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Aisha Tyler Biography

Birth Place:
San Francisco, California, United States
Profession
Actor, comedian, TV host, writer

Fast Facts

  • Favorite authors include Ray Bradbury and J
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  • Tolkien
  • Studied political science in college and planned on being an environmental lawyer until she attended a live comedy show
  • Was the first woman to regularly host Talk Soup
  • Won a 2001 NAACP Theater Image Award for her performance in the play Moose Mating
  • Won a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link in 2001
  • Penned a collection of humorous essays titled Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl (2004)
  • Simultaneously played recurring characters on 24 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Lent her voice to the 2010 video game Halo: Reach, and is an avid gamer

Relationships

  • Jeff Tietjens -- Ex-husband
  • Jim Tyler -- Father
  • Robin Gregory -- Mother