---
name: "Tina Fey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tina-fey"
fi1m_id: "tina-fey"
imdb_id: "nm0275486"
tmdb_id: 56323
wikidata_id: "Q14540"
roles: ["Actor","Writer","Producer"]
born: "18 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T11:53:02.040344+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tina Fey

## Identity

Tina Fey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tina-fey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tina-fey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0275486
- **TMDB ID:** 56323
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14540
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14540, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56323

Actor and writer. Born 18 May 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 18 May 1970, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Stamatina Fey, Elizabeth Stamatina, Tina Faye, Elizabeth Fey
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 13: 9 acting, 1 directing, 1 writing, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Dylan Morgan](https://film.one/person/dylan-morgan.md), [Jane Krakowski](https://film.one/person/jane-krakowski.md), [Jeff Richmond](https://film.one/person/jeff-richmond.md), [John Riggi](https://film.one/person/john-riggi.md), [Josh Siegal](https://film.one/person/josh-siegal.md), [Robert Carlock](https://film.one/person/robert-carlock.md), [Alec Baldwin](https://film.one/person/alec-baldwin.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 5 Emmys (5 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (2), 2010s 69 (4), 2020s 67 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Family 4, Animation 3, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,082m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14540, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275486/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56323

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80), [*Muppets Most Wanted*](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md) (66), [*A Haunting in Venice*](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Will & Harper*](https://film.one/film/will-and-harper.md) (78), [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76), [*The Four Seasons*](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md) (64)
- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Peacock:** [*Megamind*](https://film.one/film/megamind.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Modern Love*](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md) (61)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mean Girls*](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Tina Fey

> Tina Fey writes jokes at a speed few in television comedy can match and acts in one key: the dry woman who has noticed and already regrets saying so. The writing is the reason to watch, and lately there is less of it per minute.

Watch Liz Lemon when Jack Donaghy says something monstrous. Fey does not react; she lets half a second pass, then answers in a flat, reasonable voice, as if the remark had been a sensible suggestion. That is most of her acting, and in *30 Rock* (2006) it is enough, because Alec Baldwin is standing opposite, so pleased with himself that her exasperation has somewhere to go. She does the same as Ariadne Oliver in *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), saying what everyone else at the séance is thinking, and as 22 in *Soul* (2020), refusing to be enthusiastic about anything. She is at her best when someone else is being ridiculous.

The writing is where the career is. Fey came out of Chicago improv, joined *Saturday Night Live* as a writer in 1997, became its head writer in 1999 and co-anchored Weekend Update until 2006. Then she created *30 Rock*, about the making of a television programme, and ran it until 2013 with Robert Carlock, Kay Cannon and Donald Glover among the writers. *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), made with Carlock again, starts from a kidnapping and finds a sitcom in it, and for two seasons that works. In between she wrote *Mean Girls* (2004), rewrote it for the stage and rewrote it a third time as a film of the musical in 2024.

What makes the good years good is density. Fey and Carlock put a joke in nearly every line and another in the background, and editors including Ken Eluto and Meg Reticker cut *Kimmy Schmidt* so that a punchline is gone before you have finished with the one before. We rewound episodes for lines we had talked over, which a sitcom almost never makes us do, because a shop sign in the corner of the frame had been written as carefully as the dialogue. The weakness is the same speed. A promising exchange in *30 Rock* can be left behind before it has paid out, and the pilot asks Fey to carry more than her restrained delivery can manage.

The recent work is slower, and it is not clear the slowing suits her. The 2024 *Mean Girls* trims the insults that gave the original its edge, so the Plastics threaten cruelty in song and then apologise. *The Four Seasons* (2025), which she created, wrote with Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield and directed, is her move into middle-aged ensemble comedy, and it is warm and recognisable and short of jokes; the familiar marital grievance arrives without the line that would make it new. Fey has said of it, "Can we restrain ourselves to just actual human behavior and still make it funny?" The first half of that has been managed. The second half is the work ahead.

## Biography

Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on 18 May 1970 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, she began her career with the Chicago improv troupe The Second City before joining the NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live in 1997 as a writer and performer, later becoming head writer.

