Actor profile

Amy Poehler

16th September 1971 Newton, Massachusetts, USA Acting

Amy Meredith 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Amy Poehler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

74 Movies 64 TV Shows 1 In Production 152 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Lorne poster

Lorne 17th April 2026 as Self (Uncredited)

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 14th February 2025 as Self

An SNL Thanksgiving poster

An SNL Thanksgiving 27th November 2024 as (archive footage)

Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2 11th June 2024 as Joy (voice)

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story poster

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story 20th January 2024 as Self (archive footage)

Disney 100: Remember That poster

Disney 100: Remember That 23rd October 2023 as Self

First Time Female Director poster

First Time Female Director 12th June 2023 as Meg

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love 26th April 2023 as Self - Guest

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter poster

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter 22nd September 2022 as Self

Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around poster

Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around 1st December 2021 as Self

Moxie poster

Moxie 3rd March 2021 as Lisa Carter

A Parks and Recreation Special poster

A Parks and Recreation Special 30th April 2020 as Leslie Knope

The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation poster

The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation 30th April 2020 as Leslie Knope

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble poster

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble 26th April 2020 as Self

One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home 18th April 2020 as Self

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting poster

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting 1st October 2019 as Self (archive footage)

Wine Country poster

Wine Country 8th May 2019 as Abby

Love, Gilda poster

Love, Gilda 21st September 2018 as Self

The House poster

The House 29th June 2017 as Kate Johansen

Household Name poster

Household Name 1st January 2017

Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe poster

Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe 5th September 2016 as The Devil

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You poster

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You 21st January 2016 as Self

Sisters poster

Sisters 18th December 2015 as Maura Ellis

A Very Murray Christmas poster

A Very Murray Christmas 4th December 2015 as Liz

Mind Candy poster

Mind Candy 3rd November 2015 as Joy (voice)

Riley's First Date? poster

Riley's First Date? 3rd November 2015 as Joy (voice)

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon poster

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon 13th October 2015 as Self

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot poster

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot 31st July 2015 as Self

Inside Out poster

Inside Out 17th June 2015 as Joy (voice)

Live from New York! poster

Live from New York! 15th April 2015 as Self

An SNL Valentine poster

An SNL Valentine 14th February 2015 as (archive footage)

The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas poster

The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas 1st October 2014 as Sunshine

They Came Together poster

They Came Together 27th June 2014 as Molly

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues poster

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 18th December 2013 as Wendy Van Peele (uncredited)

Free Birds poster

Free Birds 30th October 2013 as Jenny (voice)

A.C.O.D. poster

A.C.O.D. 3rd October 2013 as Sondra

Are You Here poster

Are You Here 7th September 2013 as Terri Baker

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 14th December 2011 as Eleanor (voice)

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil poster

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil 29th April 2011 as Gretel (voice)

Fight for Your Right Revisited poster

Fight for Your Right Revisited 22nd April 2011 as Café Patron

The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL 1st November 2010 as Various (archive footage)

Freak Dance poster

Freak Dance 10th July 2010 as Lilian

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel poster

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 21st December 2009 as Eleanor (voice)

Spring Breakdown poster

Spring Breakdown 22nd May 2009 as Gayle O'Brien

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler 18th April 2009 as Various (archive footage)

Monsters vs Aliens poster

Monsters vs Aliens 19th March 2009 as Computer (voice)

Baby Mama poster

Baby Mama 25th April 2008 as Angie

Horton Hears a Who! poster

Horton Hears a Who! 3rd March 2008 as Sally O'Malley (voice)

Hamlet 2 poster

Hamlet 2 21st January 2008 as Cricket Feldstein

Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales poster

Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales 15th January 2008 as Self

Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” poster

Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” 15th January 2008 as Self

Southland Tales poster

Southland Tales 14th November 2007 as Veronica Mung / Dream

Wild Girls Gone poster

Wild Girls Gone 2nd October 2007 as Doreen Moran

Mr. Woodcock poster

Mr. Woodcock 14th September 2007 as Maggie

Shortcut to Happiness poster

Shortcut to Happiness 13th July 2007 as Molly Gilchrest

Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third 17th May 2007 as Snow White (voice)

