Tina Fey's net worth has come a long way from when she first started out as a performer and head writer in the last golden age of Saturday Night Live - these days, she's become wildly successful as a writer, actress and hostess!

For almost a decade, Tina Fey's net worth came mostly from her work in Saturday Night Live (SNL), where she became the show's first-ever female head writer when Adam McKay stepped down from the position in 1999, a fact that led creator Lorne Michaels to approach her for the job.

Ever since she first started in SNL in 1998, Tina Fey's net worth grew exponentially, as she continued to work her way up the show: she started out as only a writer but, after losing some weight, she went on to become a regular in front of the cameras, even ending up co-hosting the show's news section "Weekend Update," where she would share the anchor position with Jimmy Fallon, who has been the head of "The Tonight Show" since Jay Leno stepped down after over two decades of hosting the show made famous by Johnny Carson.

As she was still working on SNL, Tina Fey's net worth took another turn up after she became the person behind "Mean Girls," a high school movie that has turned into a contemporary classic of the genre ever since it was first released in 2004, with a cast of SNL graduates (such as Fey's Golden Globe co-host Amy Poehler and Tim Meadows) as well as a few little-known actresses that have turned into icons ever since: troubled former child star Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams (who played Regina George in the show and who has gone on to work with people like Woody Allen and Guy Ritchie) and Amanda Seyfried, who has been in hit films like "Les Miserables" and "Mamma Mia!"

Fey would later go on to create the acclaimed comedy "30 Rock," based on her years as a writer in SNL, and co-starring Alec Baldwin.

Currently, Tina Fey's net worth stands at $45 million, earning $500 thousand per episode of "30 Rock" at the time the show ended, according to Celebrity Net Worth - so, Liz Lemon is definitely doing well!