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Cecily Strong

Cecily Strong

8 movies on Netflix

Biography

Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian who spent a decade as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, from 2012 to 2022, and became the longest-tenured woman in the show's history. Raised in Oak Park, Illinois, she studied acting at CalArts and then trained at the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago before performing with Second City's touring company. On SNL she co-anchored Weekend Update and built a string of recurring characters, and she picked up Emmy nominations for supporting actress in a comedy series in 2020 and 2021. She went on to star in and co-produce the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! from 2021 to 2023, hosted the 2015 White House Correspondents' Association dinner, and appeared in films including The Meddler (2015) and The Female Brain (2017). Her memoir, This Will All Be Over Soon, was published in 2021, and she made her New York stage debut in 2022.

42years old

Turns 43 on February 8in 121 days

  • Born Springfield
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Also credited as Cecily Legler Strong

Movie Career

Films
8
Career span
9 years2015 to 2024

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  1. First role

    Strong's first New York stage role came in an Off Broadway revival of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, a one-woman play by Jane Wagner. Leigh Silverman directed, and it opened at The Shed on January 11, 2022.

  2. A role that slipped away

    Strong left the Weekend Update anchor desk in September 2014, replaced by writer Michael Che, partly at her own request so she could focus on performing in sketches with the regular cast.

  3. Early training

    Strong trained in acting at the California Institute of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in theater in 2006. After that she went back to Chicago for study at the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago.

  4. Behind the camera

    Cecily Strong took a starring role and also produced Schmigadoon!, an Apple TV+ series that parodies musicals. Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio created it, and Lorne Michaels of SNL was a producer.

Cecily Strong movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Leo2023 Animation, Comedy, Familyas Mrs. Malkinvoice

    IMDb rating 7.047K votes

  2. The Garfield Movie2024 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Marge Malonevoice

    IMDb rating 5.729K votes

  3. The Meddler2015as Jillian

    IMDb rating 6.315K votes

  4. The Bronze2016as Janice Townsend

    IMDb rating 6.115K votes

  5. Staten Island Summer2015as Mary Ellen

    IMDb rating 5.67.8K votes

  6. The Boss2016as Dana Dandridge

    IMDb rating 5.452K votes

  7. The Female Brain2017as Zoe

    IMDb rating 5.83.8K votes

  8. Love, Gilda2018as Himself

    IMDb rating 7.42.0K votes

Worked with

Cecily Strong shares two films with Melissa McCarthy, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Melissa McCarthy, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Melissa McCarthyLucy Punch, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Lucy PunchSamuel L. Jackson, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Samuel L. JacksonJ.K. Simmons, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with J.K. SimmonsSusan Sarandon, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Susan SarandonBill Murray, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Bill MurrayBen FalconeDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Ben FalconeDavid WachtenheimDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by David WachtenheimRobert MarianettiDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Robert Marianetti

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