossing $129 million worldwide.

In a 2004 interview, Fey expressed that she would like to write and direct movies in which she has small parts. In 2006, Fey worked on a movie script for Paramount Pictures, which was to feature Sacha Baron Cohen, by the name of ''Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill'', based loosely on the true story of a Hasidic rock musician. In 2007, she was cast in the animated comedy film ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'' as the Aqua Teens' mother, a giant burrito.

Fey and former ''SNL'' castmate Amy Poehler starred in the 2008 comedy ''Baby Mama''. The movie was written and directed by Michael McCullers. The plot concerns Kate (Fey), a business woman, who wants a child but, discovering she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant, decides to find a surrogate: Angie (Poehler), a white-trash schemer. ''Baby Mama'' received mixed reviews, but many critics enjoyed Fey's performance. Todd McCarthy of ''Variety'' wrote: "Fey is a delight to watch throughout. Able to convey Kate's intentions and feelings through the simple looks and inflections, she never melodramatizes her situation; nor does her efficient, perfectionist side become overbearing." The movie grossed over $64 million at the box office.

Fey's projects after 2008 include her lending her voice to the character Lisa in the English language version of the Japanese animated film ''Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea'' (titled ''Ponyo'' for its U.S. release). In 2009, she appeared in ''The Invention of Lying'', alongside Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, and Christopher Guest. Her next film role was in Shawn Levy's 2010 comedy ''Date Night'', a feature that focuses on a married couple, played by Fey and Steve Carell, who go on a date; however, the night goes awry for the two. Also in the same year, she voiced Roxanne Ritchie, a television reporter, in the DreamWorks animated film ''Megamind'' (2010). With a total worldwide gross of $321 million, ''Megamind'' is Fey's most commercially successful picture to date. It earned $173 million outside the U.S. and $148 million domestically.

In July 2010 it was announced that Fey will star in an upcoming comedy entitled ''Mommy & Me'' alongside Meryl Streep, who will play her mother. The film will be directed by Stanley Tucci.

In the media

Fey was ranked in the Hot 100 List at number 80 on ''Maxim'' magazine in 2002. She was named one of ''People'' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003, and one of ''People'' magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2007, she was included in ''People'''s 100 Most Beautiful issue. Also in 2007, Fey placed seventh on the Hot 100 List on AfterEllen.com. She repeated the appearance the following year, however, being voted as number one on the list.

In 2001, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Fey as one of their Entertainers of the Year for her work on ''Weekend Update''. She again was named one of the magazine's Entertainers of the Year in 2007, and placed number two in 2008. In 2009, Fey was named as ''Entertainment Weekly'''s fifth individual in their 15 Entertainers of the 2000s list. The newspaper editors and broadcast producers of the Associated Press voted Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008, citing her impression of Sarah Palin on ''SNL''. She has appeared on ''Forbes''' annual Celebrity 100 list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in 2008, 2009, and 2010, at No. 99, No. 86, and No. 90 respectively.

In 2007, the ''New York Post'' included Fey in New York's 50 Most Powerful Women, ranking her at number 33. Fey was among the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2007 and 2009, as selected annually by ''Time'' magazine. Fey's featured article for the 2009 list was written by ''30 Rock'' co-star, Alec Baldwin. She was selected by Barbara Walters as one of America's 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008.

Personal life

Fey is married to Jeff Richmond, composer on ''30 Rock''. They met at Chicago's Second City and dated for seven years before marrying in a Greek Orthodox ceremony on June 3, 2001. The couple have two daughters: Alice Zenobia Richmond (born September 10, 2005) and Penelope Athena Richmond (born August 10, 2011). Alice was born during Fey's tenure at ''SNL''. Fey returned to the show on October 22, saying "I had to get back to work. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement." In April 2009, Fey and Richmond purchased a $3.4 million apartment in the Upper West Side in New York City.

Fey has a scar a few inches long on the left side of her chin and cheek. Responding to questions about its origin, Fey was quoted in the November 25, 2001, ''New York Times'' article as saying: "It's a childhood injury that was kind of grim. And it kind of bums my parents out for me to talk about it". Later, in an interview with Fey and Richmond in the January 2009 issue of ''Vanity Fair'', Richmond revealed the scar resulted from a slashing incident, which happened when she was five. Richmond said: "It was in, like, the front yard of her house, and somebody just came up, and she just thought somebody marked her with a pen." She has said she was reluctant to discuss the incident in part because "It's impossible to talk about it without somehow seemingly exploiting it." Fey favors the right (non-scar) side of her face when acting as her character Liz Lemon.

Her charity work includes support of Autism Speaks, an organization that sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. At the 64th Golden Globe Awards, Fey wore a blue puzzle piece pin to raise awareness for the organization. In April 2008, she participated in Night of Too Many Stars, a comedy show benefit for autism education.

Fey is also a supporter of Mercy Corps, a global relief and development organization, in their campaign to end world hunger. Fey narrated a video for Mercy Corps's Action Center in New York City, describing hunger as a symptom of many wider world problems. She also supports the Love Our Children USA organization, which fights violence against children, who named her among their Mothers Who Make a Difference in 2009. She is the 2009 national spokesperson for the Light the Night Walk, which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

In June 2010, it was announced she would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

Detailed works

+ As a writer
Year(s)	Title	Medium	Notes
1997–2006	''Saturday Night Live''	TV	Head writer 1999–2006
2004	''Mean Girls''	Film	Screenplay adapted from ''Queen Bees and Wannabes''
2006–present	''30 Rock''	TV	Episodes written:Season 1: (8/21) "Pilot", "The Aftermath", "Tracy Does Conan", "The Head and the Hair"‡, "Black Tie"‡, "Up All Night", "The C Word", "Hiatus"Season 2: (4/15) "SeinfeldVision", "Somebody to Love"‡, "MILF Island"‡, "Cooter"Season 3: (5) "Do-Over", "Christmas Special"‡, "St. Valentine's Day"‡, "The Bubble", "The Natural Order"‡Season 4: (4) "Season 4", "Secret Santa", "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter"‡, "I Do Do"Season 5: (3) "The Fabian Strategy", "Live Show"‡, "100"‡‡''denotes episode co-written.''
2011	Bossypants	Book

+ As an actress
Year(s)	Title	Medium	Role(s)	Notes
1998–2006, 2008, 2010, 2011	''Saturday Night Live''	TV	Multiple	Includes being a cast member from 1998 to 2006, host of ''Weekend Update'' (2000–2006), host in 2008, 2010, and 2011, and made five appearances impersonating Sarah Palin.
1999	''Upright Citizens Brigade''	TV	Kerri Downey	One episode
2002	''Martin & Orloff''	Film	Southern Woman
2004	''Mean Girls''	Film	Ms. Norbury	Features several colleagues from ''Saturday Night Live''
2006	''Artie Lange's Beer League''	Film	Gym Secretary
2006		Film	Herself	''SNL''s ''Weekend Update'' with Fey and Amy Poehler was featured in the movie
2006–present	''30 Rock''	TV	Liz Lemon	Main role
2007	''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters''	Film	Giant Burrito
2008		Film	Kate Holbrook	Re-teams with Amy Poehler, colleague from ''SNL''
2009		Film	Lisa
2009	''''	Film	Shelley
2009	''SpongeBob's Truth or Square''	TV	Herself
2010	''Date Night''	Film	Claire Foster
2010	''Megamind''	Film	Roxanne Ritchi	Voice
2011	''Phineas and Ferb	TV	Annabelle	Voice

Awards and nominations

The following awards are categorized under the year they were announced (and not necessarily the year covered by the award ceremony).

