Iliza Shlesinger: Not as Innocent as She Looks

Iliza Vie Shlesinger is an American comedian from Dallas, Texas, where she attended Greenhill School and participated on the school's Improv Team. She is a graduate of Emerson College. She was one of the most popular members of the "Whiteboy Comedy" group of stand-up comedians in Los Angeles which brought her to the stage at the Improv in Hollywood. She is the first female to win Last Comic Standing. She was twice selected by other comedians to compete in the head-to-head eliminations and won both times. She is host of The Weakly News on TheStream.tv

Shlesinger became the first female and also the youngest winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing in the series' sixth season. She appeared in The Last Comic Standing Tour. Shlesinger performed with Comedy Sportz Dallas. She attended the University of Kansas for her freshman year. She then transferred to Emerson College in Boston and majored in Film. There she was a member of the campus' second favorite comedy sketch group, Jimmy’s Traveling All Stars and refined her writing and editing skills. After graduating college, she moved toLos Angeles to pursue stand-up. 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, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed, and History Channel’s History of a Joke. She has written for Heavy.com, had her own show on GOTV’s mobile network and currently hosts The Weakly News with Iliza and Alexis on TheStreamTV. When you look at her, you will be fascinated that she is definitely not as innocent as you thought she might be. In fact, she will make you laugh.