Iliza Shlesinger
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About
Comedienne best known for winning the sixth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing. She also hosted the CBS dating show Excused from 2011 to 2013 and starred in her own late night show called Truth and Iliza in 2017.
Before Fame
She began her collegiate studies at the University of Kansas, then transferred to Emerson College in Boston, where she studied film and was a member of a sketch comedy troupe. She began her stand-up career upon moving to Los Angeles after school.
Trivia
Her first comedy special War Paint was released on Netflix in 2013, followed by her second comedy special, Freezing Hot, in 2015.
Family Life
She was born in New York City and raised in Dallas, Texas. She has a younger brother named Ben, a half-brother named Brad and a half-sister named Emily. She also has a dachshund named Blanch. She married Noah Galuten in 2018. The couple welcomed a daughter named Sierra Mae on January 13th, 2022. The couple welcomed their second child, a son named Ethan, in February 2024.
Associated With
She and Holly Hunter both appeared in the 2013 film Paradise, which was directed by Diablo Cody.
