ladies of SNL, ranked

Whether you're a fan or not of these past couple seasons of Saturday Night Live, you'll at least have to relent when it comes to the turn-of-the-century (and a bit of the late '90s) cast's efforts when it came to the females. Making it cool to be a woman on SNL for a new generation (and becoming the MVPs over virtually every male co-star), these six ladies have had varying success outside the world of the late-night sketch comedy.

Rachel Dratch

**SNL fame: +3

**Awards cache: N/A

**Failed comedies: Dickie Roberts (-1), Click (+1), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (+1), My Life in Ruins (-1), I Hate Valentine's Day (-1)

**Indie cred: Winter Passing (-1), Looking for Kitty (-1),

Freshman Orientation (-1)

**Cult/fanboy hits: Down with Love (+1)

**Laughable dramas: N/A

**Box office biggies: Click (+1.4),

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (+1.2)

**Later TV Work: Third Watch (+.5), Monk (+.5), Frasier (+.5), The King of Queens (+.5), Aqua Teen Hunger Force (+.5), Wizards of Waverly Place (+.5), Ugly Betty (+.5), Sherri (+.5), 30 Rock (+.5)

**Behind the camera: N/A

SUCCESS SCORE: 7.1

notes: Spring Breakdown got half-ways decent reviews - and I personally liked it - but it went straight to DVD, and success data is vague.

Tina Fey

**SNL fame: +6

**Awards cache: Nine Emmy noms (+4.5), Seven Emmy wins (+14), One Golden Globe nom (+.75), Two Golden Globe wins (+6),

Three Individual SAG wins (+3)

**Failed comedies: Beer League (-1), Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (-1), The Invention of Lying (-1),

Mean Girls (+1), Baby Mama (+1), Date Night (+1), Megamind (+1)

**Indie cred: N/A

**Cult/fanboy hits: Mean Girls (+1)

**Laughable dramas: N/A

**Box office biggies: Mean Girls (+.9), Baby Mama (+.6),

Date Night (+1), Megamind (+.5)

**Later TV work: 30 Rock (+5), Sesame Street (+.5)

**Behind the camera: Writer of Saturday Night Live (+1), Writer of Mean Girls (+1), Writer/Producer of 30 Rock (+1),

Writer of The Colin Quinn Show (-1)

SUCCESS SCORE: 46.75

notes: Though a critical success, Ponyo had low box office receipts. Thus, jury's out on its overall success.

Ana Gasteyer

**SNL fame: +3

**Awards cache: N/A

**Failed comedies: Meet the Deedles (-1), Dick (-1),

What Women Want (+1), Mean Girls (+1)

**Indie cred: Dare (+1)

**Cult/fanboy hits: Mean Girls (+1), Reefer Madness (+1)

**Laughable dramas: N/A

**Box office biggies: What Women Want (+1.8), Mean Girls (+.9)

**Later TV work: Party of Five (+.5), NYPD Blue (+.5), Law and Order (+.5), Just Shoot Me! (+.5), Mad About You (+.5), 3rd Rock from the Sun (+.5), Frasier (+.5), Reefer Madness (+1), The Good Wife (+.5), Chuck (+.5)

**Behind the camera: N/A

SUCCESS SCORE: 14.2

notes: What's the Worst That Could Happen? and The Women had decent box office showings, but poor reviews.

Amy Poehler

**SNL fame: +5

**Awards cache: Three Emmy noms (+1.5)

**Failed comedies: Mean Girls (+1), Envy (-1), Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (-1), The Ex (-1), Blades of Glory (+1), Shrek the Third (+1), Horton Hears a Who! (+1), Baby Mama (+1), Monsters vs. Aliens (+1), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (+1)

**Indie cred: Wet Hot American Summer (+1), Hamlet 2 (+1),

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (-1)

**Cult/fanboy hits: Wet Hot American Summer (+1), Mean Girls (+1), Southland Tales (+1), Hamlet 2 (+1)

**Laughable dramas: N/A

**Box office biggies: Mean Girls (+.9), Blades of Glory (+1.2), Shrek the Third (+3.2), Horton Hears a Who! (+1.5), Baby Mama (+.6), Monsters vs. Aliens (+2), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel (+2.2)

**Later TV work: Undeclared (+.5), Arrested Development (+.5), The Simpsons (+.5), Spongebob Squarepants (+.5), The Mighty B! (+2), Parks and Recreation (+3)

**Behind the camera: Writer/Producer of Parks and Recreation (+1), Writer/Producer of The Mighty B! (+1)

SUCCESS SCORE: 36.1

notes: Mr. Woodcock had decent receipts, but middling reviews. Dilemma.

Maya Rudolph

**SNL fame: +3

**Awards cache: One Chicago Film Critics nom (+.5), One Washington, D.C. Film Critics nom (+.5)

**Failed comedies: Duets (-1), Duplex (-1), 50 First Dates (+1), A Prairie Home Companion (+1), Shrek the Third (+1), Away We Go (+1), MacGruber (-1), Grown Ups (+1)

**Indie cred: Chuck & Buck (+1), A Prairie Home Companion (+1),

Away We Go (+1)

**Cult/fanboy hits: Chuck & Buck (+1), Idiocracy (+1)

**Laughable dramas: N/A

**Box office biggies: 50 First Dates (+1.2), Shrek the Third (+3.2),

Grown Ups (+1.6)

**Later TV work: Action (+.5), City of Angels (+1), The Simpsons (+.5), Kath and Kim (+.5)

**Behind the camera: N/A

SUCCESS SCORE: 19.5

notes: Idiocracy did pretty poorly at the box office, but had a fairly above-average critical response.

Molly Shannon

**SNL fame: +5

**Awards cache: One Emmy nom (+.5)

**Failed comedies: Happiness (+1), Analyze This (+1), Never Been Kissed (+1), My 5 Wives (-1), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (+1), Osmosis Jones (-1), Serendipity (+1), The Santa Clause 2 (+1), My Boss's Daughter (-1), Good Boy! (-1), Scary Movie 4 (+1), Talladega Nights (+1),

Evan Almighty (-1), Igor (-1)

**Indie cred: Happiness (+1), Wet Hot American Summer (+1),

American Splendor (+1), Marie Antoinette (+1), Year of the Dog (+1)

**Cult/fanboy hits: A Night at the Roxbury (+1), Superstar (+1),

Wet Hot American Summer (+1)

**Laughable dramas: Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (-1)

**Box office biggies: Analyze This (+1.1), Never Been Kissed (+.6), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (+2.6), Serendipity (+.5), The Santa Clause 2 (+1.4), Scary Movie 4 (+.9), Little Man (+.6), Talladega Nights (+1.5), Evan Almighty (+1)

**Later TV work: The Single Guy (+.5), Seinfeld (+.5), Sex and the City (+.5), The Music Man (+1), Ed (+.5), Will and Grace (+.5), Scrubs (+.5), My Gym Partner's a Monkey (+.5), 30 Rock (+.5), American Dad! (+.5), Pushing Daisies (+.5), Kath & Kim (+1), The New Adventures of Old Christine (+.5), Web Therapy (+.5), Glee (+.5), Neighbors from Hell (+1)

**Behind the camera: Writer of Superstar (+1)

SUCCESS SCORE: 35.2

notes: A Night at the Roxbury and Superstar have devoted followings and a not-so-bad box office draw, but the critics weren't fans. Paradox. Oh, and it kills me to count The Grinch and Serendipity as positives, as I dislike both.