The Evolution of Tina Fey
With the top comedy in America, and covers of Vogue and Esquire, will the 30 Rock star let success go to her bespectacled head? By Rebecca Dana. Plus, a gallery of Fey’s glamorous evolution

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Tina Fey didn't start out particularly glamorous. Here's her senior yearbook photo from Pennsylvania's Upper Darby High School in 1988, when she was known by her full name, Elizabeth Stamantina Fey.
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Fey after a 2002 Saturday Night Live featuring Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.
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Fey attends the Saturday Night Live afterparty held at Docks Restaurant
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Fey attends New York magazine's celebration of "The 2002 New York Award Winners."
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Fey at the 2002 US Open tennis tournament.
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Fey with Lindsay Lohan at a private screening of their movie Mean Girls, April 2004.
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Fey and Tracy Morgan at the 58th Annual Emmy Awards in August 2006.
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Fey at the 59th Annual Emmy Awards in September 2007.
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Fey and her former Weekend Update partner Amy Poehler at the 60th Emmy Awards in September 2008.
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Fey looks downright statuesque at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
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Fey does the hand-on-hip move at the 2010 Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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Fey strikes a pose on the red carpet at the Academy Awards in March 2010.
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Fey posing for BUST (Spring 2004), Vanity Fair (January 2009) and Esquire (April 2010)
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