Ilana Glazer

Ilana Glazer is an American performer whose work spans stand-up comedy, acting, writing, producing and directing. Born in New York City, in 2006 they took their first improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and spent several years performing around the city. With Abbi Jacobson, Glazer co-created and starred in the Comedy Central show Broad City (2014) and earned two nominations from the Critics' Choice Television Awards for their performance in a comedy series. Glazer's films include The Night Before (2015), the black comedy Rough Night (2017), the horror film False Positive (2021), which they co-wrote, produced and starred in, and Babes (2024), which they co-wrote and starred in. They also released two stand-up specials, Human Magic and The Planet Is Burning (2020), appeared in The Afterparty, won a Tony Award as a producer of A Strange Loop (2022), and made their Broadway acting debut in Good Night, and Good Luck (2025).