Iliza Vie Shlesinger (born February 22, 1983) is an American Jewish comedienne from Dallas, Texas, where she attended Greenhill School and participated on the school's Improv Team. She is a graduate of Emerson College. 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 the also youngest winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing in the series' sixth season. She is currently appearing in The Last Comic Standing Tour.
Shlesinger performed with ComedySportz 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 the only female member of the campus favorite comedy sketch group, Jimmy’s Traveling All Stars and refined her writing and editing skills. After graduating college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up.
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