Aisha Tyler born September 18, 1970 is an American talk show host, actress, comedian, author, producer, writer, and director. She is known for portraying Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, voicing Lana Kane in Archer, and portraying Mother Nature in the Santa Clause film series, as well as recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup.
Graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Environmental Policy.
Moved to Los Angeles from native San Francisco in 1996.
Minored in environmental policy at Dartmouth College. Fellow Dartmouth student was Connie Britton.
Her parents divorced when she was 10, and she and her sister were raised by their father, Jim Tyler.
Is a stand-up comedienne.
Named #72 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
Was featured as #61 in Maxim Magazines "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement.
Raised in a strict veggie home.
Worked with Scott Rockett while performing at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood. They also were both working at E! Entertainment Television at the same time, she was the the host of "Talk Soup" , and he was a producer on "E! True Hollywood Story" .
She is a regular contributor to Glamour and Jane magazines.
Also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Childhelp USA charity.
She is of both African American and Native American descent.
Has her own podcast called "Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler" and regularly invites comedian friends to be guests.
Tearfully admitted on "The Talk" that after many years of trying, she and her husband Jeff Tietjens have stopped trying to conceive a child.
Appeared in the music video, for the song "Tacky", by Weird Al Yankovic.
Attended high school in San Francisco with Sam Rockwell.
Shit will blow up.
Stick your finger in the hole.
I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
People challenge my nerd cred all the time. I just show them the photo of me winning my middle-school science fair, wearing my Casio calculator watch and eyeglasses so big they look like they can see the future.
For a little while, my mom was a school teacher. And I went to the school that she taught.
The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.
Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
Bravery is the engine of change.
My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.
