 In 2002 , Fey appeared in the surreal comedy Martin & Orloff . She made her debut as writer and co @-@ star of the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls . Characters and behaviors in the movie are based on Fey 's high school life at Upper Darby High School and on the non @-@ fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman . The cast includes other past cast members of SNL including Tim Meadows , Ana Gasteyer , and Amy Poehler . The film received favorable reviews , and was a box office success , grossing US $ 129 million worldwide . 
 In 2002 , Fey appeared in the surreal comedy Martin & Orloff . She made her debut as writer and <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>co</mark></a> @-@ star of the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls . Characters and behaviors in the movie are based on Fey <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>high school life at Upper Darby High School and on the non @-@ fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman . The cast <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>includes</mark></a> other past cast members of SNL including Tim Meadows , Ana Gasteyer , and Amy Poehler . The film received favorable reviews , and was a box office success , grossing US $ 129 million worldwide . 
In 2002 , Fey appeared in the surreal comedy Martin & Orloff . She made her debut as writer and coed @-@ star of the 2004 teen comedy Mean gurls . Characters and behaviors in the movie r based on Fey  high school life at Upper Darby High skool and on the non @-@ fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman . da cast include other past cast members of SNL including Tim Meadows , Ana Gasteyer , and Amy Poehler . The film received favorable reviews , and was a box office success , grossing US $ 129 million worldwide .