Cecily Strong

TV Actress

Cecily Strong was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States on February 8th, 1984 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 40, Cecily Strong biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Cecily Legler Strong, Cecily
Date of Birth
February 8, 1984
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Springfield, Illinois, United States
Age
40 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Networth
$1 Million
Profession
Actor, Comedian, Television Actor
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Cecily Strong Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 40 years old, Cecily Strong has this physical status:

Height
173cm
Weight
59kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Average
Measurements
37-27-38" (94-69-97 cm)
Cecily Strong Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Oak Park School, River Forest High School, Chicago Academy for the Arts, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Second City Conservatory, iO Chicago
Cecily Strong Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Mike O’Brien (2013–Present)
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Mike O’Brien (2013–Present)
Parents
William Strong, Penelope Strong
Other Family
Cecil Hubbard Strong (Paternal Grandfather), Marian Campbell (Paternal Grandmother), Ross Mills Legler (Maternal Grandfather), Janet Saunders (Maternal Grandmother)
Cecily Strong Life

Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who has appeared on Saturday Night Live since 2012.

The film Ghostbusters and voice work on The Awesomes were among other notable roles.

Early life

Cecily Legler Strong was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Chicago's inner ring suburb. Penelope and William "Bill" Strong's daughter now runs his own public relations company and works as an Associated Press bureau chief. Penny Legler Strong is a nurse practitioner who has worked in hospitals in the area. Both of the children's parents are divorced. Strong grew up loving SNL as an adult, performing sketches with her pal and watching old SNL commercials on VHS. "I had a tape of the best commercials and I wore it out every day." She has said that Phil Hartman inspired her.

Strong said in a 2021 interview with Terry Gross of National Public Radio that Fresh Air said that because her uncle is a Broadway actor, she and their cast members would often go backstage to see their actors.

She attended Oak Park and River Forest High School until her sophomore year, when she was suspended for carrying marijuana to school. She went to a private Catholic school for her senior year before transferring to the Chicago Academy of the Arts, where she graduated in 2002. She then studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), graduating in 2006 with a BFA in theatre. Strong then moved to Chicago, where she studied at the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago.

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Cecily Strong Career

Career

Strong performed regularly at The Second City and iO Chicago. Strong performed on a cruise ship with other Second City members for four months. She appeared at the Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Just for Laughs, the New York Sketchfest, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Goodman Theater, the Bailiwick Theater, the Mercury Theater, and with the all-female improv troupe Virgin Daiquiri.

Strong debuted as a featured player on Saturday Night Live on September 15, 2012. The next season, Strong became a repertory player and co-anchored the recurring Weekend Update segment with Seth Meyers, beginning with the season 39 premiere. Strong later co-anchored with Colin Jost, and was replaced on Weekend Update with writer Michael Che, beginning with the season 40 premiere in September 2014, partly at her own request to focus on doing sketches as a part of the regular cast. In 2020, Strong was nominated for her first Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series for her work on the show. She was nominated again in 2021. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 12th Critics' Choice Television Awards.

Strong drew praise from critics for her appearance as "Goober the Clown Who Had An Abortion When She Was 23" during a "Weekend Update" sketch on the November 6, 2021 episode. The sketch followed U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in two cases relating to the Texas Heartbeat Act. Strong later confirmed on her Instagram account that the sketch referenced her own abortion.

When Strong returns to SNL for season 48, she will enter her record 11th full season, and will pass former castmate Kate McKinnon as the show's longest-running female cast member in the show's history. Though she missed the first few shows of the season, due to being in Los Angeles, reprising her role in the play "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe".

Strong was the featured entertainer at the 2015 White House Correspondents' Association dinner. She took digs at the various news organizations in attendance, politicians of all persuasions, and President Obama. She also took shots at the US Secret Service, host location the Washington Hilton, Brian Williams, Sarah Koenig and the state of Indiana.

In 2016, she appeared in a commercial for Old Navy, alongside other SNL cast members Nasim Pedrad and Jay Pharoah. That year, Strong also joined the climate change documentary show Years of Living Dangerously as a celebrity correspondent. In 2016, she guest starred as Samantha Stevens in TBS's Angie Tribeca and Catherine Hobart in Fox's Scream Queens. She has appeared in a series of commercials for Triscuit since 2017. Starting in 2020 she starred in a series of Prego Spaghetti sauce commercials and in 2022 she was in several Verizon commercials featuring Apple+ TV with several co-stars including Adam Scott and Julian Edelman.

Her first book, a memoir titled This Will All Be Over Soon, was published on 10 August 2021. The book addresses "the challenges of beginning a relationship during the pandemic; the pain of losing family and friends; the pivotal events of her life that shaped her; and the importance of gratitude for each passing day." It developed from an essay she wrote about grieving the loss of her cousin Owen to brain cancer in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic that was first published on Vulture.com in 2020.

In 2021, Strong appeared in HBO Max's six-part comedy series That Damn Michael Che, featuring SNL castmate Michael Che. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. Developed by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and produced by SNL's Lorne Michaels, the series centers around a couple (played by Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) stuck in a 1940s studio musical town until they find "true love".

It was announced in October 2021 that Strong would make her New York stage debut at the end of the year in an Off Broadway revival of Jane Wagner's one-woman play The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, which starred Lily Tomlin in 1985. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the show opened at The Shed on January 11, 2022.

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Saturday Night Live veteran Cecily Strong is engaged! The comic actress reveals how her fiancé accidentally spoiled the 'surprise' proposal

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 29, 2024
Cecily Strong has revealed that she got engaged late last year. During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, the 40-year-old former Saturday Night Live star shared her happy news and detailed the hilarious way her fiancé nearly ruined the proposal. Although the Schmigadoon actress seemed excited to share her engagement story, she has kept her fiancé's identity secret and has only referred to him as 'Jack' in the past.

SNL lampooning Rep. Stefanik rather than senior college presidents constituted a "complete breakdown of comedy," Rabbi Leo Veselsky says

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 12, 2023
A best-selling author and Rabbi slammed a recent 'Saturday Night Live' skit, alleging that it was a 'complete breakdown of comedy.' Rabbi Shmuel Reichman, author of 'The Journey to Your Ultimate Self,' argued that Elise Stefanik's skit was proof of the alleged 'hypocrisy and toxicity' within liberal ideology. The NBC show is under fire for its 'tone-deaf' sketch depicting testimony by Harvard, UPenn, and MIT presidents against anti-Semitism at the country's top universities.

When the board holds crunch talks late into the night, Harvard's annears contract to under fire President Claudine Gay KEEP her position

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 12, 2023
Despite outrage over her Congressional testimony refusing to properly condemn antisemites on campus, Harvard President Claudine Gay seems to be set to keep her position. A decision is likely on Tuesday, but sources indicate she will continue to lead the Ivy League university after meetings that lasted late until Monday. Since her first appearance in Congress, she has been continually chastised. Bill Ackerman, a megadonor, told Gay that he will keep his job.
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