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Ilana Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and activist. They have received various accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. Glazer started their career in improv comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Glazer co-created and starred the Comedy Central series Broad City (2014–2019) with Abbi Jacobson. The series was based on the web series of the same name which ran from 2009 to 2011. They were twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the series. Glazer wrote, produced and starred in the horror film False Positive (2021) and the comedy Babes (2024). Glazer also had a leading role in the black comedy Rough Night (2017), and has released two stand-up specials, The Planet Is Burning (2020) and Human Magic (2025). On stage, Glazer made their Broadway acting debut in the George Clooney play Good Night, and Good Luck (2025). They previously won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for A Strange Loop (2022).
Career
- 1987Born
- Member of Writers Guild of America, East
Trivia
- •Place of birth: United States
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: actor, film actor, television actor, screenwriter
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Award-winning actor, standup comic Ilana Glazer to perform in downtown Omaha this year
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