2008 will be a very busy year for Amy Poehler. Between her seventh season of Saturday Night Live (and her fourth as the co-anchor of “Weekend Update,”) a trio of films and a new animated project for Nickelodeon, Poehler will be very active. Recently Poehler was seen in the animated film Horton Hears a Who! which also stars Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell and will next be seen in the Universal Pictures comedy Baby Mama opposite Tina Fey. In addition to these films, Poehler is producing, writing and providing the voice in the new Nickelodeon animated television series The Mighty B about the exploits of a nine and three-fourths year old Honeybee scout.

This past year Poehler had a starring role in the ice-skating comedy Blades of Glory, alongside Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, and Jon Heder and also lent her voice to the box office smash hit Shrek the Third as “Snow White.”

Renowned as “a brilliantly inventive sketch comedian,” (Entertainment Weekly, 11/05), Poehler boasts an impressive arsenal of outrageous characters, from the hyperactive “Caitlin” and one-legged reality show contestant “Amber” to a manic host of “Good Morning Meth,” Poehler has also contributed memorable impressions of Kelly Ripa, Avril Lavigne, Sharon Osbourne, Paula Abdul, Senator Hillary Clinton, Sharon Stone and Michael Jackson.

Poehler joined the SNL cast from the Upright Citizens Brigade, a sketch/improv troupe originally formed in Chicago. Poehler and the U.C.B. relocated to New York where they had a sketch show on Comedy Central for three seasons on which she was both a writer and performer. In addition, they opened a theater currently regarded as the premiere sketch/improv comedy venue in New York City. Poehler and the U.C.B. was featured in “A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv” an improvised comedy special on Bravo.

Other feature credits include in the hit comedy Mean Girls, Mr. Woodcock, Southland Tales, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, The Ex, Wet Hot American Summer, and Envy.

Poehler has made memorable appearances on television ranging from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (as recurring character "Stacey," Andy Richter's little sister), Arrested Development, Wonder Showzen and Undeclared. She also was a voice on O’Grady and The Simpsons.

Poehler is married to actor Will Arnett and lives in New York City