Iliza Shlesinger

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Iliza Shlesinger

Iliza Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983 in Texas ) is an American stand-up comedian , author and presenter . She is the only female and youngest stand-up comedian to win the NBC casting show Last Comic Standing . The men's magazine Esquire lists her as one of the best comedians in the USA.

Career

After graduating from Emerson College , Iliza Shlesinger began her career as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles with the booking agency Whiteboy Comedy , which brought her to the stage of the comedy club The Improv .

In 2007, she won the MySpace contest So You Think You're Funny and became the Myspace Girl of the Week of the TV channel G4 .

In 2008, Shlesinger became the first female and youngest comedian to win the sixth season of the NBC casting show Last Comic Standing .

Her one-hour debut comedy show War Paint made it to number 1 on the iTunes charts and one of the top 10 albums of 2013. The show was broadcast on Netflix . Shlesinger also produced the comedy shows Freezing Hot (2015) and Confirmed Kills (2016) for Netflix . The new Elder Millenial (2018) program is also available on Netflix.

In addition to her own tours , Shlesinger is on stage at events such as the Just For Laughs Festival and The New York Comedy Festival .

In addition, she hosted the show for TheStream.tv The Weakly News , for CBS , the show Excused Excused and TBS , the show Separation Anxiety .

For ABC she wrote the miniseries Forever 31 , for which a second season has now been announced. Another format in which Shlesinger will act as producer and screenwriter is planned for ABC. She is currently developing a late night show for the US television station Freeform , which is part of ABC .

From 2014 to 2016 Shlesinger ran a podcast under the name Truth and Iliza .

In the 2013 film Paradise , Shlesinger plays alongside stars like Julianne Hough , Russell Brand and Octavia Spencer .

Shlesinger has appeared on television shows such as NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , The Today Show , Comedy Central , Hollywood Game Night , Chelsea Lately , Arsenio, and Late Night with Carson Daly .

In 2017, her first book, Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity, was published by Weinstein Books.

Discography

  • 2010: Iliza Live
  • 2011: Man Up and Act Like a Lady
  • 2013: War Paint
  • 2016: Freezing Hot

Filmography

Comedy specials

year title Channel
2013 Was paint Netflix
2015 Freezing hot Netflix
2016 Confirmed kills Netflix
2018 Elder Millennial Netflix
2019 Iliza Unveiled Netflix

Fonts

Web links

Commons : Iliza Shlesinger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Has a Message for Male Feminists (and Haters) . In: Esquire , September 20, 2016
  2. ↑ Actor Biography Iliza Shlesinger ABC - Forever 31
  3. ↑ About Iliza Shlesinger. IMDb ; Retrieved November 18, 2016
  4. ↑ ABC Developing Comedy Written by Iliza Shlesinger . In: Variety , October 19, 2016
  5. ↑ Iliza Shlesinger is about to be a pretty big deal and it's about damn time . In: The Daily Beast , October 28, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Shlesinger, Iliza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American stand-up comedian, writer and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas, United States