Cecily Strong | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 89% Love, Gilda (2018)

Lowest Rated: 22% The Boss (2016)

Birthday: Feb 8, 1984

Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, USA

Cecily Strong garnered her first taste of national limelight in fall 2012 as one of a long line of Chicago comic actors to people the cast of NBC's weekend comedy showcase "Saturday Night Live" (1975- ). Strong cut her teeth as a child actor in Chicago regional stage productions before going on to enjoy stints with some of the city's comedy institutions, including the iO Theater and The Second City. Her talents garnered the attention of longtime "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels, and she found herself vaulted to the Saturday night television comedy staple. Immediately making an impact with timely impersonations of Rachel Maddow and the "cougars" of the General Petraeus cheating scandal, Strong found herself singled out by media wags as a new talent to watch on a show already chock full of comedic talent.

Highest rated movies

85% The Meddler

74% Ghostbusters

73% Slow Learners

36% The Bronze

35% The Female Brain

33% Staten Island Summer

22% The Boss

Photos

Saturday Night Live, from left: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Cecily Strong, Bobby Moynihan, Taran Killam, 10/11/1975, ©NBC

Saturday Night Live, Cecily Strong, 'Season 16', ©NBC

THE MEDDLER, from left: Susan Sarandon, Cecily Strong, 2015. ph: Jaimie Trueblood/© Sony Pictures Classics

Dog the Bounty Hunter, Cecily Strong, 08/31/2004, ©AETV

Dog the Bounty Hunter, Cecily Strong (L), Bonnie (C), Gary (R), 08/31/2004, ©AETV

THE FEMALE BRAIN, CECILY STRONG, 2017. © IFC FILMS

Cecily Strong at arrivals for GHOSTBUSTERS Premiere, TCL Chinese 6 Theatres (formerly Grauman''s), Los Angeles, CA July 9, 2016. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection

Cecily Strong at arrivals for GIRLS Fourth Season Premiere on HBO - Part 2, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY January 5, 2015. Photo By: Gregorio T. Binuya/Everett Collection

Cecily Strong in attendance for 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival - FRI, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV September 19, 2014. Photo By: James Atoa/Everett Collection

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Filmography

Movies

			Credit
36%	80%	The Garfield Movie	Marge (Voice)	$85.3M	2024
82%	90%	Leo	Ms. Malkin (Voice)	-	2023
89%	81%	Love, Gilda	Self	$624.2K	2018
35%	49%	The Female Brain	Zoe (Character)	$7.0K	2017
74%	49%	Ghostbusters	Jennifer Lynch (Character)	-	2016
22%	38%	The Boss	Dana Dandridge (Character)	$63.0M	2016
85%	56%	The Meddler	Unknown (Character)	$4.3M	2015
36%	44%	The Bronze	Janice Townsend (Character)	$615.7K	2015
73%	53%	Slow Learners	The Ex (Character)	$21.1K	2015
33%	38%	Staten Island Summer	Mary Ellen (Character)	-	2015

TV

			Credit
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen	Unknown (Character), Guest	2016 2018-2020 2023-2024
No Score Yet	61%	Late Night With Seth Meyers	Guest	2014 2016-2017 2020-2022 2024
93%	86%	Schmigadoon!	Melissa Gimble (Character)	2021 2023
No Score Yet	44%	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Guest	2018 2020-2023
No Score Yet	58%	Saturday Night Live	Unknown (Character)	2012-2022
No Score Yet	9%	The View	Guest	2022
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Guest	2021
No Score Yet	62%	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Guest	2020
No Score Yet	51%	Busy Tonight	Guest	2019
No Score Yet	54%	RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars	Judge	2019
85%	77%	The Simpsons	Megan (Guest Voice)	2018
84%	74%	Great News	Jessica (Guest Star)	2017
95%	88%	Detroiters	Unknown (Guest Star)	2017
77%	76%	Scream Queens	Unknown (Guest Star)	2016
93%	81%	Superstore	Missy Jones (Guest Star)	2016
38%	76%		Guest	2016
96%	74%	Angie Tribeca	Samantha Stephens (Guest Star)	2016
No Score Yet	68%	The Awesomes	Unknown (Guest Voice)	2015
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Late Night With Jimmy Fallon	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday	Unknown (Character)	2009 2012