Cecily Strong

Known for ActingBorn 1984-02-08 (age 42)Springfield, Illinois, USA

Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022. She was born in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, an inner-ring suburb of Chicago. She is the daughter of Penelope and William "Bill" Strong, who worked as an Associated Press bureau chief and is now managing partner at a Chicago public relations firm. Strong's parents are divorced. Strong grew up adoring SNL as a child, reenacting sketches with her friend and watching old SNL commercials on VHS. "I had a tape of the best commercials, and I wore it out every day." She has stated that Phil Hartman inspired her. She attended Oak Park and River Forest High School before transferring for her senior year to the Chicago Academy for the Arts, where she graduated in 2002. She then studied acting at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), graduating in 2006 with a BFA in theatre. After graduating from CalArts, Strong returned to Chicago, where she studied at the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecily Strong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Scream Queens

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Simpsons

Zootopia 2

Superstore

Leo

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Love, Gilda

Detroiters

The Garfield Movie

Man Seeking Woman

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Schmigadoon!

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Great News

Saturday Night Live

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Angie Tribeca

That Damn Michael Che

The Bronze

The Meddler

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Boss

Slow Learners

Staten Island Summer

The Female Brain

Ghostbusters

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Tamron Hall

The View

Sparring Partner

Plus One