Iliza Shlesinger

 Iliza Vie Schlesinger was born on 22nd February 1983. She is an American actress and comedian. 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 & Iliza (Freeform) in 2017 as her own late night talkshow. There are six Netflix comedy specials. Her sketch comedy show The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show debuted on Netflix in April of 2020.

 Iliza Vie Shlesinger was born New York City to a Jewish family. She was raised up in Dallas, Texas by her parents who moved to Texas when she was just a newborn. She was a student at Addison's private Greenhill School, Texas where she was a student of Spanish and was part of the school's improv group.

 Shlesinger performed with ComedySportz Dallas. She also went to the University of Kansas her freshman year. She also participated in Semester at Sea. She enrolled at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where she majored in film and honed her editing and writing skills, and became a member of one of the campus' comedy sketch groups, Jimmy's Traveling All Stars.

 Shlesinger performing in 2017

 Shlesinger completed her college degree and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue stand up comedy. Shlesinger was a renowned participant in the Whiteboy Comedy standup comedy group in Los Angeles. This brought her to The Improv in Hollywood.