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Cecily Strong - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born February 8, 1984 - American actress, voice actress and comedian.
Mother - Penelope Strong, father - Bill Strong, the former head of the Associated Press correspondence office, is now a senior partner in a Chicago-based public relations firm. Strong's parents are divorced. She has a younger brother. As a child, Strong adored Saturday Night Life (SNL), acted out with her friend, and watched old SNL ads on videotapes. "I've had the best commercials and watched them every day." Strong once mentioned that she was influenced by Phil Hartman.
She attended Oak Park and River Forest High School and in her senior year transferred to the Art Academy of Chicago, where she graduated in 2002. Following this, Strong studied acting at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and earned her BA in Theater Arts in 2006. After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, she returned to Chicago, where she studied at the IO Chicago improvisation theater and the training scene of The Second City Conservatory.
Strong performed regularly at The Second City and iO Chicago. She has also played at the Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Just for Laughs, New York Sketchfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Goodman Theater, Baileywick Theater, Mercury Theater, and was a member of the Virgin Daiquiri women's improvisational theater troupe.
On September 15, 2012, Strong made her debut as the lead actress of the second cast of Saturday Night Live. Beginning with season 39, she co-hosted Seth Meyers in the traditional sketch Weekend Update. Subsequently, Strong led a sketch with Colin Yost, and starting with season 40, which was released in September 2014, she was replaced by writer Michael Che. However, she remains part of the permanent cast.
Strong's regular characters include the frivolous, unnamed pseudo-activist known as "the girl I wish I didn't start a conversation with at a party," Dana, an employee who insults her colleagues for fear of being fired, Kira from Girlfriend Talk Show, and an unnamed blonde ex-porn star turned model and commercial actress advertising high-end items. Strong played celebrities such as Allison Williams, Angelica Houston, Ariana Grande, Sofia Vergara, Brooke Baldwin, Fran Drescher, Jill Kelly, Khloe Kardashian, Lydia Callis, Lana Del Rey, Paula Broadwell, Megyn Kelly, Alanis Morissette, Gloria Jorge , Maria Bartiromo, Sarah Koenig, Rachel Maddow, Melania Trump, Karlie Fiorina, and Michelle Rodriguez.
In 2015, Strong acted as an entertainer at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. She sharply criticized the various news organizations attending the reception, politicians from all parties and President Obama. She also criticized the Secret Service, the Washington Hilton, Brian Williams, Sarah Koenig, and Indiana meeting place.
In 2016, she starred in an SNL TV commercial for Old Navy, alongside fellow cast members from the show Naseem Pedrad and Jay Faroa. At the same time, Strong joined the creation of the documentary series Years of a Dangerous Life, dedicated to global warming, as a guest celebrity and host. In 2016, she guest-starred on the series Angie Tribeca and Scream Queen.
