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| website = }} Amy Meredith Poehler (; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, voice artist, director, producer, and writer. She moved to Chicago in 1993 to study improv at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. In 1996, she moved to New York City after becoming part of the improvisational comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, which later developed into an eponymous television show that aired on Comedy Central for three seasons. She was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 1999. Amy Poehler was a cast member on the NBC television series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she became the co-anchor of the ''Weekend Update'' sketch alongside her friend and colleague Tina Fey. Poehler is known for voicing Bessie Higgenbottom in the 2008–2011 Nickelodeon series, ''The Mighty B!'' and Homily Clock from the American-English dub of ''The Secret World of Arrietty''. From 2009 to 2015, she starred as Leslie Knope in the sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'', for which she received widespread critical acclaim and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Musical or Comedy Series in 2014. Poehler served as an executive producer on the Swedish-American sitcom ''Welcome to Sweden'', along with her brother Greg Poehler. The series aired on NBC. She is also an executive producer on ''Broad City'' which airs on Comedy Central, and appeared in the Season 1 finale. She also voiced Joy in the 2015 animated Pixar film ''Inside Out'', and received critical acclaim for her work. Since August 2015, she has served as an executive producer on the Hulu original series ''Difficult People'', which stars her former ''Parks and Recreation'' co-star Billy Eichner and comedian Julie Klausner, the latter of whom is the creator of the show. ==Early life== Amy Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts to high school teachers Eileen Frances (née Milmore) and William Grinstead Poehler. Her brother, Greg Poehler, is a producer and actor. She grew up in nearby Burlington.〔 Her father is of English, German, Irish, and Portuguese ancestry, while her mother is of Irish descent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688132/bio )〕 She was raised as a Catholic,〔Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2009〕 and graduated from Burlington High School in 1989. While attending Boston College, Poehler was a member of My Mother's Fleabag, the oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe in the United States.〔 She graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's degree in media and communications in 1993 and moved to Chicago, where she studied improv at Second City with friend and future co-star Tina Fey.〔 She also studied with Del Close at ImprovOlympic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/amy-poehler/biography.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amy Poehler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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