Biography of Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler was first involved with sketch comedy when she joined the group “My Mother’s Flea Bag” when she was attending Boston College. Today, the theater is one of the leading centers for improv and sketch shows.. Later on, the group moved to New York and became a Comedy Central show. In 1993, she went to Chicago where she studied at the “Second City” and “Improv Olympics”. However, the group stayed together at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater.
Amy Poehler trivia
- Ranked #80 on Maxim’s Hot list 2007.
- Her husband, Christian Horner, is the Vice President of Information Technology for Ticketmaster.
- Her great-great-grandfather, Martin P. Burke, was a New Orleans policeman in 1898.
- Is a classically trained pianist.
- During her childhood, Pietz originally trained for ballet, but decided not to make this a career after finding out how much money she’d make.
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