Tina Fey is Executive Producer, head writer and star of NBC's three-time , , Emmy Award-winning, one-of-a-kind comedy series 30 Rock , a workplace comedy where the workplace exists behind-the-scenes of a live variety show. In , 30 Rock was nominated for a record 22 Emmy Awards, the most ever of any comedy series on television in a single season. Since her transition to being in front of the camera, she has won much acclaim, including being named The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year in , one of Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year on numerous occasions, one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People four times , and one of Time magazine's Prestigious Time two times. Fey expanded to feature films in spring as both a screenwriter and an actress in the hit comedy Mean Girls , which earned her a nomination for a Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live — and for creating the comedy series 30 Rock —, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She joined Saturday Night Live SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, appearing as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment and, later, developing a satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in subsequent guest appearances. In , she co-starred in and wrote the screenplay for Mean Girls , which was adapted from the self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes. In the series, Fey starred as Liz Lemon , the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In , she co-created the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Fey created the musical adaptation Mean Girls , which premiered on Broadway in , and earned her a Tony Award nomination. Following her father's death, Fey established a scholarship fund in his name at his alma mater, Temple University , to support veterans studying journalism. I remember my parents sneaking me in to see Young Frankenstein. My dad would let us stay up late to watch The Honeymooners.
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It all begins with the face. Not the one that is glammed up, airbrushed and lighted to within an inch of its life that graces magazine covers these days. One that will always choose eye rolls instead of isometrics because she read somewhere they count as exercise, even in front of the fridge as she grabs a gallon of rocky road, which, speaking of, can sub for a 2-pound dumbbell in a pinch. Like Arthur, Fey is better at sharing a screen than dominating it. She can relate. She makes sure she looks the part; the mouth guard at night and the hair that looks like she did it herself are not casual choices but outgrowths of years spent honing her craft. He has done perhaps more than anyone else to up her acting game. Movies are still a relatively new game for her. To become a movie star, she needs a Bill Murray turn where nuance starts playing as powerfully on screen as the comedy. We can relate.
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