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Iliza Shlesinger
File:Iliza Shlesinger for Passion Growers.jpg
Birth nameIliza Vie Shlesinger
Born (1983-02-22) February 22, 1983 (age 41)
Dallas, Texas,[citation needed] United States
MediumStand-up, television, web series
NationalityAmerican
Years active2007–present
Notable works and rolesSixth season of Last Comic Standing, Excused

Iliza Vie Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983) is an American comedienne. She was the winner of the sixth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing[1] and hostess of the syndicated dating show Excused.[2]

Early life

Iliza Vie[3] Shlesinger is from Dallas, Texas, where she attended the private Greenhill School and participated on the school's Improv Team. She is Jewish.[4] Shlesinger performed with ComedySportz Dallas. She attended the University of Kansas for her freshman year and participated in Semester at Sea. She transferred to Emerson College in Boston and majored in Film. There she was a member of the campus' comedy sketch group, Jimmy’s Traveling All Stars, and refined her writing and editing skills.

Career

After graduating from college, Shlesinger moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up comedy. She was one of the most popular members of the Whiteboy Comedy group of standup comedians in Los Angeles, which brought her to the stage at The Improv in Hollywood.[5]

In 2007, Shlesinger won Myspace’s So You Think You're Funny contest and has been featured as the G4 network’s Myspace Girl of the Week. Her television credits include E! Network's Forbes Celebrity 100, TV Guide’s America’s Next Top Producer,Comedy Central Presents Season 14 Episode 18,[6] John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show Season 3 Episode 5,[7] Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed, and History Channel’s History of a Joke. She has written for Heavy.com and had her own show on GOTV’s mobile network. Schlesinger contributed to Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black, a History Channel holiday special. She narrated the 2009 documentary Imagine It!² The Power of Imagination.[8][9]

In 2008, Shlesinger became the first woman, and the youngest winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing, in the series' sixth season.[10][11] She was twice selected, by other comedians, to compete in the head-to-head eliminations, and won each time.[12] She appeared in The Last Comic Standing Tour.[13]

In 2010,[14] Shlesinger released an on-demand comedy video, Man Up and Act Like a Lady and an on-demand comedy album, iliza LIVE on her website, via The ConneXtion. Around the time of these releases, Shlesinger appeared in a business comedy video series for Slate (magazine).[15]

Shlesinger hosted The Weakly News on TheStream.tv from July 7, 2007,[16] to April 9, 2012.[17] She hosted Excused, a syndicated American reality-based dating competition series, which ran from 2011 to 2013.[18]

Shlesinger appeared[19] at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival[20][21]

Iliza Shlesinger's comedy album and video,"War Paint",[22] was recorded December 1, 2012,[23] at The Lakewood Theater,[24] Dallas, Texas, released on Netflix September 1, 2013,[25] released by New Wave Dynamics digitally on September 3, 2013, with physical CD/DVD, and video on November 5.[26]

Shlesinger co-stars alongside Russell Brand, Julianne Hough, Holly Hunter and Octavia Spencer in the 2013 Diablo Cody–directed film Paradise.[27]

Personal life

Her ex-boyfriend[28] is former NHL goaltender Jamie McLennan.

Zionism

Shlesinger identifies as a Zionist.[29] She also expressed discontent with the sympathetic reaction to women and children being killed by Israeli missile strikes.[30]

References

  1. ^ "Last Comic Standing Recaps", NBC.com, 7 August 2008. Select Season 6, ep. 612.
  2. ^ Barone, Matt (September 12, 2011). "Interview: Iliza Shlesinger Talks "Excused", Dating Show Etiquette, And The Art Of Dissing Men". Complex.
  3. ^ Iliza Vie Shlesinger poses at the Hollywood Improv on March 12, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Schwartz/WireImage)
  4. ^ JRE #68 - Iliza Schlesinger, Brian Redban. Joe Rogan Live (video). Ustream.tv. January 4, 2011. Event occurs at 1:08:37.
  5. ^ Kar, Meena (June 5, 2010). "Iliza Shlesinger Has Her Own Half Hour Special After Winning Last Comic Standing". Thaindian News.
  6. ^ Comedy Central Presents Season 14 Episode 18 Iliza Shlesinger
  7. ^ "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show: Season Three Debuts July 20th". TV Series Finale. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. ^ Imagine It!² The Power of Imagination. ImagineItProject.com. {{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) via Vimeo.com.
  9. ^ Leeper, Mark (November 27, 2011). "Imagine It!". Leepers.us.
  10. ^ Brown, Joe (August 18, 2008). "Last Comic Standing joins "Jubilee!" on Sunday". Las Vegas Sun.
  11. ^ Kohen, Yael (2012). We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy. Macmillan. p. xxxii. ISBN 9781466828117.
  12. ^ "Last Comic Standing Season 6 Episode 9", NBC.com.
  13. ^ "Last Comic Standing World Tour", NBC.com
  14. ^ iliza LIVE (October 26, 2010)
  15. ^ Up in Your Business, from Slate V: Topical business comedy from Slate featuring host Iliza Vie Shlesinger
  16. ^ The Weakly News July 7, 2007
  17. ^ The Weakly News April 9, 2012
  18. ^ "Celebuzz Gets ‘Excused’ by New Dating Show Host Iliza Shlesinger (PHOTOS)" Celebuzz. September 12, 2011.
  19. ^ "Comedy Bites 2013 - Melbourne International Comedy Festival". ABC Melbourne. 27 March 2013.
  20. ^ Shlesinger, Iliza (10 March 2013). "@abetompkins yep! Melbourne Comedy Festival in a few weeks!". twitter.
  21. ^ Robson, Brett (March 27, 2013). "2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival All Stars Supershow, Pictured: Iliza Shlesinger". Splash News/Corbis.
  22. ^ War Paint - imdb.com
  23. ^ Iliza Shlesinger, 2 SHOWS, 7 & 9:30 PM, FOR TICKETS EMAIL, [email protected] - lakewoodtheater.com/calendar
  24. ^ Iliza Shlesinger: WAR PAINT One Hour Stand Up Comedy Television Taping
  25. ^ MY ALBUM WAR PAINT IS OUT ON @netflix SEPTEMBER 1
  26. ^ Iliza Shlesinger to Release New Comedy Special WAR PAINT, 9/3
  27. ^ Calfas, Jennifer (August 7, 2013). "Diablo Cody Celebrates 'Paradise,' Her Directorial Debut, With Hollywood Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter.
  28. ^ Shlesinger, Iliza (September 2, 2010). "Lunch w Tyson Nash and Jamie McLennan(my boyfriend) hockey talk and popovers!". twitter.
  29. ^ https://twitter.com/iliza/status/488432667965157377. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ^ Shlesinger, Iliza (July 14, 2014). twitter https://twitter.com/iliza/status/488823581862678529. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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