Tina Fey's 2 Daughters: All About Alice and Penelope

Tina Fey is the ultimate multi-hyphenate.

In addition to her award-winning career, Fey is busy with her private life with her husband and their two daughters. The actress married composer and producer Jeff Richmond in 2001. Four years later, in 2005, the couple had a daughter, Alice Zenobia. Their second daughter, Penelope Athena, was born in 2011.

The filmmakers raised their children on New York’s Upper East Side — a neighborhood that Fey told PEOPLE was “a great place to raise a kid” in 2010.

Now that they’re older, Fey’s daughters have gotten involved in her career — the comedian asked Alice and Penelope for their input on her 2024 film adaptation. Mean girls musical. “Sometimes I would run things with the help of the kids,” Fey said Party tonight at the premiere of the film in New York. “Like casting, or you know, like, ‘Should the burned book stay a book or should it be a private Instagram account?’ And they say: ‘No, it’s a book, it’s a book.’ ”

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Here’s everything you need to know about Tina Fey’s daughters, Alice and Penelope.

Alice Zenobia Richmond, 18

Tina Fey and her daughter Alice Richmond pose at the opening night after party for the new Broadway musical ‘Mean Girls’ on April 8, 2018 in New York City.

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Fey and Richmond welcomed their first child, daughter Alice Zenobia, on September 10, 2005.

Their older daughter entered their lives at an extremely busy time in Feya’s career — in April 2004. Mean girls it was getting better at the box office, and in 2006 30 Rock was taken over by NBC.

As a child, Alice often visited the set of her mother’s sitcom, and in 2012 she appeared in the episode “Mazel Tov, Dummies!” in which she played a young version of Fey’s character in a flashback. Even though it was her only appearance 30 RockFey said Alice influenced the series in other ways.

At the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Fey revealed in her acceptance speech that Alice had coined several iconic 30 Rock phrases like “I want to go there.” The comedian also called Alice “the funniest person” in his family.

Appearing at the 2018 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonthe Saturday night live alum revealed that her older daughter is also a new director. Fey even shared a short film, cheekily titled Butt Showcreated by Alice and her sister Penelope. “They sold it to Netflix,” Fey joked.

Tina Fey and her daughter Alice Richmond at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage

Alice also entertained the family during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Appearing on March 2020 Tonight’s showFey revealed that Alice organized themed dinners for their family and held a talent show via Zoom. The participants of the event were the children of Fey’s friends, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer.

Fey and Richmond said they occasionally use their star-studded list of friends to try to win over Alice and Penelope, who are unimpressed by their parents’ talents. “You’re never cool [to your kids]Fey told PEOPLE in 2023.

“We watch television and say, ‘We know that person. You like that show? We know them,'” Fey continued. “And then they say, ‘No, you don’t know.'”

As a teenager, Alice and her mother became close by watching SNL together. “It’s great,” Fey said Diversity in May 2021. “She has a very good background in comedians, so she’s an astute viewer.”

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Penelope Athena Richmond, 13

Tina Fey, her husband Jeff Richmond, their friend Kerry Butler and Fey and Richmond’s daughters Alice Zenobia Richmond and Penelope Athena Richmond backstage at the hit musical based on the movie ‘Beetlejuice’ on Broadway on June 8, 2019 in New York City. Bruce Glikas/WireImage

Fey and Richmond welcomed their second baby girl, Penelope Athena, on August 10, 2011.

Just like her sister Alice, Penelope also appeared on one of Fey’s shows — she was cast as a children’s influencer on her mom’s series Peacock Girls5Eva. “Our daughter Penelope ended up on the show,” Fey told Today show in 2021. “There was a part for a 9-year-old, and I said, ‘If we don’t let her audition for this, she’s going to kill us.’ ”

However, Fey was initially hesitant to choose Penelope. “She was at the audition, she filmed herself,” she added. “I thought, ‘I can’t let the boss’s kid get the first job he ever auditioned for.’ ” Fey and showrunner Meredith Scardino originally cast another actor for the role — but when that actress couldn’t fly in due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penelope got her chance to shine on the small screen.

“She did a great job,” Fey said. “And she was super professional… For a dark year like distance learning and all that stuff, that was a little treat for her.”

Tina Fey and daughter Penelope. Late Night with Seth Meyers

Penelope also seems to have inherited her mother’s funny bone. In May 2020, she crashed Fey’s appearance at home Late Night with Seth Meyersmaking an “L” on the forehead.

– She just called us losers! Fey said as her daughter laughed and ran off. “This meant ‘loyalist’ in colonial times, so that’s up to you!”

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