InStyle - December 2004

12.04
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Amy Poehler

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AGE 33
HOMETOWN Burlington, Mass.
KNOWN FOR Playing everyone from a tempestuous hillbilly to Senator Hilary Clinton on Saturday Night Live
NEXT The film Wild Girls Gone
SIBLINGS One younger brother, Greg. "He's a lawyer. He could have been a performer, but I stole that thunder. He was the maid of honor at my wedding. He gave the greatest speech--and this was a tough room filled with comedians and writers. He pretended he'd written a song that he was going to sing. He built it up, and everyone was getting really sweaty and nervous for him."
SPOUSE Will Arnett, who plays Gob on Arrested Development. When his show won the Emmy, "It was the closest thing I've had to watching someone I know score a touchdown at the Super Bowl."
GUESS WHO'S NOT COMING TO DINNER? "I don't do dead-on impersonations. I find one thing and exaggerate it. Kelly Ripa is a good example--I don't sound anything like her. And when she did the show, she was so cute. I'm worried that the next time I have dinner with Michael Jackson, he's going to be very cold."
HOST WITH THE MOST "We [the women of SNL] love Ben Affleck. He's so sweet to all us short comedy girls. We get a little famous light shown on us and we're a basket of giggles. We joke, 'Throw us a bone! Make us feel good!'"--Rory Evans