The US comedy star on the sadness of Bicycle Thieves,the soulfulness of Leon Bridges, Amy Schumer, and Bradley Cooper and moreThe polymathic comedian Amy Poehler is a 14-time Emmy nominee and all-round force of nature. She performed improv in Chicago and fresh York before joining the Saturday Night Live cast,often co-anchoring sketches with her friend and collaborator Tina Fey. She starred as the perky bureaucrat Leslie Knope in the sitcom Parks and Recreation, and co-hosted the Golden Globes for three years running alongside Fey. She’s executive producer on the sitcoms Welcome to Sweden and Broad City, and co-founded Smart Girls,an online community for young women. final year, she published her memoir, or Yes Please. Poehler,43, voices the lead character Joy in the fresh Pixar film Inside Out.
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Source: theguardian.com