Natasha Leggero

Early life and education

Leggero was born on March 26, 1974 in Rockford, Illinois and is of Italian and Swedish descent. She grew up Roman Catholic but converted to Judaism as an adult.

Commenting on her childhood, Leggero said, "I would say 'we were' lower-middle-class, but I feel like my mom would start crying if she heard that. But my dad was a used-car dealer, and my mother worked in a locksmith shop as the bookkeeper. Then they got divorced, and I do remember, like, nuns bringing us food—like big canned goods... we didn't really go on vacation — ever... I had so many jobs growing up: I mowed lawns; I worked at a grocery store; I had two newspaper routes; I worked at a catering place... I definitely hustled."

Leggero began performing at age 10 in plays at the New American Theatre. She attended Rockford East High School and worked at a grocery store as a teenager. After graduating from high school, she attended Illinois State University on a scholarship where she studied for two years and spent a semester studying abroad in England. She had three jobs while overseas including a job at a pub. While at Illinois State, Leggero auditioned for the Stella Adler Conservatory in Chicago and was accepted into the theater program. She planned to go to Juilliard School. She then went to New York City to attend the conservatory, studying for two years and living in a rent-controlled apartment. She worked at the Whiskey Bar. In 1996, she moved to Sydney, Australia with her then-boyfriend, who nicknamed her "Weiner" and lived there for eight months before returning to New York.

Leggero graduated in 2000 from Hunter College with a B.A. in theater criticism. She said that she paid for her own tuition, and it took nine years for her to finish college. She moved to Los Angeles shortly before the September 11 attacks; she still had her apartment but did not return.

Career

Leggero shot an unaired pilot called The Strip for NBC with Tom Lennon and Ben Garant. Along with Andy Kindler and Greg Giraldo, she was a judge on the 2010 season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, which was hosted by Craig Robinson. She played the role of Emma in NBC's 2011 sitcom Free Agents. From 2010 to January 2012, she co-hosted The Lavender Hour podcast with comedian Duncan Trussell. From 2010 to 2012, she voiced Callie Maggotbone on the animated series Ugly Americans. In 2012, she also appeared in six episodes of NBC's Are You There, Chelsea? as Nikki, who was Rick's (the bar manager's) ex-girlfriend. Leggero was featured in every first-season episode, starting with the second episode "Sloane's Ex". She played the sex-obsessed Haley in the web series Burning Love, a spoof of the TV series The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. In 2013, Leggero appeared in an episode of the Drunk History television series on Comedy Central.

On September 2, 2013, Leggero participated in the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco as one of the roasters. The next day, Brickleberry premiered its second season. She voiced the park ranger Ethel in place of Kaitlin Olson, who only featured in the first season. Tubbin' with Tash debuted on October 2, 2013, on Leggero's YouTube channel. The premise of the show is Leggero interviewing guests while in a hot tub. In August 2015, she debuted her Comedy Central standup special, Live at Bimbo's (originally entitled Diamond P__), which was filmed in San Francisco. In 2015, Leggero and Riki Lindhome created the Comedy Central series Another Period, which they also starred in together. The series premiered on June 23, 2015, and was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 15, 2016. On May 23, 2016, it was renewed for a third season, which aired in 2018. In 2016 and 2017, Leggero and husband Moshe Kasher embarked on The Honeymoon Tour, in which they performed stand-up shows and provided humorous relationship advice throughout the United States.

Leggero cohosts Rat in the Kitchen on TBS, which premiered on March 31, 2022. Her first book The World Deserves My Children, a collection of essays on motherhood in a post-apocalyptic world, was published by Gallery Books on November 15, 2022.

Comedic style

Leggero's comedy has been characterized as observational, with frequent commentary on celebrity culture and class. Her approach to standup has been noted for its heavy use of persona, which largely relies on costumes and "an air of mock-refinement and elitism." Maggie Lange of GQ noted:

On January 20, 2024, Leggero surprised an audience at The Improv in Los Angeles, when she flashed the crowd to impersonate comedian Bert Kreischer after his act.

Personal life

Between 2011 and 2012, Leggero dated comedian Duncan Trussell, with whom she co-hosted the podcast, The Lavender Hour.

In 2015 Leggero and Moshe Kasher bought a home in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. She married Kasher the same year. During an October 3, 2017 interview with Stephen Colbert, Leggero announced that she and Kasher were expecting their first child. On February 24, 2018, on Instagram, Leggero announced the birth of their daughter via c-section.

Works

Stand-up comedy

Talk shows

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

Notes

References

References

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