"Women tend toward more character-based, subtle observations. In Fey's own words to Rowe, she was a "happy-go-lucky nerd who operated in my own little social situations outside of the cool people." At Upper Darby High School, Fey was a serious student she was very studious, and was involved in such activities as tennis, newspaper, choir, and drama. I'm going to try to be that person at the party." However, there was also a quiet side to the budding comedian. As Fey told Donna Freydkin of USA Today, she started to crack jokes in middle school, and when people laughed, she decided then and there, "this is going to be my thing.
She also carved out a role for herself as the class comedian. SNL aired at 11:30 at night, and since Fey was too young to stay up and watch it, Peter would act out the skits for her the next day.īy the eighth grade, Fey was writing reports on comedy. Peter, who is eight years older, also gave Fey her first glimpse into the world of Saturday Night Live. Some of her early memories are of watching comedies on television with her family, especially episodes of the British series, Monty Python's Flying Circus. Fey also gives credit to her father, Don, and big brother, Peter, for introducing her to classic comedy. Press writer Douglas Rowe that her ultra dry wit comes from her mother, Jeanne.
Born on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, she admitted to Associated Tina Fey came from a family that appreciated humor. Along the way, Fey also showed the world that smart is sexy: she was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 2003.
In 2000 she proved she could deliver lines with the same dry wit after she stepped in front of the cameras to coanchor the popular SNL segment "Weekend Update." In 2004 Fey combined both talents when she wrote the screenplay and costarred in the teen comedy Mean Girls. In 1999 she broke into the boys' club by becoming the first female head writer on the long-running television comedy Saturday Night Live (SNL). Tina Fey might have single-handedly made it hip to wear glasses in the mid-2000s, but there is more to the writer-actress-comedian than her trademark black-rimmed specs.
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