She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series 30 Rock (2006–2013). Fey wrote the screenplay for and appeared in Mean Girls (2004) as Ms Norbury. She returned as writer, producer and the same character for the 2024 musical film adaptation. She played Ariadne Oliver in A Haunting in Venice (2023) and created, wrote and starred as Kate in the series The Four Seasons (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

### Performed in (9) — the average rests on these

- *Mean Girls* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Ms. Norbury — [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Ariadne Oliver — [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Vacuuming Mom (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, as 22 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Modern Love* (2019), Fi1m 61, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Fi1m 66, as Nadya — [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *Megamind* (2010), Fi1m 72, as Roxanne Ritchi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Fi1m 80, as Annabelle — [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Liz Lemon — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

### Directed (1)

- *The Four Seasons* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Kate — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lorne* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/lorne.md)
- *Will & Harper* (2024), Fi1m 78, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/will-and-harper.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *The Four Seasons* (2025), series, as Kate · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)
- *Mean Girls* (2024), as Ms. Norbury · Screenplay, Musical, Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mean-girls.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), as Ariadne Oliver — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Maggie Moore(s)* (2023), as Rita Grace
- *Mulligan* (2023), series, as Dr. Farrah Braun (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, as Cinda Canning — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), as Vacuuming Mom (voice) — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Girls5eva* (2021), series, as Dolly Parton · Executive Producer
- *22 vs. Earth* (2021), as 22 (voice)
- *Mr. Mayor* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Soul* (2020), as 22 (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Mapleworth Murders* (2020), series, as Martha
- *30 Rock: A One-Time Special* (2020), as Liz Lemon · Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend* (2020), Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Sarah — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Wine Country* (2019), as Tammy
- *Party Monster: Scratching the Surface* (2018), Creator, Executive Producer
- *Great News* (2017), series, as Diana St. Tropez · Executive Producer, Writer
- *Whiskey Tango Foxtrot* (2016), as Kim Barker · Producer
- *Sisters* (2015), as Kate Ellis · Producer
- *Difficult People* (2015), series, as Tina Fey
- *Monkey Kingdom* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, as Andrea Bayden, Marcia Clark · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), as Wendy Altman
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), as Nadya — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), as Jill Janson (uncredited) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *Admission* (2013), as Portia Nathan
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10* (2011), Actor
- *Bob's Burgers* (2011), series, as Miss Bisselbender (voice)
- *The Women of SNL* (2010), as Various (archive footage)
- *Megamind* (2010), as Roxanne Ritchi (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *Date Night* (2010), as Claire Foster
- *The Invention of Lying* (2009), as Shelley Bailey
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler* (2009), as Various (archive footage)
- *Baby Mama* (2008), as Kate
- *iCarly* (2007), series, as Tina Fey
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, as Annabelle — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters* (2007), as Nine-Layer Bean Burrito (voice)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Liz Lemon · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Man of the Year* (2006), as Tina Fey
- *Beer League* (2006), as Front Desk Girl
- *Mean Girls* (2004), as Ms. Norbury · Screenplay
- *NBC 75th Anniversary Special* (2002), Writer
- *Martin & Orloff* (2002), as Southern Woman
- *The Colin Quinn Show* (2002), series, Writer
- *Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special* (1999), Writer
- *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999), series, as Tina Fey
- *Upright Citizens Brigade* (1998), series, Actor
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Ms. Cantwell (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Second to None*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![2013 Golden Globe Awards.](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-fa4f8d29db22.jpg) 2013 Golden Globe Awards. — jdeeringdavis from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/2013_Golden_Globe_Awards_%288378769937%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Executive Producer Amy Schumer accepts the Peabody for her show, Inside Amy Schumer. She is joined on stage by (from left to right) Jessi Klein, Kim Caramele, D (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-f677ac85a6f0.jpg) Executive Producer Amy Schumer accepts the Peabody for her show, Inside Amy Schumer. She is joined on stage by (from left to right) Jessi Klein, Kim Caramele, D (2015) — The Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Amy_Schumer_with_the_crew_of_Inside_Amy_Schumer_at_the_74th_Annual_Peabody_Awards.jpg/1280px-Amy_Schumer_with_the_crew_of_Inside_Amy_Schumer_at_the_74th_Annual_Peabody_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Golden Nymph. 2013 trophy won by Tina Fey as Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock.](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-435dbd0a0d8c.jpg) Golden Nymph. 2013 trophy won by Tina Fey as Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock. — Festival TV Monte-Carlo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/GoldenNymph.JPG/1280px-GoldenNymph.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-281fcd2349d7.jpg) Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_01_%2815284219622%29.jpg/1280px-This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_01_%2815284219622%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tina Fey](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-82510e3728ed.jpg) Tina Fey — Image via TMDB
- ![Tina Fey](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-bbe584bbf64b.jpg) Tina Fey — Image via TMDB
- ![Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-fb35f8e3705d.jpg) Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_02_%2815261597556%29.jpg/1280px-This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_02_%2815261597556%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/12144/gallery-2a7a8c87b5f9.jpg) Tiny Fey at the premiere of This Is Where I Leave You, 2014 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_03_%2815097915350%29.jpg/1280px-This_Is_Where_I_Leave_You_03_%2815097915350%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 5 won

- 2016: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Saturday Night Live*
- 2013: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *30 Rock*
- 2009: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Saturday Night Live*
- 2008: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *30 Rock*
- 2008: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *30 Rock*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 2018: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *Mean Girls*
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2010: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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