- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1984
- Place of Birth
- Springfield, Illinois, USA
Cecily Strong
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 Art…
Filmography
movieZootopia 2
2025 · Little Judith (voice)
movieSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self
movieThe Garfield Movie
2024 · Marge Malone (voice)
movieLeo
2023 · Mrs. Malkin (voice)
movieSparring Partner
2022
tvSchmigadoon!
2021 · Melissa Gimble, Producer
tvThat Damn Michael Che
2021
tvTamron Hall
2019 · Self - Guest
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
tvI Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019 · Brenda
movieLove, Gilda
2018 · Self
movieNight of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017 · Self
movieThe David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
2017 · (voice)
movieThe Female Brain
2017 · Zoe
tvGreat News
2017 · Jessica
tvDetroiters
2017 · Roz Chunks
movieGhostbusters
2016 · Jennifer Lynch
movieThe Boss
2016 · Dana Dandridge
movieThe Meddler
2016 · Jillian
movieThe Bronze
2016 · Janice Townsend
tvAngie Tribeca
2016 · Samantha Stephens
tvSuperstore
2015 · Missy Jones
tvScream Queens
2015 · Catherine Hobart
movieSlow Learners
2015 · Amber the Ex
movieStaten Island Summer
2015 · Mary Ellen
tvMan Seeking Woman
2015 · CCN Reporter
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Ginger (voice) / Orange (voice), Facebook Employee
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
tvRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Self - Guest Judge
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997 · Self - Guest
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Megan Matheston (voice)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
moviePlus One
— · Summer