Actress, playwright, producer, and director Maggie Carey hails from the US.
She has helmed hilarious television shorts in addition to the 2013 film The To-Do List, which she also wrote and directed.
Carey grew up in Boise, Idaho, where she was born.
After attending Jackson Elementary and West Junior High, she received her diploma from Borah High School in 1993.
The To-Do List, a movie Carey made after her time as a lifeguard at the Borah pool, was inspired by that experience.
In 2007, she and Liz Cackowski created the internet sitcom The Jeannie Tate Show.
In New York, Carey belonged to the improv group Upright Citizens Brigade.
She also produced and directed four episodes of Funny or Die Presents sketches in 2011 about female referees overseeing youth soccer matches.
Carey wed actor Bill Hader in 2006.
They were introduced by a mutual acquaintance and met in Los Angeles, California.
But Hader and Carey divorced in 2017.
Hader filed for divorce in December of that year, and the two came to an arrangement in March 2018, which was then formalized three months later.
Three kids total between Hader and Carey: Harper was born on July 28, 2012; Hannah Kathryn was born on October 6, 2009; and Hayley Clementine was born on November 15, 2014.
After becoming a father, Hader admitted to Variety in 2019 that he found it difficult to balance the obligations of being a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live.
“I was a little bit of a basket case when I was on SNL.
“My wife could not have found it easy at the time. My mind was totally occupied with work and tension.