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Cecily Strong

Actor

Cecily Strong

Born February 8, 1984 in Springfield, Illinois, USA13 films

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.

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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.

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Zootopia 2 posterFirst watchZootopia 220257.7as Little Judith (voice)After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Leo poster7.3Leo2023The Garfield Movie poster6.9The Garfield Movie2024Ghostbusters poster5.3Ghostbusters2016The Boss poster5.8The Boss2016The Bronze poster6.0The Bronze2016The Meddler poster6.0The Meddler2016Staten Island Summer poster5.6Staten Island Summer2015The Female Brain poster5.5The Female Brain2017

Filmography

13 films as actor
  1. TBAPlus OneSummer
  2. 2025Zootopia 2Little Judith (voice)
  3. 2024The Garfield MovieMarge Malone (voice)
  4. 2023LeoMrs. Malkin (voice)
  5. 2022Sparring Partner
  6. 2017The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special(voice)
  7. 2017The Female BrainZoe
  8. 2016GhostbustersJennifer Lynch
  9. 2016The BossDana Dandridge
  10. 2016The MeddlerJillian
  11. 2016The BronzeJanice Townsend
  12. 2015Slow LearnersAmber the Ex
  13. 2015Staten Island SummerMary Ellen