| Ophira Eisenberg | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Medium | Stand-up, film, TV, radio |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | Jonathan Baylis |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | ophiraeisenberg |
Ophira Eisenberg (born 1972) is a Canadian American comedian, writer, and actress. She is from Calgary, Alberta.[1] She has been living in New York City since 2001 and obtained American citizenship in April 2021.[2][3]
Eisenberg hosted the weekly NPR and WNYC trivia, puzzle, and game show Ask Me Another,[4] with the "one-man house band" Jonathan Coulton. In 2013, she appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[5] She also appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend[6] and Fresh Faces of Comedy, as well as VH-1's Best Week Ever[7] All Access,[8] the E! Channel, the Oxygen Network, the Discovery Channel, TV Guide Channel's Standup in Stilettos, and the AXS Network.
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Career
Stand-up comedy and storytelling
Eisenberg performs regularly in New York City.[1][9] She frequently hosts and tours with The Moth,[1] a storytelling show, and is featured on one of their Audience Favorites CDs.
She was featured in the New York Times' "Telling Tales With a Tear and a Smile,"[10] New York magazine's "Ten New Comedians That Funny People Find Funny",[11] New York Post's "The 50 Best Bits That Crack Up Pro Comics",[12] selected by Backstage magazine as one of "10 Standout Stand Ups Worth Watching" in their Spotlight on Comedy Issue, and hailed as a "Highly Recommended Favorite" by Time Out New York magazine. She was a MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Finalist for Best Female Comic in 2009.[13]
Writing
Her debut memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy was released 2 April 2013.[14] She has also been featured in a number of anthology books, including: I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics alongside Dennis Miller, Joan Rivers, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld;[15] Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled;[16] and Heeb Magazine's Sex, Drugs and Gefilte Fish (2010).[17]
Acting
Her acting credits include The Overlookers (winner of Best Picture at the Canadian Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival), Showtime's Queer as Folk, and CBS's The Guardian. She was also in the original Toronto Fringe production of The Drowsy Chaperone in 1999,[18] which later became a Tony Award-winning Broadway show.[citation needed]
Personal life
Eisenberg lives in an apartment in Brooklyn, New York City, with her husband, Jonathan Baylis (a writer-producer-editor and comic creator of So Buttons Comix) and their son Lucas.[19] She is Jewish and a breast cancer survivor.[20]
References
- ^ a b c Kane, Michael (24 March 2007). "Talk of the Town: Raconteurs Take Stage in Story Series The Moth". New York Post.
- ^ "Ophira Eisenberg". Q.E.D. – A Place to Show & Tell. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Check-In: American Citizen Ophira Eisenberg". NPR.org.
- ^ "Ophira Eisenberg: NPR". NPR. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Ending". Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Premium Blend episode dated 17 November 2004 (TV Episode 2004) – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Bio". OphiraEisenberg.com. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Biography of Ophira Eisenberg for Appearances, Speaking Engagements". allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Eisenberg, Ophira. (5 September 2009). Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad. Chicago, Illinois.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Zinoman, Jason. (4 April 2012). "Telling Tales With a Tear and a Smile". The New York Times.
- ^ Sternbergh, Adam (22 March 2009). "Ten New Comedians That Funny People Find Funny". New York Magazine.
- ^ "Wild Jokers: America's Best Comics Tell The Post The 50 Funniest Jokes They Know". New York Post. 29 March 2009.
- ^ "2009 MAC Awards Nominees and Winners – Manhattan Association of Cabarets". Manhattan Association of Cabarets. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Eisenberg, Ophira (26 March 2013). Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy. Seal Press. ISBN 978-1-58005-439-3.
- ^ Shydner, Ritch; Schiff, Mark (2007). I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-38229-0.
- ^ "Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Canceled « Ophira Eisenberg". ophiraeisenberg.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Express (21 October 2009). "Oy, Yeah! Shana Liebman, 'Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: A Heeb Storytelling Collection'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Ophira Eisenberg profile". BroadwayWorld.com.
- ^ Kaufman, Joanne (4 April 2014). "Ophira Eisenberg's Walk-Up Cave". The New York Times.
- ^ Stroud, Court. "Happiness? NPR Host Ophira Eisenberg Thinks There Are Better Choices". Forbes. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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This page was last edited on 20 January 2024, at 09:52