Biography
Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the sketch series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022 and is the show's longest-tenured female cast member.
Strong was born in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in Oak Park. She graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2002 and earned a BFA in theatre from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006. She trained further at the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago.
Her screen credits include voice roles in The Garfield Movie (2024) as Marge Malone, Ghostbusters (2016) and Leo (2023), and appearances in Scream Queens (2015) and Superstore (2015). She has also starred in the series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023).
