Today she is famous for her work on SNL as well as creating acclaimed series 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. How does Tina make money?Īfter leaving SNL she started developing 30 Rock for Broadway Video. In the 2000s, she started performing in sketches, alongside Jimmy Fallon. In 1999, after McKay dropped out as head writer, Fey became SNL’s first female head writer. After watching herself she decided to diet and lost 30 pounds. She continued to write for them until she starred as an extra in a 1998 episode.
Upon receiving the job, she moved to New York City. While performing with The Second City, she submitted several scripts to Saturday Night Live (SNL).įollowing a meeting with SNL creator Lorne Michaels, she got a job as a writer for the show. She used to work as a receptionist during the day, after graduating, and at night took classes at Second City. She has also served as co-editor of the school’s newspaper.Īfter graduating from University of Virginia where she studied play-writing and acting, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama. While attending Upper Darby High School, Fey became one of the best students, a member of the choir, drama club, and tennis team. Growing up she attended Cardington-Stonehurst Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School in Upper Darby.īy middle school she knew she wanted to become a comedian, after reading Joe Franklin’s Seventy Years of Great Film Comedians at 11 years old. Her father died in 2015, but before he raised $500 million for schools, hospitals, and public agencies through proposals and direct mail appeals. Tina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer and her current net worth is $70 million.īorn in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, to Donald Henry Fey, a university administrator, and a grand proposal writer, and Zenobia a brokerage employee, she has an older brother, Peter.