Quick facts
Birth date 8 Feb, 1984
Age 35 yrs
Occupations Actor
Television actor
Comedian
Citizenship United States of America
Birth place Springfield
Education California Institute of the Arts
Gender Female
Description American comedian


The well-known TV personality, Cecily Strong was born on 8th February 1984. Her star sign is Aquarius. She was born in Springfield, Illinois. Her birth name is Cecily Legler Strong. She belongs to White ethnicity. She belongs to Scottish, German, English and Italian descent. She is raised as a Christian.

She attended Oak Park High School. She joined the Chicago Academy for the Arts. She also attended California Institute of the Arts, from where she graduated in the year 2006. Cecily was born to William Bill Strong and Penelope. Bill is a big supporter of Cecily. Cecily has been in a romantic affair with Michael Patrick O'Brien since 2013. The couple met on the sets of Saturday Night Live. The couple seems to be living happily together.

Career

Cecily Strong has been a part NBC's American late night live TV show Saturday Night Live by Dick Ebersol. She portrayed a Latina in her first show on Saturday Night Live. She was attracted to this show from her early days and used to enact sketches with her friend. She was highly inspired by the Canadian-American comedian and actor Phil Hartman. Phil gained fame from the Saturday night live Show when he joined in the year 1986.

Phil was a part of the show for eight long years, for which he also won a Primetime Emmy award. Cecily's performance credit includes Chicago Just for Laughs, Chicago Sketch Fest and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She also made her presence at the Bailiwick Theatre. Her credits for celebrity impressions include Stormy Daniels, Megyn Kelly, Rachel Maddow, Ivana Trump and many more.

Cecily played Jillian in a romantic comedy film The Meddler. She was a part of a commercial for old navy with the cast of Saturday Night Live Show. She played Missy Jones in a comedy TV series Superstore. She appeared as Mary Ellen in a comedy film Staten Island Summer. She played Debbie Miller in a short TV movie, The David Pumpkins Halloween Special. Cecily was a part of an American documentary TV series on Global Warming, Years of Living Dangerously, which was aired on Showtime.

She portrayed Jennifer Lynch in an action comedy film Ghostbusters. She played Zoe in a comedy film The Female Brain. She appeared as Catherine Hobart in Fox's comedy horror TV series Scream Queen. Cecily appeared as a guest named Samantha Stevens in TBS's American comedy show Angie Tribeca. She appeared in several series of commercials for a snack cracker, Triscuit in the year 2017.

She was nominated in the year 2014 for an OFTA TV award for Best Female Performance in Saturday Night Live. Her TV credits include The Awesomes, Mad TV, White House Correspondents Dinner, Superstore, The Simpsons and many more. Her film credits include The Boss, The Female Brain, Slow Learners and The Bronze. Cecily has earned a Net worth of around $1 million. The attractive actress, Cecily has over 14k followers on Facebook. She has 436k followers on Instagram. Cecily has 175 subscribers on YouTube.

Last Modified: Feb 7, 2020




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