Actor
Cecily Strong
February 8, 1984 · Springfield, Illinois, USA
Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022. She was born in Springfield, Illinois, and 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 Phil Hartman inspired her. 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.
Notable work
8The Simpsons (1989)
as Megan Matheston (voice)
5.3Ghostbusters (2016)
as Jennifer Lynch
7.7Zootopia 2 (2025)
as Little Judith (voice)
7.8Scream Queens (2015)
as Catherine Hobart
7The Garfield Movie (2024)
as Marge Malone (voice)
5.8The Boss (2016)
as Dana Dandridge
7.4Leo (2023)
as Mrs. Malkin (voice)
7.5Superstore (2015)
as Missy Jones
7.8Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
as Ginger (voice) / Orange (voice) and as Facebook Employee
6.9Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self - Various Characters and as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
6The Bronze (2016)
as Janice Townsend
5.9The Meddler (2016)
as Jillian
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