Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 70. Chapters: Blake Edwards, Tina Fey, Mike Scully, Eddie Lawrence, George Meyer, Bruce Vilanch, Ellie Kemper, Ed Subitzky, Demetri Martin, B. J. Novak, Mike Reiss, Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers, Wayne Federman, Alan Zweibel, Tom Leopold, Roger Price, Mindy Kaling, Peter Mehlman, Jim Downey, R. D. Reynolds, William Brinkley, Mel Tolkin, Raymond Siller, Michelle Ferguson-Cohen, Harrison Greenbaum, Jorma Taccone, Nikol Hasler, Stone and Stone, Chris Bearde, Billy Gilbert, Wyatt Cenac, Lance Norris, Ross Jeffries, Vanessa Hollingshead, Jimmy Brogan, Tommy Blacha, Martin Higgins, Alan Spencer, Kevin Bleyer, Joe Raiola, Buddy Sheffield, David Javerbaum, Dan Levy, Robert Orben, Louis M. Heyward, Joe Garden, Mike Royce, Howard Harris, Dick Vosburgh, Fran Ross, Allison Silverman, Pat Proft, Jack Hanrahan, Eric Drysdale, Stephen Hibbert, George Shepard Chappell, Melvin Helitzer, Alison Rogers, Paul Dinello, Jim Earl, Mike Fasolo, Mike Rotman, Sultan Pepper, John Dimes, Peg Lynch, Clay Graham, Pam Brady, Arnie Kogen, Nick Griffin, Samantha Scharff, Cathy Ladman, Rory Albanese, Larry Siegel, Louise Palanker, Lou Silverstone, Rowby Goren, Rich Blomquist, Barry Lank, David Feldman, Desmond Devlin, Dan Remmes, Dumb Bunny Productions, Bill Scheft, Tim Harrod, John Kerwin, Phil Leslie, T. Sean Shannon, Peter Gwinn, Bill Braudis, Myles Wilder, Stephen Winer, David Bourgeois, Aisha Muharrar, Carol Kolb, James B. Allardice, James Finn Garner, Alec Berg, Stan Hart, Kevin Brennan, Mike Snider, Jeff Cesario, Tom Agna, Hal Kanter, Steve Bodow, Tom Koch, Gary Jacobs, Leah Krinsky. Excerpt: Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey ( ; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), and Date Night (2010). Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She later 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 adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock, 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 films Date Night and Megamind. She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards. She was singled out as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008 by the Associated Press, which gave her its 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 the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award. Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a township just west of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Zenobia "Jeanne" (née Xenakes) ¿ a brokerage employee of Greek descent ¿ and Donald Fey, a university grant proposal-writer of German and Scottish descent. She has a brother, who is eight years older, named Peter. Fey was e...
