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Cecily Strong
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, Illin…
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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. 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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2025
Zootopia 2
Movie Little Judith (voice)
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self
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2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie (archive footage)
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2024
The Garfield Movie
Movie Marge Malone (voice)
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2023
Leo
Movie Mrs. Malkin (voice)
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2022
Sparring Partner
Movie
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2021
Schmigadoon!
TV show Melissa Gimble
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2021
That Damn Michael Che
TV show
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
TV show Brenda
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2018
Love, Gilda
Movie Self
- 2017
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2017
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
Movie (voice)
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2017
The Female Brain
Movie Zoe
More credits
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2017
Great News
TV show Jessica
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2017
Detroiters
TV show Roz Chunks
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2016
Ghostbusters
Movie Jennifer Lynch
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2016
The Boss
Movie Dana Dandridge
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2016
The Meddler
Movie Jillian
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2016
The Bronze
Movie Janice Townsend
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2016
Angie Tribeca
TV show Samantha Stephens
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2015
Superstore
TV show Missy Jones
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2015
Scream Queens
TV show Catherine Hobart
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2015
Slow Learners
Movie Amber the Ex
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2015
Staten Island Summer
Movie Mary Ellen
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2015
Man Seeking Woman
TV show CCN Reporter
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2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV show Ginger (voice) / Orange (voice)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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1997
The View
TV show Self - Guest
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1989
The Simpsons
TV show Megan Matheston (voice)
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Self - Various Characters
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Plus One
Movie Summer
