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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (; born May 18, 1970)〔 is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (1998–2006), for creating acclaimed series ''30 Rock'' (2006–2013) and ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–present), and for appearing in such films as ''Mean Girls'' (2004), ''Baby Mama'' (2008), ''Date Night'' (2010), and ''Muppets Most Wanted'' (2014). Tina Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then 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 co-starred in and wrote the screenplay for ''Mean Girls,'' which was adapted from the 2002 self-help book ''Queen Bees and Wannabes''. After leaving ''SNL'' in 2006, she created the television series ''30 Rock'' for Broadway Video, 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 film ''Date Night'' and the animated film ''Megamind''. In 2015, she created and produced the television series ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', originally for NBC and eventually for Netflix. Fey has received eight Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards and was nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book ''Bossypants'', which topped The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. In 2008, the Associated Press gave Fey the 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 awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the award. On January 13, 2013, Fey hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards with her long-time friend and fellow comedian, Amy Poehler, to critical acclaim. The duo hosted again the following two years, generating the highest ratings for the annual ceremony in a decade. ==Early life== Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Her mother, Zenobia "Jeanne" (née Xenakes), is a brokerage employee; her father, Donald Henry Fey (died 2015, age 82), was a university grant proposal writer.〔〔Willard, Chris. (December 1, 2008) (Tina Fey Reveals Trauma Behind Her Scar ). People.com. Retrieved on April 10, 2012.〕 She has a brother, Peter, who is eight years older.〔 Tina's mother, who was born in Piraeus, Greece, is the daughter of Greek immigrants: Vasiliki Kourelakou, Fey's maternal grandmother, left Petrina, Arcadia, Greece on her own, arriving in the United States in February 1921. One of her third great-grandfathers was born in Kardamyla, Chios, and was a survivor of the Chios Massacre and a bronze military medal recipient for heroism during multiple battles.〔 Fey's father has English, German, and Scottish ancestry; one of Fey's paternal fifth great-grandfathers was John Hewson (1744–1821), a textile manufacturer who immigrated to America with the support of Benjamin Franklin, enabling Hewson to quickly open a quilting factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.〔 According to a genealogical DNA test arranged by the television series ''Finding Your Roots'', Fey's ancestry is 94% European, 3% Middle Eastern, and 3% from the Caucasus.〔 Fey was exposed to comedy early: Aged 11, Fey read Joe Franklin's ''Seventy Years of Great Film Comedians'' for a school project about comedy. She grew up watching ''Second City Television'', and has cited Catherine O'Hara as a role model. Fey attended Cardington-Stonehurst Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School in Upper Darby. By middle school, she knew she was interested in comedy. Fey attended Upper Darby High School, where she was an honors student,〔 a member of the choir, drama club, and tennis team, and co-editor of the school's newspaper, ''The Acorn''. She also anonymously wrote the newspaper's satirical column, ''The Colonel''. Following her graduation in 1988,〔 Fey enrolled at the University of Virginia, where she studied play-writing and acting and was awarded the Pettway Prize. She graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. 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「Tina Fey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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