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Amy Poehler is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Writers Guild of America Award as well as nominations for six Critics' Choice Awards, a Grammy Award, a Producers Guild of America Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Poehler started her career as a cast member on the NBC sketch series Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008, where she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series finally winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2016 when she came to co-host the show alongside Tina Fey. She served as a producer and portrayed Leslie Knope in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) for which she earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series along with nominations for six Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. During this time she earned notoriety for co-hosting the Golden Globe Awards four times in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2021, with Tina Fey. She wrote her biography Yes Please in 2016 which was turned into an audiobook and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.
As a producer, she produced the Netflix comedy-drama series Russian Doll (2019–2022), which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. She co-hosted the NBC reality competition series Making It (2018–2021) with her Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program thrice in 2019, 2020, and 2022. She co-hosted the Peacock reality series Baking It (2021–2023) with Maya Rudolph earning a Primetime Emmy Award in 2023. On film, Poehler has acted in the comedy films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Mean Girls (2004), Blades of Glory (2007), Baby Mama (2008), and Sisters (2015). She voiced Joy in the Disney-Pixar animated film Inside Out (2015) and its sequel, Inside Out 2 (2024). The former won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Poelher was included among the Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2011. She received Variety Magazine's Power of Comedy Award that same year. In 2015, Poehler was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards | ||||
2011 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [1] |
2012 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Won | [2] | |
2013 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [3] | |
2014 | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [4] | |
Best Comedy Series | Broad City | Nominated | [5] | |
2015 | Best Comedy Series | Nominated | [6] | |
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | ||||
2022 | Best First Documentary Feature | Lucy and Desi | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
2008 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [7] |
2009 | Nominated | [7] | ||
2010 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "Telethon") | Nominated | [7] |
2011 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (season 3) | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "Flu Season") | Nominated | [7] | |
2012 | Parks and Recreation (episode: "Win, Lose, or Draw") | Nominated | [7] | |
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "The Debate") | Nominated | [7] | |
2013 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "Leslie and Ben") | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Special Class Program | 70th Golden Globe Awards | Nominated | [7] | |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Nominated | [7] | ||
2014 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "Recall Vote") | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Special Class Program | 71st Golden Globe Awards | Nominated | [7] | |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Nominated | [7] | ||
2015 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (season 7) | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation (episode: "One Last Ride") | Nominated | [7] | |
Outstanding Special Class Program | 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Nominated | [7] | |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | Nominated | [7] | ||
2016 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live (Shared with Tina Fey) | Won | [7] |
2019 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Russian Doll | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Nominated | [7] | ||
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program | Making It (Shared with Nick Offerman) | Nominated | [7] | |
2020 | Nominated | [7] | ||
2022 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Lucy and Desi | Nominated | [7] |
Outstanding Directing for a Documentary Program | Nominated | [7] | ||
Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program | Making It(Shared with Nick Offerman) | Nominated | [7] | |
2023 | Baking It (Shared with Maya Rudolph) | Nominated | [7] | |
Daytime Emmy Awards | ||||
2009 | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | The Mighty B! | Nominated | [8] |
2010 | Nominated | [9] | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [10] |
2012 | Nominated | [10] | ||
2013 | Won | [11] | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Best Spoken Word Album | Yes Please | Nominated | [12] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [13] |
2014 | Nominated | [14] | ||
2015 | Nominated | [15] | ||
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Comedian | Saturday Night Live | Nominated | [16] |
2006 | Prism Awards | Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series | Nominated | [17] | |
2009 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Comedian | Nominated | [18] | |
MTV Movie Awards | Best WTF Moment | Baby Mama | Won | [19] | |
Best Comedic Performance | Nominated | [19] | |||
People's Choice Awards | Favorite On-Screen Match Up (with Tina Fey) | Nominated | [20] | ||
2010 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite TV Comedy Actress | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [21] |
2011 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [22] | |
Television Critics Association | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [23] | ||
2012 | The Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Actress | Parks and Recreation | Won | [24] |
Producers Guild of America | Best Episodic Comedy | Nominated | [25] | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [26] | ||
Television Critics Association | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [27] | ||
Writers Guild of America | Television: Comedy Series | Nominated | [28] | ||
2013 | Writers Guild of America | Television: Comedy Series | Nominated | [29] | |
Episodic Comedy | Nominated | [30] | |||
Gracie Awards | Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role – Comedy | Won | [31] | ||
Television Critics Association | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | [32] | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [33] | ||
2014 | Writers Guild of America | Television: Comedy Series | Nominated | [29] | |
American Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Actress | Won | [34] | ||
MTV Movie Awards | Best Cameo | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Nominated | [35] | |
Television Critics Association | Individual Achievement in Comedy | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [36] | |
2015 | Writers Guild of America | Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) — Specials | 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards | Won | [37] |
Satellite Awards | Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [38] | |
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Inside Out | Nominated | [39] | |
2016 | Annie Award | Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Nominated | [40] | |
Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Voice in an Animated Movie | Won | [34] | ||
People's Choice Awards | Favorite Animated Movie Voice | Nominated | [41] | ||
2020 | Writers Guild of America | Comedy Series | Russian Doll | Nominated | [42] |
New Series | Nominated | [42] | |||
2022 | Peabody Awards | Documentary | Lucy and Desi | Nominated | [43] |
Organizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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Time Magazine | 2011 | Included in the Time 100 List of Influential People in the World | Honored | [44] |
Variety | 2011 | Power of Comedy Award | Honored | [45] |
Women in Film | 2019 | Entrepreneur in Entertainment | Honored | [46] |
Hollywood Walk of Fame | 2015 | Motion Picture Star | Honored | [47] |
Bring Change to Mind | 2024 | Robin Williams Legacy of Laughter Award | Honored | [48] [49] |
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