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Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

r was born in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and she was raised by her father. She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school, when she would skip her regular courses to attend local improv classes. She also attended classes at San Francisco's School of the Arts High School
Sota

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Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 and writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
.

Early life

Tyler was born in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and she was raised by her father. She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school, when she would skip her regular courses to attend local improv classes. She also attended classes at San Francisco's School of the Arts High School
Sota

Sota as a personal name*Sota or Soota is an Indian surname.Sotas are Khatris or brahmins.** People with the Sota surname lived in Dera Ismail Khan n Bannu prior to Indo-Pak Partition....
. She attended Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
 where she earned a degree in environmental policy and was a member of The Tabard
The Tabard (fraternity)

The Tabard, a coeducational fraternities and sororities at Dartmouth College, was founded in 1857 as a local fraternity named Phi Zeta Mu.In 1893, the house sought to associate itself with a national fraternity and was granted a charter as the Eta Eta chapter of Sigma Chi national fraternity....
, a co-ed fraternity. At Dartmouth, she co-founded and sang in the all-female a cappella group, The Dartmouth Rockapellas
Dartmouth College student groups

This page contains detailed information on a number of student groups at Dartmouth College. For more information on athletic teams, please see Dartmouth College athletic teams....
, a group devoted to spreading social awareness through song. After briefly working for a San Francisco advertising firm, she toured the country pursuing a comedy career before finally moving to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
 in 1996.

Career

Her career in television took off in 2001 with jobs as the host of Talk Soup
Talk Soup

Talk Soup was a television show produced for cable network E! Entertainment Television that debuted on January 7, 1991, as a midseason replacement, and aired until August 2002 2002 in television....
 and the reality-dating series The Fifth Wheel, although Talk Soup was cancelled the following year and Tyler left The Fifth Wheel in 2002 to pursue other interests. Tyler has devoted a significant amount of her time to independent projects, including a role in the play Moose Mating, for which she received an NAACP Image Award
NAACP Image Award

The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature....
. She also wrote, directed, and starred in the independent short film The Whipper.

Moving into acting, Tyler featured in Friends
Friends

Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
, having a reoccuring role as first Joey's and then Ross's girlfriend in the ninth and tenth seasons. She followed this up with guest spots on CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
 and Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
, as well as balancing recurring roles on both CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
 and 24 during the 2004-2005 TV season. She also filmed her own sitcom pilot for CBS, which was not picked up. She has guest-starred in Mad tv
Mad TV

Mad TV has three meanings:*MADtv, an American sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine, Mad*Mad TV , a 1991 television station management simulation game...


Following her regular role on the CBS series Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer is an United States Television drama series-Fantasy television-Thriller that premiered on CBS September 23, 2005. The show was developed by medium James Van Praagh and created by John Gray ....
 during its first season and in the first episode of season 2. She has appeared in other CBS drama Without A Trace
Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an United States television program set in New York City. The show is about a fictitious full-time Federal Bureau of Investigation missing persons unit....
. Tyler appeared in several movies, including The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles....
, the sequel The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 in film American film, the sequel to The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2.Tim Allen again plays Scott Calvin , while Martin Short plays Jack Frost, a competing holiday character....
, .45
.45 (film)

.45 is an independent 2006 in film dark comedy/Thriller starring Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Aisha Tyler and Stephen Dorff. Gary Lennon, whose last feature was 1995's Drunks, wrote and directed the film....
 and the comedy Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury

Balls of Fury is a 2007 in film USA sports comedy film starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. It was directed by Robert Ben Garant and was released on August 29, 2007....
 alongside Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken

'Christopher Walken' is an Academy Award winning United States actor of theater and film, on which he has spent more than 50 years. A prolific actor, he has appeared in over 100 movie and television roles, notably including A View to a Kill, At Close Range, The Deer Hunter, King of New York, Batman Returns and Pulp Fictio...
. She recently wrapped the thriller Death Sentence and the crime drama Black Water Transit
Black Water Transit

Black Water Transit is an upcoming crime drama film based on the novel of the same name by Carsten Stroud. It is directed by Tony Kaye and stars an ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne and Karl Urban....
. She also remains a fixture on television, with appearances on Boston Legal
Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
, Reno 911!
Reno 911!

Reno 911! is an United States comedy television program on Comedy Central that debuted in 2003 in television. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary television series shows, specifically COPS , with comic actors playing the police officers....
, The Boondocks
The Boondocks (TV series)

The Boondocks is the American list of animated television series created by Aaron McGruder for the Adult Swim programming block of Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network, based upon McGruder's comic strip The Boondocks ....
 and as a guest movie critic on several episodes of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for the absent Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert born June 18, 1942) is an United States film criticism and screenwriter.He is known for his film review column and for two television programs Sneak Previews and At the Movies , which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel....
, who was recuperating from surgery.

Tyler has moved into print media as a regular contributor to Glamour
Glamour (magazine)

Glamour is a women's magazines published by Cond? Nast Publications. Glamour is a very successful magazine. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
 and Jane
Jane (magazine)

Jane was an United States magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine, both of which were founded by Jane Pratt....
 magazines; her first book, Swerve: A Guide to the Sweet Life for Postmodern Girls was released in January 2004. Tyler also plays on the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
 in the Hollywood Home games for the Childhelp USA charity. She also made a guest appearance on Kanye West
Kanye West

Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer and singer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008....
's single "Slow Jamz
Slow Jamz

"Slow Jamz" is the Grammy Awards first single from Twista's album Kamikaze and Kanye West's album The College Dropout. Released in 2003, the single peaked at number one in the USA for a week on February 10, 2004 becoming Twista's, West's and Foxx's first number one single....
" which also featured Twista
Twista

Carl Terrell Mitchell better known by his stage name Twista and the former Tung Twista, is an American rapper who once held the title of fastest emcee in the world, according to the Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 11.2 syllables per second....
 and Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx

Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian and singing. Foxx received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 14, 2007....
.

