Amy Poehler
Leslie Knope
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- 1. Pilot Apr 9, 2009
- Leslie Knope tries to beautify her town by helping a nurse turn a construction pit into a park.
- 2. Canvassing Apr 16, 2009
- Leslie and her committee try to build support for her park project.
- 3. The Reporter Apr 23, 2009
- Leslie asks a reporter to do a story on her project; Tom tries to kiss up to his boss.
Parks and Recreation: Created by Greg Daniels, Michael Schur. With Amy Poehler, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, Jim O'Heir. The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
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- 2009-04-09
- Comedy
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In 2011, Parks and Recreation was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Amy Poehler received her second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Apr 27, 2022 · Amy Poehler Says She's 'Always Standing By' for a Potential 'Parks and Recreation' Reboot. The comedian discussed the beloved show with PEOPLE at the New York premiere of...
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Amy Meredith Poehler is an American actress and comedian. She portrayed main character Leslie Knope in all seven seasons of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Her love of improv led her to become one of the original members of the Upright Citizens Brigade. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she starred in the film Mean Girls alongside Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in Baby Mama in 2008 and Sisters in 2015. She has been nomi...
Poehler was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts, the daughter of Eileen and Bill Poehler, both teachers. A 1993 graduate of Boston College, Poehler was a member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag. Her college roommate was future improv veteran and MTV host, Kara McNamara. Aft...
Poehler was married to Will Arnett, of the Fox comedy Arrested Development, and had a recurring role in the series as the nameless wife of Arnett's character George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II. Poehler and Arnett also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister ice skating team in the 2007 film Blades of Glory. The couple also appeared in Horton Hears a Who!, and Monsters vs Aliens along with Arnett having a guest appearance on Parks and Recreation. Poehler and Arnett were divorced in late 2012.
In The Paz Show, she played Ping Big Penguin. She also created The Paz Show.
Amy was named one of People magazine's 100 most beautiful people for 2009.
On October 25, 2008, Poehler gave birth to Archibald "Archie" William Emerson Arnett just hours before the Saturday Night Live telecast. On August 6th 2010, Poehler gave birth to her second child, a son named Abel James Arnett.
1.Amy Poehler Biography - Yahoo! Movies
2.O'Neil, Tom. "Transcript: Our chat session with Will Arnett", The Los Angeles Times, 2006. Retrieved on May 7, 2007.
Aug 9, 2021 · Amy Poehler might be best known as Leslie Hope, but Parks and Recreation was the end of a long journey. She began with a very unique childhood.
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Mar 10, 2022 · Amy Poehler: ‘Parks and Rec is one of those comedies people medicate with’. As told to Rich Pelley. The actor, writer and director answers your questions on her new Lucille Ball documentary,...
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