Taylor Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian. She’s set to host a new show on CBS. She’s going to be the only female late-night host in the US.
Let’s find out more about the actress!
- Her full name is Taylor Elyse Tomlinson.
- She was born November 4, 1993.
- Her zodiac sign is Scorpio.
- Taylor Elyse Tomlinson was born in Orange County, California.
- Taylor Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian.
- She has released two Netflix stand-up specials called Quarter-Life Crisis (2020) and Look At You (2022).
- She was raised in Temecula, California.
- She graduated from Temecula Valley High School.
- She briefly attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
- She was then transferred to a community college in the San Diego metropolitan area to be closer to comedy clubs for her career.
- She then attended California State University San Marcos before dropping out to pursue her budding comedy career full time.
- She and her three younger siblings were raised in a devout Christian family, which features prominently in her comedy routines.
- When she was eight years old, her mother died of cancer.
- Her father remarried a year later.
- She will be the host of the upcoming CBS late night talk show After Midnight which is scheduled to premiere in early 2024.
- Taylor Tomlinson began performing comedy when she was 16, after her father signed her up for a stand-up class.
- She performed in church basements, school venues, and coffee shops.
- She became a top 10 finalist on the ninth season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2015.
- She was named one of the «Top 10 Comics to Watch» by Variety at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival.
- She has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan, and various Comedy Central productions.
- She developed a sitcom for ABC in 2017, but it was not picked up for a pilot.
- She performed a 15-minute set on an episode of the Netflix stand-up series The Comedy Lineup in 2018.
- Tomlinson’s first Netflix stand-up special, Quarter-Life Crisis, premiered in March 2020.
- Later that year, she toured with fellow comedian Whitney Cummings on the Codependent Tour.
- She was also part of the podcast Self-Helpless with fellow comedians Kelsey Cook and Delanie Fischer that year.
- In 2021, she started her own podcast called Sad in the City.
- She was placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in December 2021.
- Her second Netflix stand-up special, Look At You, premiered in March 2022.
- On November 1, 2023, she was announced as the host of the CBS late night program, After Midnight, premiering in early 2024.
- Tomlinson has been very successful using TikTok, making her the seventh most followed female comedian on the platform in 2022.
- Her popularity helped her acquire a sponsorship from Hotels.com, which she promotes on TikTok.
- In 2021, Tomlinson began hosting a video podcast, distributed on YouTube, titled Sad in the City.
- Tomlinson has said her two biggest comedy influences are Brian Regan and Maria Bamford.
- She’s also gone on to say Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Conan O’Brien, Bert Kreischer, and John Mulaney are people she idolizes.
- Tomlinson said in her stand-up special, Look at You, that she was once engaged, but called it off, before taping her first special.
- Her stand-up material references her experiences of mental health issues including depression.
- In Look at You she discusses being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
- Tomlinson was in a relationship with fellow comedian Sam Morril from March 2020 to February 2022.
- Her favourite actress is SEmma Thompson.
- She supports the Comedy Gives Back movement in which comedians come together to help disadvantaged people.
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