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name: "Iliza Shlesinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iliza-shlesinger"
fi1m_id: "iliza-shlesinger"
imdb_id: "nm2955597"
tmdb_id: 96316
wikidata_id: "Q15453111"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:32:49.110607+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Iliza Shlesinger

## Identity

Iliza Shlesinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iliza-shlesinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iliza-shlesinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm2955597
- **TMDB ID:** 96316
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15453111
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliza_Shlesinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96316

Actor. Born 22 February 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1983, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Ιλάιζα Σλέσινγκερ
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliza_Shlesinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2955597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96316

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Pieces of a Woman*](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Iliza Shlesinger is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host. Born in New York City on 22 February 1983 and raised in Dallas, Texas, she studied at Emerson College after earlier time at the University of Kansas. She performed with ComedySportz Dallas and moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand-up.

Shlesinger won NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2008, becoming the first woman and youngest winner of the competition. She has released multiple Netflix stand-up specials, including War Paint (2013), Confirmed Kills (2016), Elder Millennial (2018) and Hot Forever (2022). She hosted the syndicated dating show Excused (2011–2013) and the TBS game show Separation Anxiety.

Her acting credits include roles in Instant Family (2018), Spenser Confidential (2020) and the Netflix romantic comedy Good on Paper (2021), which she also wrote. She played Anita Weiss in Pieces of a Woman (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), Fi1m 66, as Anita Weiss — [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md)
- *Instant Family* (2018), Fi1m 68, as October Ross Jennings — [page](https://film.one/film/instant-family.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Chasing Summer* (2026), as Jamie · Writer, Producer
- *Iliza Shlesinger: A Different Animal* (2025), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Iliza's Locals* (2023), series, as Host
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever* (2022), Writer
- *Supercool* (2021), as Victoria
- *Good on Paper* (2021), as Andrea Singer · Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Right One* (2021), as Kelly
- *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), as Anita Weiss — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md)
- *The Opening Act* (2020), as Val
- *The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show* (2020), series, as Creator
- *Spenser Confidential* (2020), as Cissy Davis
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Unveiled* (2019), Writer
- *Dollface* (2019), series, as Iliza
- *The Righteous Gemstones* (2019), series, as Shay Simkin
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over* (2019), Producer
- *Instant Family* (2018), as October Ross Jennings — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/instant-family.md)
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial* (2018), Writer
- *Girlboss* (2017), series, as Veronica
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills* (2016), Writer
- *Forever 31* (2016), series, as Iliza · Executive Producer, Writer
- *SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell* (2015), Writer
- *Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot* (2015), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Bosch* (2015), series, as IA Lt. Kristine Klotz
- *Paradise* (2013), as Carol
- *Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint* (2013), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Finding Your Roots* (2012), series, Actor
- *Spenser Confidential 2*, as Cissy Davis
- *Unaccompanied Minor*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Actor Craig Robinson, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, and and former The Tonight Show host Jay Leno finish up The Today USO Comedy Tour Show held at Bagram Air Field (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/654384/gallery-ff1ee637ad5b.jpg) Actor Craig Robinson, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, and and former The Tonight Show host Jay Leno finish up The Today USO Comedy Tour Show held at Bagram Air Field (2014) — Staff Sgt. Daniel Luksan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Craig_Robinson%2C_Iliza_Shlesinger%2C_and_Jay_Leno_finish_up_The_Today_USO_Comedy_Tour_Show%2C_2014.jpg/1280px-Craig_Robinson%2C_Iliza_Shlesinger%2C_and_Jay_Leno_finish_up_The_Today_USO_Comedy_Tour_Show%2C_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Iliza Shlesinger](https://film.one/media/person/654384/gallery-2806077748fc.jpg) Iliza Shlesinger — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Iliza_Shlesinger_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Iliza_Shlesinger_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![121213-N-OY799-357 ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 13, 2012) - Comedian Iliza Shlesinger performs a comedy routine for Sailors of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C](https://film.one/media/person/654384/gallery-74b28d17ddb7.jpg) 121213-N-OY799-357 ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 13, 2012) - Comedian Iliza Shlesinger performs a comedy routine for Sailors of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C — Kenneth Abbate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Iliza_Shlesinger_USO_tour_USS_John_C._Stennis_%28CVN_74%29_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Comedian Iliza Shlesinger performs during her United Service Organizations tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 20, 2023. Shlesinger’s tour across Japan has inc](https://film.one/media/person/654384/gallery-926f2a2f9ae0.jpg) Comedian Iliza Shlesinger performs during her United Service Organizations tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 20, 2023. Shlesinger’s tour across Japan has inc — Manuel G. Zamora, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Iliza_Shlesinger_USO_tour_Yokota_Air_Base_2023.jpg/1280px-Iliza_Shlesinger_USO_tour_Yokota_Air_Base_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Iliza Shlesinger](https://film.one/media/person/654384/gallery-0f9701e3a492.jpg) Iliza Shlesinger — Image via TMDB

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