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Aisha Tyler

Aisha Tyler got her acting start at the J. Eugene McAteer School of the Arts in San Francisco, when, bored with the regular coursework, she started cutting Chemistry to sneak into theater classes. Eventually the teachers got tired of wondering who the tall girl with the bizarre sense of humor was and asked her to stay. Aisha went on to study Government at Dartmouth College, where she continued performing sketch and improvisation, became fluent in French, Russian and Swahili, traveled to Africa and taught snowboarding (she still shreds). After graduation Aisha devoted herself to comedy full time, performing all over the country before finally settling in Los Angeles. She quickly became a favorite on Bill Maher’s political roundtable Politically Incorrect before being chosen to take over as the first female host of E!’s Emmy-winning pop culture crucible Talk Soup. Aisha then returned to her acting roots, with dazzling success. She enjoyed a two-season arc on NBC’s powerhouse hit Friends, and appeared in the comedic films Showtime and The Santa Clause 2. With her stellar performance as a physically and psychologically scarred Somali woman on FX’s Golden Globe-winning plastic surgery drama Nip/Tuck, Aisha made the transition to dramatic fare. She is currently appearing on not... Next

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