Biography
Iliza Vie Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983) is a 41-year-old American actress, comedian, and television host.
The award-winning comedian won the sixth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2008 and later hosted the Excuse Dating Show.
She also hosted her own late-night talk show, Truth & Iliza on Freeform in 2017.
American comedian
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| Full name: | Iliza Vie Shlesinger |
| Stage name: | Iliza Shlesinger |
| Born: | February 22, 1983 (age 41) |
| Place of birth: | Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Parents: | Do not have |
| The children: | Do not have |
| Height: | 1.65 meters |
| Siblings: | Do not have |
| Boyfriend • Husband: | Noah Galuten (married 2018) |
| Job: | Comedian • Comedian |
| Net worth: | 2 million dollars |
Early life
Iliza Vie Shlesinger was born on February 22, 1983 in Manhattan, New York, United States.
She comes from a Jewish family, but she has not shared any details about that family.
Although born in New York, she grew up in Dallas, Texas, where she attended school for her early years.
Education
While in Texas, Iliza Shlesinger attended Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, where she studied Spanish.
She also attended the University of Kansas as a freshman and then transferred to Emerson College in Boston.
However, she majored in film and graduated from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree, after which she moved to Los Angeles.
Career
After moving to Los Angeles, Iliza Shlesinger tried her hand at stand-up comedy and was a member of the popular stand-up comedy group Whiteboy Comedy.
Iliza Shlesinger has been on many comedy shows and finally, in 2007, she won MySpace’s “So You Think You’re Funny” competition and became G4’s MySpace Girl of the Week. She has also appeared on several television shows such as John Oliver’s “New York Standup Show”, Comic Unreleased and Forbes Celebrity 100.
Additionally, in 2008, she won the sixth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, becoming the show’s first and youngest winner.
Iliza Shlesinger also hosted The Weekly News on TheStream.tv from 2007-2012 and a dating competition series called Excused (2011-2013). She also co-starred in the film Paradise (2013) and started her own podcast called Truth and Iliza in August 2014.
Iliza Shlesinger’s first comedy album was recorded on December 1, 2012 and released on Netflix on September 1, 2013. Her second and third projects, Freezing Hot and Confirmed Kills, were released in 2015 and 2016, respectively. She also appeared in ABC’s digital original short film, Forever 31 (2016).
Personal life
Iliza Shlesinger is the wife of her longtime boyfriend, Noah Galuten. They got married on May 12, 2018, in a Jewish wedding ceremony. The couple reportedly met on a dating website and dated for two years before getting married in 2018. She is also a mother-to-be.
Also writing about her personal life, Iliza Shlesinger, in an interview, admitted that she wrote her Netflix hit Good based on her personal experience with a boyfriend who allegedly lied. The film is actually about a hardworking woman and her lover, who seems to be making up lies about his true identity.
Iliza Shlesinger also likened an exact double brother to her ex-boyfriend whose real identity she did not reveal. Although, in some cases, she only referred to Brian by his first name, and they reportedly dated in Iliza Shlesinger’s early 30s and broke up around early 2014.
Social media
The beautiful actress and comedian Iliza Shlesinger is really active on social media as she has an Instagram account @ilizas with over 700k followers. Additionally, Iliza Shlesinger is also present on Twitter @iliza with over 238k followers where she shares pictures and videos of her lifestyle and performances.
Likewise, she is also present on Tiktok @ilizas with over 610k followers and manages a YouTube channel under her name, with no less than 9k subscribers.
Net worth
Iliza Shlesinger has spent an impressive number of years, a decade in total, in the entertainment industry and has certainly made a pretty penny from it. The actor has an estimated net worth of over $2 million.
List of movies played
Iliza Shlesinger is a stage regular and a master of the craft who has appeared in numerous stages, shows, and series. Her comedy specials include War Paint (2013), Freezing Hot (2015), Confirmed Kills (2016), Elder Millennial (2018), and Netflix’s Unveiled (2019).
She has also appeared in television series from 2017 to 2021, such as Girlboss, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, and Bosch. She also starred in the 2013 films Paradise, Pieces of a Woman (2020), and others.