Tyler appeared in a nude story along with other celebrities in the May 2006 issue of Allure
Allure (magazine)

Allure is a women's beauty magazine. It was founded in 1991, and its current Editor in Chief is Linda Wells. The magazine has different features, all based on the subject of beauty....
. Allure's annual Nude Issue raises money to combat skin cancer.

Personal life

Since 1992, Tyler has been married to an attorney, Jeff Tietjens. Tyler and her husband are avid fans of beer; both are home brewers
Homebrewing

"Homebrewing" typically refers to the brewing of beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages on a small scale as a hobby for personal consumption, free distribution at social gatherings, amateur brewing competitions or other non-commercial reasons....
. She discussed her love and passion for beer on The Sharon Osbourne Show
The Sharon Osbourne Show

The Sharon Osbourne Show refers to either of two TV chat shows hosted by Sharon Osbourne – the original US version, or the more recent UK version....
.

In January 2008, she participated in a video for Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the List of Presidents of the United States and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office....
 produced by Will.I.Am
Will.i.am

William Adams , better known by his stage name will.i.am is a Jamaican American who has won an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award. Will.I.Am is a hip hop musician, rapper, dancer, songwriter, animation voice and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas....
 called "Yes We Can
Yes We Can

"Yes We Can" is a collage-style music video inspired by US President Barack Obama's popularization of the slogan "Yes we can." During the 2008 US presidential campaign following the New Hampshire Democratic Primary, then-United States Senate Barack Obama, used the English translation of the United Farm Workers slogan "S?, se puede" in his...
".

Filmography


Film

Year Title Role
2000 Dancing in September Woman with Weave
2001 Moose Mating Josie
2002 The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles....
 		 Mother Nature
2003 One Flight Stand Alexis
2004 Never Die Alone
Never Die Alone

Never Die Alone is a 2004 in film crime thriller film/drama film, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Donald Goines....
 		 Nancy
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 in film American film, the sequel to The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2.Tim Allen again plays Scott Calvin , while Martin Short plays Jack Frost, a competing holiday character....
 		 Mother Nature
.45
.45 (film)

.45 is an independent 2006 in film dark comedy/Thriller starring Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Aisha Tyler and Stephen Dorff. Gary Lennon, whose last feature was 1995's Drunks, wrote and directed the film....
 		 Liz
2007 Death Sentence Detective Wallis
Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury

Balls of Fury is a 2007 in film USA sports comedy film starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. It was directed by Robert Ben Garant and was released on August 29, 2007....
 		 Mahogany
2008 Meet Market
Meet Market (film)

Meet Market is a 2008 in film movie directed by Charlie Loventhal and starring Krista Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Laurie Holden and Julian McMahon....
 		 Jane
Bedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories (film)

Bedtime Stories is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States family film-fantasy film-comedy film directed by Adam Shankman that stars Adam Sandler ....
 		 Donna Hynde
2009 Black Water Transit
Black Water Transit

Black Water Transit is an upcoming crime drama film based on the novel of the same name by Carsten Stroud. It is directed by Tony Kaye and stars an ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne and Karl Urban....
 		 Casey Spandau


Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges

Nash Bridges is an United States television police drama that was created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two detectives with the San Francisco SFPD....
 		 Reporter Guest role
Grand Avenue Girl #1 TV movie
1999 The Pretender Angela Somerset Guest role
2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself, and produced and broadcast by Home Box Office....
 		 Shaq's Girlfriend Guest role
2002 The Sausage Factory
The Sausage Factory

The Sausage Factory, also known in the United States as MTV's Now What?, was a Canada/United States television situation comedy that followed the lives of four friends in their junior year at West Boulder High School....
 		 Jamie Guest role
2003 Friends
Friends

Friends is an American situation comedy created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolves around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses....
 		 Charlie Wheeler Recurring role
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
 		 Janet Medrano Guest role
2004 Untitled Aisha Tyler Project Melanie Haywood Rejected TV pilot
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning television series medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks....
 		 Manya Mabika Guest role
2004-2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
 		 Mia Dickerson Recurring role, 8 ep.
2005 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
 		 Marianne Taylor Recurring role
2005-2006 Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer is an United States Television drama series-Fantasy television-Thriller that premiered on CBS September 23, 2005. The show was developed by medium James Van Praagh and created by John Gray ....
 		 Andrea Moreno
List of Ghost Whisperer characters

The following are fictional characters from the Television drama series Ghost Whisperer by John Gray .Main charactersMelinda Gordon...
 		 Series regular
2006 For One Night
For One Night

For One Night is a 2006 film is based on the true story of Gerica McCrary, who made headlines in 2002 by getting Taylor County High School in her hometown of Butler, Georgia, to integrate the prom after thirty-one years of segregation....
 		 Desiree Howard TV movie
2007 Boston Legal
Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
 		 Taryn Campbell Guest role
The Boondocks
The Boondocks (TV series)

The Boondocks is the American list of animated television series created by Aaron McGruder for the Adult Swim programming block of Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network, based upon McGruder's comic strip The Boondocks ....
 		 Luna Guest role
2009 Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore Herself Stand-up special


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