Iliza Shlesinger

 Iliza Vie Schlesinger, born on February 22nd, 1983 was an American actress, comedian and executive producer. She was the 2008 winner on The NBC series Last Comic Standing. She went on to host Separation Anxiety and the syndicated dating show Excused.

 Shlesinger hosted Truth and Iliza, a late-night talk show on Freeform in the year 2017. In 2022, she's published six comedy specials on Netflix. In April of 2020, Netflix premiered her sketch comedy series The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.

 Iliza Vie Shlesinger was born New York City to a Jewish family. She was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her family moved to Dallas when she was still a baby. She was a student at Addison's Greenhill School, Texas. She was a student at the school, studying Spanish as well as being a part of the school's improvisation team.

 Shlesinger performed at ComedySportz Dallas and was a freshman at the University of Kansas. She also performed in Semester at Sea. Then, she went on to Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts. Here she majored film. There she developed her editing and writing abilities and was a part of Jimmy's Traveling All Stars, a comedy group that plays on campus.

 Shlesinger performing in 2017

 Shlesinger She graduated from college, relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue stand-up comedy. She was one of the most well-known members of the Whiteboy Comedy troupe of standup comedians from Los Angeles. It brought her to The Improv in Hollywood.