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poehler at the 2012 annual peabody awards . 2 yes = satire/political satire/news satire , improvisational comedy , sketch comedy medium subject = american politics , american culture , current events = , pop culture , mass media/news media influences = influenced television = website = , film , books genre newton , massachusetts , united states greg poehler -lrb- brother -rrb- amy poehler 16 september 1971 will arnett -lrb- m. 2003 ; separated 2012 -rrb- 1996 -- present amy poehler 2012.jpg amy poehler
 amy meredith poehler actor producer , writer , comedian , voice artist , director ,
amy poehler

amy meredith poehler -lrb- ; born september 16 , 1971 -rrb- is an american actress , comedian , voice artist , director , producer , and writer .
she moved to chicago in 1993 to study improv at the second city and improvolympic .
in 1996 , she moved to new york city after becoming part of the improvisational comedy troupe upright citizens brigade , which later developed into an eponymous television show that aired on comedy central for three seasons .
she was also one of the founding members of the upright citizens brigade theatre in 1999 .
amy poehler was a cast member on the nbc television series `` saturday night live '' from 2001 to 2008 .
in 2004 , she became the co-anchor of the `` weekend update '' sketch alongside her friend and colleague tina fey .
poehler is known for voicing bessie higgenbottom in the 2008 -- 2011 nickelodeon series , `` the mighty b ! ''
and homily clock from the english dub of `` the secret world of arrietty '' .
from 2009 to 2015 , she starred as leslie knope in the sitcom `` parks and recreation '' , for which she won a golden globe award for best actress in a television musical or comedy series in 2014 .
poehler served as an executive producer on the swedish-american sitcom `` welcome to sweden '' , along with her brother greg poehler .
the series aired on nbc .
she is also an executive producer on `` broad city '' which airs on comedy central , and appeared in the season 1 finale .
she also voiced joy in the 2015 animated pixar film `` inside out '' , and received critical acclaim for her work .
since august 2015 , she has served as an executive producer on the hulu original series , `` difficult people '' , which stars her former parks and recreation co-star billy eichner and comedian julie klausner , the latter of which is the creator of the show .