! Year	! Award	! Category	! Work	! Result
2001	Emmy Award	Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	''Saturday Night Live''
2001		Comedy/Variety series	''Saturday Night Live''
2001		Comedy/Variety special	''Saturday Night Live'': 25th Anniversary Special
2002	Emmy Award	Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	''Saturday Night Live''
2002	WGA Award	Comedy/Variety series	''Saturday Night Live''
2003	Emmy Award	Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	''Saturday Night Live''
2003	WGA Award	Comedy/Variety Series	''Saturday Night Live''
2003	WGA Award	Comedy/Variety Special	''Saturday Night Live'': NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2004	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	''Saturday Night Live''
2005	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Funny Female Star
2005	Teen Choice Award	Choice Comedian
2005	WGA Award	Best Adapted Screenplay	''Mean Girls''
2007	Emmy Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2007	Emmy Award	Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2007	Emmy Award	Writing for a Comedy Series	"Tracy Does Conan" for ''30 Rock''
2007	WGA Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2007	WGA Award	New Series	''30 Rock''
2007	WGA Award	Comedy/Variety Special	''Saturday Night Live''
2008	Emmy Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2008	Emmy Award	Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2008	Emmy Award	Writing for a Comedy Series
2008	Emmy Award	Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program	''Saturday Night Live''
2008	Golden Globe Award	Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2008	Golden Globe Award	Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2008	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Female Actor in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2008	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Ensemble in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2008	WGA Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2009	Golden Globe Award	Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2009	Golden Globe Award	Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Female Actor in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Ensemble in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2009	WGA Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2009	WGA Award	Episodic Comedy	"Cooter" for ''30 Rock''
2009	Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Portrayal of Sarah Palin on ''Saturday Night Live''
2009	Emmy Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2009	Emmy Award	Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2010	Golden Globe Award	Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2010	Golden Globe Award	Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2010	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Female Actor in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2010	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Ensemble in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2010	Emmy Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2010	Emmy Award	Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2010	Emmy Award	Writing for a Comedy Series	"Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" for ''30 Rock''
2010	Emmy Award	Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program	''Saturday Night Live''
2010	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
2010	Mark Twain Prize for American Humor	American Humor
2011	Golden Globe Award	Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2011	Golden Globe Award	Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy	''30 Rock''
2011	The Comedy Awards	Best Actress in Film Comedy	''Date Night''
2011	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Acting in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2011	Emmy Award	Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2011	Emmy Award	Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	''30 Rock''
2011	Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	''Saturday Night Live''

References

Further reading

Baldwin, Kristen. "'Update' With Destiny." ''Entertainment Weekly''. May 2, 2002. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Smith, Kyle. "Leap of Fey." ''People Magazine''. May 3, 2004. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Schwartz, Missy. "The Smartest Girl in The Class." ''Entertainment Weekly''. May 7, 2004. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Ryder, Caroline. "A Conversation with Tina Fey." ''Women's Health Magazine''. March 2007. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Rys, Richard. "Exit Interview: Tina Fey." ''Philadelphia Magazine''. April 3, 2008. Accessed July 15, 2009.

Baldwin, Kristen. "Tina Fey: One Hot 'Mama'." ''Entertainment Weekly''. April 9, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Jacobs, A.J. "Tina Fey, Make Us Laugh." ''Esquire Magazine''. May 1, 2008. Accessed July 15, 2009.

Carnwath, Ally. "Queen of the jokers." ''The Guardian''. May 4, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Goodwin, Christopher. "And funny with it." ''The Guardian''. May 11, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Moran, Caitlin. "Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman: the new queens of comedy." ''The Times'' October 3, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Carter, Bill. "It’s Easy to Find Tina Fey on TV, but Not Her Show." ''The New York Times''. October 13, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.

Brown, Laura. "Tina Fey Rocks." ''Harper's Bazaar''. November 2009. Accessed October 7, 2009.

Pringle, Gill. "Tina Fey — From spoofer to movie stardom." ''The Independent''. March 19, 2010. Accessed March 19, 2010.

Walker-Mitchell, Donna. "Witty woman." ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. March 28, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2010.

External links

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