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Ilana Glazer
Ilana Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and activist. They have received various accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Glazer started their career in improv comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Glazer co-created and starred the Comedy Central series Broad City (2014–2019) with Abbi Jacobson. The series was based on the web series of the same name which ran from 2009 to 2011. They were twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the series.
Glazer wrote, produced and starred in the horror film False Positive (2021) and the comedy Babes (2024). Glazer also had a leading role in the black comedy Rough Night (2017), and has released two stand-up specials, The Planet Is Burning (2020) and Human Magic (2025).
On stage, Glazer made their Broadway acting debut in the George Clooney play Good Night, and Good Luck (2025). They previously won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for A Strange Loop (2022).
Ilana Glazer was born on April 12, 1987 in New York City, the child of Sandi and Larry Glazer, who both work in insurance and finance. They grew up in a Reform Jewish family in St. James, New York, on Long Island and are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Their brother, Eliot Glazer, is a producer, writer, and actor with whom they have worked on shows like The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Broad City where he plays their brother.
Glazer graduated from New York University in 2009, majoring in psychology.
Glazer began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2006, and performed around New York City doing improv and stand-up for the next several years.
In 2009, along with co-creator Abbi Jacobson, Glazer began shooting Broad City, a web series starring the two as fictionalized versions of themselves. The series was nominated for an ECNY Award for 'Best Web Series' and was positively received, garnering attention from major media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. The series, which ran from 2009 to 2011,caught the attention of Amy Poehler, who subsequently met with Glazer and Jacobson to help them shop a pilot script based on the series. Poehler also agreed to star in the web series finale. In 2011, cable network FX, working with Poehler as the producer, purchased a script commitment for the series from Glazer and Jacobson. However, the network did not approve the script and decided not to proceed with development. Glazer and Jacobson then approached Comedy Central, who agreed to purchase the script from FX and order a pilot.
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Ilana Glazer
Ilana Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and activist. They have received various accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Glazer started their career in improv comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Glazer co-created and starred the Comedy Central series Broad City (2014–2019) with Abbi Jacobson. The series was based on the web series of the same name which ran from 2009 to 2011. They were twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the series.
Glazer wrote, produced and starred in the horror film False Positive (2021) and the comedy Babes (2024). Glazer also had a leading role in the black comedy Rough Night (2017), and has released two stand-up specials, The Planet Is Burning (2020) and Human Magic (2025).
On stage, Glazer made their Broadway acting debut in the George Clooney play Good Night, and Good Luck (2025). They previously won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for A Strange Loop (2022).
Ilana Glazer was born on April 12, 1987 in New York City, the child of Sandi and Larry Glazer, who both work in insurance and finance. They grew up in a Reform Jewish family in St. James, New York, on Long Island and are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Their brother, Eliot Glazer, is a producer, writer, and actor with whom they have worked on shows like The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Broad City where he plays their brother.
Glazer graduated from New York University in 2009, majoring in psychology.
Glazer began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2006, and performed around New York City doing improv and stand-up for the next several years.
In 2009, along with co-creator Abbi Jacobson, Glazer began shooting Broad City, a web series starring the two as fictionalized versions of themselves. The series was nominated for an ECNY Award for 'Best Web Series' and was positively received, garnering attention from major media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. The series, which ran from 2009 to 2011,caught the attention of Amy Poehler, who subsequently met with Glazer and Jacobson to help them shop a pilot script based on the series. Poehler also agreed to star in the web series finale. In 2011, cable network FX, working with Poehler as the producer, purchased a script commitment for the series from Glazer and Jacobson. However, the network did not approve the script and decided not to proceed with development. Glazer and Jacobson then approached Comedy Central, who agreed to purchase the script from FX and order a pilot.