Cecily Strong

Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2012. She was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was 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 she was inspired by Phil Hartman. 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.

Known For

Birth Location Springfield, Illinois, USA
Born 1984-02-08

Movies

The Garfield Movie as Marge Malone (voice)
2024
Leo as Mrs. Malkin (voice)
2023
Nature Cat: A Nature Carol as Martha Scratchit (voice)
2019
Love, Gilda as Self
2018
2017
Ghostbusters as Jennifer Lynch
2016
The Boss as Dana Dandridge
2016
The Meddler as Jillian
2016
The Bronze as Janice Townsend
2016
Slow Learners as Amber the Ex
2015
Staten Island Summer as Mary Ellen
2015
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special as Self / Total Bastard Airlines Flight Attendant / Piper
2015
Plus One as Summer
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