DOB: May 18, 1970

Background: Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Upper Darby. She attended the University of Virginia where she studied playwriting and acting, graduating in 1992 with a degree in drama. She moved to Chicago and took night classes at the improvisational comedy troupe Second City and joined the cast in 1994.

Filmography: While performing with Second City, Fey submitted several scripts to NBC for the long-running variety series "Saturday Night Live." She was hired by executive producer Lorne Michaels as a writer in 1997. Two years later she became the show's first female head writer, and in 2000 became the co-anchor of "Weekend Update" with Jimmy Fallon. She continued with the show as a performer and head writer through the 2005-2006 season, winning her first Emmy Award for writing SNL in 2002. With Michaels as a producer, she developed the comedy series "30 Rock" for NBC and was also the lead actress of the show in the role of Liz Lemon, a writer and producer of a fictional variety show on the same network. The show has won the Emmy for Best Comedy Series three times, and Fey has won as Best Comedy Actress once. She also returned as a guest host for SNL in 2009 and won an additional Emmy. She has also written and co-starred in the film "Mean Girls" and starred in the films "Baby Mama," "The Invention of Lying," "Date Night," "Megamind," and the upcoming "Mommy and Me."
 

Emmy Awards: Wins - Best Comedy Series ("30 Rock," 2009); Best Comedy Series ("30 Rock," 2008); Best Comedy Series ("30 Rock," 2007); Best Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2008); Best Comedy Guest Actress ("Saturday Night Live," 2009); Best Comedy Series Writing ("30 Rock," 2008); Best Variety Series Writing ("Saturday Night Live," 2002)

Best Comedy Series Nominations
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to "Modern Family"
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to "Modern Family"

Best Comedy Actress Nominations
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to Melissa McCarthy ("Mike and Molly")
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie")
"30 Rock" (2009); lost to Toni Collette ("United States of Tara")
"30 Rock" (2007); lost to America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty")

Best Comedy Guest Actress Nominations
"Saturday Night Live" (2011) - episode "Host: Tina Fey"; lost to Gwyneth Paltrow ("Glee")
"Saturday Night Live" (2010); lost to Betty White ("Saturday Night Live")

Best Comedy Series Writing Nominations
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to "Modern Family"
"30 Rock" (2007); lost to "The Office"

Best Variety Performance Nomination
"Saturday Night Live" (2008); lost to Don Rickles ("Mr Warmth: The Don Rickles Project")

Best Variety Series Writing Nominations
"Saturday Night Live" (2003); lost to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
"Saturday Night Live" (2001); lost to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

Grammy Awards:

Best Spoken Word Recording Nomination
"Bossypants" (2012); lost to Betty White ("If You Ask Me And Of Course You Won't")

Golden Globe Awards: Wins - Best TV Comedy Series ("30 Rock," 2009); Best TV Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2009); Best TV Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2008)

Best TV Comedy Series Nominations
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to "Glee"
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to "Glee"
"30 Rock" (2008); lost to "Extras"

Best TV Comedy Actress Nominations
"30 Rock" (2012); lost to Laura Dern ("Enlightened")
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to Laura Linney ("The Big C")
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to Toni Collette ("United States of Tara")

SAG Awards: Wins - Best TV Comedy Ensemble ("30 Rock," 2010); Best TV Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2010); Best TV Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2009; Best TV Comedy Actress ("30 Rock," 2008)

Best TV Comedy Actress Nominations
"30 Rock" (2012); lost to Betty White ("Hot in Cleveland")
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to Betty White ("Hot in Cleveland")

Best TV Comedy Ensemble Nominations
"30 Rock" (2012); lost to "Modern Family"
"30 Rock" (2011); lost to "Modern Family"
"30 Rock" (2010); lost to "Glee"
"30 Rock" (2008); lost to "The Office"