Ilana Glazer Biography

Ilana Glazer (born April 12 1987) is an American comedian writer and actress. She is best known for co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central series Broad City with Abbi Jacobson based on the web series of the same name.
Glazer is the daughter of Sandi (née Wexler) and Larry Glazer who both work in insurance and finance. She grew up in St. James New York with her brother Eliot and was raised in a Reform Jewish household. 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 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.

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