Amy Poehler is an American actress and comedian. Amy Poehler, born in Newton, Massachusetts, rose from sketch comedy with My Mother's Flea Bag to co-founding the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Joining SNL in 2001, she shone on Weekend Update and with celebrity impersonations. Poehler's film career soared with roles in Blades of Glory, The Heartbreak Kid, Sisters, and The House. Her comedic legacy thrives in both TV and cinema.After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade.