Partner, Married, Weight Gain, Net Worth, Dating

Publish date: 2024-04-02

• Cecily Strong is a 34 year old American actress and comedian
• She has worked on projects such as “Saturday Night Live” and “Ghostbusters”
• She has a net worth of over $1 million
• A graduate of the California Institute of Arts, she has had 20 gigs in the acting field
• She is active on social media, with almost 500,000 followers on Instagram

Cecily Strong was born under the zodiac sign of Aquarius on 8 February 1984, in Springfield, Illinois USA, which means that she is 34 years old, and of American nationality. She is best known as the actress and comedian who has worked on multiple projects such as “Saturday Night Live”, and in “Ghostbusters” portraying Jennifer Lynch. Cecily is currently unmarried, but she keeps quiet about her relationship status. There have been certain rumors stating that she was pregnant, however, those rumors turned out to be fake. On the other hand, she is a proud dog mom, which she has stated several times.

Net Worth

So just how rich is Cecily Strong as of late 2018? According to authoritative sources, this actress and comedian has a net worth of over $1 million, accumulated from her prosperous career in the mentioned field. However, she hasn’t disclosed any information regarding her assets such as houses and cars, but working steadily has allowed her to be financially stable, and take care of herself.

Ethnicity and Background

When it comes to Cecily’s ethnicity, she is Caucasian and has black hair and dark brown eyes, which suits her pale complexion perfectly. She was born to Penelope and Bill Strong, but unfortunately her parents are now divorced. Speaking about her education, Strong was a student of Oak Park and River Forest High school, but ended up transferring to the Chicago Academy of Arts. She’s revealed that she was voted the funniest person in her middle school yearbook. Having finished with that aspect of her education, Cecily enrolled into the California Institute of Arts, and ultimately graduated in 2006, after which she returned to Chicago, where she was a student of the Second City Conservatory and iO Chicago.

Career

Cecily made her debut in 2012, working on two projects, “How to Sponsor a Uterus” and more importantly, “Saturday Night Live”, the critically acclaimed TV series and appearing in its 135 episodes so far; the show has received numerous awards, such as 66 Primetime Emmys, Black Reel Awards for Television, Critics Choice Television Awards and Directors Guild of America, USA. As of 2013, the actress and comedian joined the cast of “The Awesomes”, and appeared in 13 episodes of the series over the course of two years. In 2015, Cecily worked on projects such as “The Bronze”, in which she played the role of Janice, and “Staten Island Summer”, portraying Mary Ellen. In 2016, Strong appeared in “Ghostbusters” and followed by working on “Scream Queens” in the same year, and “The Female Brain”, “Detroiters” and “Man Seeking Woman” in the next year. Subsequently she was cast to provide voice recordings for Megan Matheson in “The Simpsons”. Overall, Cecily has had 20 gigs in the acting field, which has allowed her to gain more exposure and so more fans. In one interview, she stated that she feels lucky to be doing comedy at the same time as her role models – Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig.

Other TV appearances

As she is an actress and comedian, Cecily is often a guest in TV series. She has appeared in “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in 2013, “Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special”, “Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs”, “Entertainment Tonight” and “White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner” all in 2015. As of her latest appearances, these include “Love, Gilda” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”.

Social Media

Being in the entertainment field naturally means that Cecily is active on social media, such as Instagram on which she’s followed by almost 500,000 people. Some of her latest posts include a photo of herself with the caption jokingly saying “Ugh where do I even start?!? What a weekend! Brian Tucker texted me Monday night about Barbra’s Jingle Bells. And oh my god- to have a straight male writer hear a Streisand song and want to write a sketch for you”. She went on to add that she had Matt Damon “fully throw himself at that” and said that the fact that her performance as Streisand was a two people act, and was really important to her. Besides that, Strong’s fans seem to have enjoyed her performance, which they stated in following comments. In addition, she has recently posted a photo of herself and Steve Carell from one of their sketches.