Iliza Shlesinger
About Iliza Shlesinger
Iliza Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983), full name Iliza Vie Shlesinger, is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host. She has released six comedy specials on Netflix. She was the 2008 winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing and went on to host the syndicated dating show Excused from 2011 to 2013, and has hosted the TBS game show Separation Anxiety.
Shlesinger was born in New York City to a Jewish family and was raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended the private Greenhill School in Addison, Texas, studied at the University of Kansas for one year, and transferred to Emerson College in Boston, where she majored in film and joined the comedy sketch group Jimmy's Traveling All Stars. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up. In 2007 she won Myspace's So You Think You're Funny contest, and in 2008 she became the first woman and the youngest person to win NBC's Last Comic Standing, in the series' sixth season.
In 2017, Shlesinger hosted her own late-night talk show, Truth & Iliza, on Freeform, and her sketch comedy series The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show premiered on Netflix in April 2020. Her Netflix specials include War Paint, recorded in Dallas and released on September 1, 2013, Freezing Hot (2015), Confirmed Kills (2016), and Elder Millennial, recorded aboard USS Hornet and released on July 24, 2018. She also hosts an advice podcast called Truth and Iliza, which she began in August 2014.
Videos (693)
Videos 313 to 336 of 693.
57:33The Plaid Pass
586 views
1:00:12Just For Health Reasons
579 views
1:02:51Eating The Full Foot Long
573 views
55:48Take Your Hour
568 views
1:09:09Just For Health Reasons
567 views
1:09:10Lemon Verbeefa
565 views
1:23:29Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show
564 views
1:06:06Fruit Flowers Look Dorky
562 views
1:10:20I'm The Worst Listener
561 views
1:12:55The Motherlode
553 views
1:37:50Holiday SOS (LIVE)
547 views
1:03:43Everything's A Paper Crown
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1:10:39Dip Your Feet In A Bean Plate
541 views
1:07:04Are We Doing A Stone Soup Thing?
537 views
56:21Everything's A Paper Crown
527 views
1:02:17It's Not Not Blood, Doris McTigue
525 views
1:20:25Kudos To Me For Always Being Fresh
511 views
1:01:05You Got Me There
510 views
59:08I'm The Worst Listener
506 views
1:18:40Hard Work Olympics
498 views
54:24I'm Your Jewel
495 views
55:13Patrapple
488 views
47:42Let's Get This Out
470 views
1:11:21Specialty Chicken
469 viewsGuest appearances (31)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Iliza Shlesinger.
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6:24Iliza Shlesinger’s Life Changing Call from Mark Wahlberg
Jimmy Kimmel
1.8M views
8:52Iliza Shlesinger’s Guest Host Monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel
789.2K views
11:45Iliza Shlesinger on Performing Pregnant, RuPaul’s Drag Race & Finding Out She Was Funny
Jimmy Kimmel
637.2K views
3:33Iliza Shlesinger Used To Wear An Eye Patch
Pete Holmes
569.1K views
6:56Iliza Shlesinger on Dating a Crazy Liar & Almost Meeting Quentin Tarantino
Jimmy Kimmel
424K views
8:22Iliza Shlesinger on Taking Her Parents to a Strip Club, Getting COVID & Winning Celebrity Jeopardy
Jimmy Kimmel
274.9K views
1:57:25Iliza Shlesinger Doesn’t Believe in Guilt | Bertcast # 567
Bert Kreischer
187.7K views
7:19Iliza Shlesinger on Her New Baby Girl, Inducing Labor to Go on Tour & Her 4th Wedding Anniversary
Jimmy Kimmel
178.5K views
1:43:46Iliza Shlesinger + Noah Galuten + The World’s Greatest Sausage Bread | Something’s Burning | S5 E11
Bert Kreischer
149.2K views
1:29:30Iliza Shlesinger | The Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan | EPISODE 24
Neal Brennan
132.5K views
1:433 Ridiculous Questions with Iliza Shlesinger
Jimmy Kimmel
131.7K views
1:50:03The Church Of What's Happening Now: - Iliza Shlesinger
Joey Diaz
114.6K views
1:18:56Iliza Shlesinger Won't Give You Free Tickets | Breaking Bread with Tom Papa
Tom Papa
77.9K views
1:50:51Bertcast # 466 - Iliza Shlesinger & ME
Bert Kreischer
68.2K views
17:25The Artie Lange Show - Iliza Shlesinger (in-studio) Part 1
Artie Lange
55.3K views
1:16:20Iliza Shlesinger, Jen Shah Pleas, Khloe Kardashian is officially single
Heather McDonald
50.6K views
6:17Guest Host Iliza Shlesinger Interviews Laverne Cox – Trans Representation & Quarantine Dances
Jimmy Kimmel
44.8K views
1:03:41Iliza Shlesinger | Howie Mandel Does Stuff
Howie Mandel
30.8K views
0:53Iliza Shlesinger: God is a Misogynistic Woman
Neal Brennan
24.6K views
22:45The Artie Lange Show - Iliza Shlesinger (in-studio) Part 2
Artie Lange
16.2K views
1:00:28“Diarrhea Mommy” with Iliza Shlesinger | Absolutely Not with Heather McMahan | September 18, 2024
Heather McMahan
14.1K views
1:02The loneliest time in Iliza Shlesinger's day
Neal Brennan
12.1K views
1:29Talk Your Way Out Of It! with Iliza Shlesinger | Greg Fitzsimmons
Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons
10.3K views
12:32The Church Of What's Happening Now Pre Show: - Iliza Shlesinger
Joey Diaz
7.5K viewsChannels on this page: Jimmy Kimmel, Pete Holmes, Bert Kreischer, Neal Brennan, Joey Diaz, Tom Papa, Artie Lange, Heather McDonald, Howie Mandel, Heather McMahan, Gregory Sebastian Fitzsimmons
Frequently asked questions
What is Iliza Shlesinger best known for?
She is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host who has released six comedy specials on Netflix and won NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2008.
What was historic about Iliza Shlesinger's Last Comic Standing win?
In 2008 she became the first woman, and the youngest person, to win NBC's Last Comic Standing, in the series' sixth season.
Where did Iliza Shlesinger study?
She studied at the University of Kansas for one year and then transferred to Emerson College in Boston, where she majored in film.
What are some of Iliza Shlesinger's Netflix specials?
Her Netflix specials include War Paint (2013), Freezing Hot (2015), Confirmed Kills (2016), and Elder Millennial (2018).
Did Iliza Shlesinger host her own talk show?
Yes, in 2017 she hosted her own late-night talk show, Truth & Iliza, on Freeform, which ran for six episodes.
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