Amy Poehler (/ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Credits6.1
Rating92M
Budget448M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Steps Producer
2025 Thoughts and Prayers Executive Producer
2025 Inside Out 3 as Joy (voice)
2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024 Inside Out 2 as Joy (voice)
2024 I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story as Self (archive footage)
2023 First Time Female Director as Meg Producer
2023 Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self
2022 Lucy and Desi Producer, Director
2021 Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around as Self
2021 Moxie as Lisa Carter Director, Producer
2020 Nate: A One Man Show Executive Producer
2020 A Parks and Recreation Special as Leslie Knope Producer
2020 The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
2020 Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
2019 Wine Country as Abby Director, Producer
2018 Love, Gilda as Self
2017 The House as Kate Johansen
2017 Household Name
2016 Andy Richter's Home for the Holidays Executive Producer
2016 Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe as The Devil
2016 Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You as Self
2015 Sisters as Maura Ellis Executive Producer
2015 A Very Murray Christmas as Liz
2015 Mind Candy as Joy (voice)
2015 Riley's First Date? as Joy (voice)
2015 Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon as Self
2015 Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2015 Inside Out as Joy (voice) Additional Dialogue
2015 Live from New York! as Self
2014 The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas as Sunshine
2014 They Came Together as Molly
2014 Don Rickles: One Night Only as Self
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Wendy Van Peele (uncredited)
2013 Free Birds as Jenny (voice)
2013 A.C.O.D. as Sondra
2013 Are You Here as Terri Baker
2013 Never Before, Never Again: Behind the Scenes of Asssscat as Self
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked as Eleanor (voice)
2011 Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil as Gretel (voice)
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited as Café Patron
2011 'The Office' Skit from the Emmys as Leslie Knope
2010 The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010 Freak Dance as Lilian
2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel as Eleanor (voice)
2009 The Mystery of Claywoman as Celeste Dupree
2009 Spring Breakdown as Gayle O'Brien
2009 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler as Various (archive footage)
2009 Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
2009 Monsters vs Aliens as Computer (voice)
2008 Baby Mama as Angie Ostrowiski
2008 Horton Hears a Who! as Sally O'Malley (voice)
2008 Hamlet 2 as Cricket Feldstein
2007 Southland Tales as Veronica Mung / Dream
2007 Wild Girls Gone as Doreen Moran Writer
2007 Mr. Woodcock as Maggie
2007 Shrek the Third as Snow White (voice)
2007 On Broadway as Farrah
2007 Blades of Glory as Fairchild Van Waldenberg
2007 Girl Missing as Vikki
2007 Asssscat
2007 The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' as Self
2006 The Ex as Carol Lane
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Truck Stop Waitress
2006 Man of the Year as Amy Poehler
2006 Tenacious D: For the Ladies
2005 SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? as Grandma
2005 Saving Manhattan as Kristen
2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Bank Teller
2004 Envy as Natalie Vanderpark
2004 Mean Girls as Mrs. George
2003 Shortcut to Happiness as Molly Gilchrest
2003 Sick in the Head
2002 Martin & Orloff as Patty
2001 Wet Hot American Summer as Susie
2001 North Hollywood as Wendy
2000 Zoe Loses It as Pink
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Ruth
1998 Tomorrow Night as Woman Getting Squirted
1998 Ugly Revenge as Pretty Lady
1996 Escape From a Wonderful Life as Mary Hatch (voice) Writer