21 Facts About Iliza Shlesinger

Iliza Vie Shlesinger is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host.

Iliza Shlesinger was the 2008 winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing and went on to host the syndicated dating show Excused from 2011 to 2013.

Iliza Shlesinger has hosted the TBS game show Separation Anxiety.

Iliza Vie Shlesinger was born on February 22,1983 in New York City to a Jewish family.

Iliza Shlesinger was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her family moved when she was a baby.

Iliza Shlesinger attended the private Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, where she studied Spanish and participated in the school's improvisation team.

Iliza Shlesinger transferred to Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where she majored in film.

Iliza Shlesinger performed with the ComedySportz Dallas, and after graduating from Emerson, moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up comedy.

Iliza Shlesinger was one of the most popular members of a group of standup comedians in Los Angeles, whiteboy comedy, which brought her to the stage at The Improv in Hollywood for the "Last Comic Standing" competition.

In 2007, Iliza Shlesinger won Myspace's So You Think You're Funny contest, and was featured as the G4 network's Myspace Girl of the Week.

Iliza Shlesinger was twice selected by other comedians to compete in the head-to-head eliminations, winning each time.

Around the time of these releases, Iliza Shlesinger appeared in a business comedy video series for Slate.

Iliza Shlesinger hosted Excused, a syndicated American reality-based dating competition series, which ran from 2011 to 2013.

Iliza Shlesinger was comic co-host of StarTalk Radio Show with Neil deGrasse Tyson for season 7, episode 12 titled Cosmic Queries: Galactic Grab Bag on May 20,2016.

In March 2024, through the Auckland High Court in New Zealand, Iliza Shlesinger successfully liquidated a New Zealand production company 'Stripe Studios ' for a payment that she was owed.

Shlesinger stars in the March 2020 Netflix film Spenser Confidential, and The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, which premiered April 1,2020.

Iliza Shlesinger starred, wrote, and executive produced the romantic comedy film Good on Paper, which premiered on Netflix on June 23,2021.

Iliza Shlesinger published her second book, All Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions, on October 11 2022.

Iliza Shlesinger describes herself as liberal, and has spoken publicly in support of abortion rights, trans rights, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

In December 2017, it was reported Iliza Shlesinger was sued by a man who was denied admission to one of her girls-only shows.

Iliza Shlesinger married chef Noah Galuten on May 12,2018, in a Jewish ceremony in Los Angeles.