Cecily Strong
Cecily Strong
Cecily Legler Strong is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian, known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, having joined the show in 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth8 February 1984
CitySpringfield, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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There's so much more bad information than good information out there - everybody's got something to say and it's usually wrong.
characters confident elizabeth
I've never been an impressionist. I was doing Sofia Vergara and Elizabeth Dole. I'm sometimes so low-confidence and self-aware, so characters that are confident and ignorant and wrong are my favorite.
I grew up on 'S.N.L.,' doing all the sketches on the playground.
cheese delicate food french goat
I'd like to be reincarnated as a French tart. They're so beautiful and delicate - they're like my opposite. I'm more of a comfort food: goat cheese with garlic.
considered course fell instructor love resistant serious suggested
My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.
feels literally looking punched stunned terrible walks witnessed
There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I'm literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking stunned like they've just witnessed a murder.
firmly joking
When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to any one idea.
sounds
It sounds so cliched, but I've always been kind of different. I always liked being around weird kids.
years people firsts
I'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years, so, we finally made it, straight people.
fun
You have to put work into relationships to keep them fun.
mean
Food can be mean to me, but I love it anyway.
giving laughing people
I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a scene or Bill Hader or Seth Meyers give me a compliment.
love-picture instagram
I like Instagram - I love pictures, I just dont take them very often.
school yearbook middle
I was voted funniest person in my middle-school yearbook. So I guess I was funny in middle school?