Birth nameElizabeth Stamatina Fey Birth information18 May 1970, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA BioElizabeth Stamatina Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, in 1970 to Donald and Jeannec Fey. Going by the name of Tina, Ms. Fey considered herself a "supernerd" during her high school and college years. She studied drama at the University of Virginia, and after graduating in 1992, she headed to Chicago, the ancestral home of American comedy. While working at a YMCA to support herself, she started Second City's first set of courses. After about nine months, a teacher told her to just skip ahead and audition for the more selective Second City Training Center. She failed but about eight weeks later, she re-auditioned and got into the year-long program. She ended up spending many years at The Second City in Chicago where many SNL cast members first started out. Then in 1995, "Saturday Night Live" (1975) came to The Second City's cast, including Fey's friend, Adam McKay, as a writer, searching for new talent. What they found was Tina Fey. When Adam was made Head writer, he suggested Fey should send a submission packet over the summer with six sketches, 10 pages each. Tina took the advice and sent them. After Lorne Michaels met her and saw her work she was offered a job a week later. She admitted that she was extremely nervous working in the legendary Studio 8H; being a foot shorter than everyone else, younger, and being one of the only female writers at the time. After a few years, Tina made history by becoming the first female head writer in the show's history. Tina also made her screen debut as a featured player during the 25th season by co-anchoring Weekend Update with Jimmy Fallon. Since Tina and Jimmy have taken over Weekend Update it has been considered the best ever. This year she made it to full fledged star by becoming a regular cast member, though she is hardly on the show, besides Update. And during the past two summers, Tina and Rachel Dratch performed their two-woman show to critical acclaim in both Chicago (1999) and New York (2000) and made their Aspen Comedy Festival Debut. Tina is married to Jeff Richmond, a Second City director and currently lives in New York City.

TV fans, it's your big day! Ok, maybe you don't take it as personally as we do (it is our job, after all). At the very least, today's a good day for some of your favorite TV stars -- and by now, they know who they are (we're sure many a celeb was happy to be roused out of warm beds in the wee hours of the West Coast morning by excited calls from family, friends or publicists). If you don't know, but want to, check out our Emmys package. (And yes, the news is fantastic for '30 Rock' and its stars -- besides nominations for Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, three more of their castmates got the golden ticket, plus three actors who ...Read more
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Angie Argabrite

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The actress/comedienne/writer/producer/genius that is Tina Fey solidified our theory that everything she touches turns to gold (or at least golden statuettes) today when her hit show "30 Rock" picked up a whopping 22 Emmy nominations. The NBC show she birthed in 2006 starring herself, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan has already taken home seven primetime Emmy wins from 2007 and 2008. Amongst its 22 nods is a mention in every coveted category including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writing...you get the drift. In the Best Series category, it'll be contending against "Entourag ...
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NBC's hard work is paying off. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences yesterday released the nominations for its 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards during which NBC's record-setting comedy "30 Rock" - winner for the past two years as Outstanding Comedy Series - cleaned up with 22 nominations, surpassing its own record of 17 set last year. The Tina Fey comedy starring Alec Baldwin took seven statuettes earned "30 Rock" a place in the record books as it tied the previous record holder, "All in the Family," which set the record in 1972. NBC earned a total of 67 nominations - the second-highest number of nominations for any broadcast service. "I am extremely pleased with today's Emmy
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