On Broadway poster

On Broadway 25th April 2007 as Farrah

Blades of Glory poster

Blades of Glory 30th March 2007 as Fairchild Van Waldenberg

Asssscat poster

Asssscat 24th March 2007

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' poster

The Making of 'The Pick of Destiny' 27th February 2007 as Self

The Ex poster

The Ex 1st December 2006 as Carol Lane

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny poster

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 22nd November 2006 as Truck Stop Waitress

Man of the Year poster

Man of the Year 9th October 2006 as Amy Poehler

Tenacious D: For the Ladies poster

Tenacious D: For the Ladies 27th February 2006

SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? 15th November 2005 as Grandma

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie poster

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie 28th December 2004 as Bank Teller

Envy poster

Envy 30th April 2004 as Natalie Vanderpark

Mean Girls poster

Mean Girls 30th April 2004 as Mrs. George

Martin & Orloff poster

Martin & Orloff 1st May 2002 as Patty

Wet Hot American Summer poster

Wet Hot American Summer 27th July 2001 as Susie

North Hollywood poster

North Hollywood 1st January 2001 as Wendy

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo poster

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 10th December 1999 as Ruth

Tomorrow Night poster

Tomorrow Night 23rd January 1998 as Woman Getting Squirted

Ugly Revenge poster

Ugly Revenge 1st January 1998 as Pretty Lady

Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler 18th March 2025 as Self - Host

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 16th January 2025 as Self

Dream Productions poster

Dream Productions 11th December 2024 as Joy (voice)

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning poster

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 27th April 2023 as Narrator (voice)

Baking It poster

Baking It 2nd December 2021 as Self - Host

Duncanville poster

Duncanville 16th February 2020 as Leslie Knope (voice)

Duncanville poster

Duncanville 16th February 2020 as Duncan / Annie (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Desus & Mero poster

Desus & Mero 21st February 2019 as Self - Illustrious Guest

Making It poster

Making It 31st July 2018 as Self - Host

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later poster

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later 4th August 2017 as Susie

America Divided poster

America Divided 29th October 2016 as Self

The UCB Show poster

The UCB Show 7th January 2016 as Self - Host

Difficult People poster

Difficult People 5th August 2015 as Flute

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp poster

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 31st July 2015 as Susie

Welcome to Sweden poster

Welcome to Sweden 21st March 2014 as Amy Poehler

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Broad City poster

Broad City 22nd January 2014 as Cheryl

Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night 11th July 2013 as Self

The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg 25th January 2013 as Self

The Greatest Event in Television History poster

The Greatest Event in Television History 12th October 2012 as Jennifer Hart

Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang! 8th June 2012 as Self

Billy on the Street poster

Billy on the Street 18th December 2011 as Self

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show 14th September 2009 as Self

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1st June 2009 as Self - Guest

Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation 9th April 2009 as Leslie Knope

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2nd March 2009 as Self

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday poster

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday 9th October 2008

The Mighty B! poster

The Mighty B! 26th April 2008 as Bessie Higgenbottom

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

30 Rock poster

30 Rock 11th October 2006 as Young Liz

Wonder Showzen poster

Wonder Showzen 11th March 2005

Wonder Showzen poster

Wonder Showzen 11th March 2005 as Miss Mary

O'Grady poster

O'Grady 30th July 2004

Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development 2nd November 2003 as Gob's Wife

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts 10th August 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Undeclared poster

Undeclared 25th September 2001 as Hillary

SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants 1st May 1999 as Grandma (voice)

Upright Citizens Brigade poster

Upright Citizens Brigade 19th August 1998 as Colby

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

Spin City poster

Spin City 17th September 1996 as Susan

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman 30th August 1993 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992 as Self

The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Jenda (voice)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self

Friday Night Videos poster

Friday Night Videos 29th July 1983

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Host

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Weekend Update Anchor / Self (uncredited)

People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards 4th March 1975 as Self - Presenter

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Host

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee

Dig poster

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Dig 23rd November 2026 as Elise