On September 16, 1971, Amy Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts was born to two school teachers. When she graduated from Boston College with a degree in media and communications, she moved to Chicago where she joined Second City with her friend Tina Fey. Together, they moved to New York City to work on Saturday Night Live. She married Canadian Will Arnett and they have two children. In 2012, they announced that they were divorcing.
 
 
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Magazine-like website offers photographs, videos, and news about Amy Poehler and things that interest her.
http://amypoehler.com/
Features more than 1,000 high definition screen captures of Amy's appearance on "The Writers' Room," hundreds of other photographs, and a compilation of information about her life and her career.
http://www.amypoehler.org/
Photographs of Amy accompany her biography, her filmography, and a place for fans to catch up on what she is doing.
http://www.thefancarpet.com/actor/amypoehler