Cecily Strong
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: February 8, 1984
Place of Birth: Springfield, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Marge Malone (voice)
as Mrs. Malkin (voice)
as Melissa Gimble
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as (voice)
as Zoe
as Jessica
as Jennifer Lynch
as Dana Dandridge
as Jillian
as Janice Townsend
as Samantha Stephens
as Missy Jones
as Catherine Hobart
as Amber the Ex
as Mary Ellen
as CCN Reporter
as Ginger (voice) / Orange (voice)
as Facebook Employee
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Megan Matheston (voice)
as Self - Various Characters
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Summer