Nikki Glaser Biography

Nikki Glaser is an American stand-up comedian, podcast host, and television host. She was the host of the television series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, which premiered on Comedy Central and Much on February 9, 2016.

Early life

Glaser was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Julie E. (ne Burke) and Edward J. Glaser. She has German and Irish ancestry. Glaser spent most of her childhood in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Kirkwood High School, attended the University of Kansas, and graduated with a degree in English Literature.

Career

Stand-up comedy

Glaser started performing stand-up at the age of 18. Since then, Glaser has performed stand-up on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, and two seasons of Last Comic Standing.

Podcast and radio

From 2011-2014, Glaser hosted a podcast with comedian Sara Schaefer called You Had To Be There.

In March 2015, Glaser appeared on Giant Bomb's life advice podcast, Danswers, talking about subjects such as her experience with co-host Dan Ryckert at college.

Glaser co-hosted the podcast We Know Nothing with comedian Phil Hanley and roommate/musician Anya Marina. We Know Nothing is a humorous relationship-based podcast that takes calls from listeners and attempts to give them love advice. In 2015, she left the podcast after she determined that it was interfering with her personal relationships.

From January to October 2016, she hosted the companion podcast to her Comedy Central show "Not Safe" with Dan St. Germain and Brian Frange. Each episode they discussed sex and relationship issues as well as apples.

In February 2018, she began hosting You Up? With Nikki Glaser, a daily radio show on Sirius XM.

Television

Nikki & Sara Live, a weekly television series hosted by Glaser and Schaefer, premiered on January 29, 2013, on MTV. The show was canceled on October 29, 2013, after two seasons.

Glaser has also appeared on MTV shows such as Money from Strangers, Awkward. After Show. You're Welcome., and Failosophy.

On June 2, 2015, Comedy Central greenlit a sex-themed talk show hosted by Glaser, titled Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. The show premiered on February 9, 2016. Not Safe with Nikki Glaser is now shown in the UK on 4Music. The show was cancelled in November 2016.

On September 5, 2016, Glaser appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe as a Roaster. She appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis on July 28, 2018.

On September 12, 2018, Glaser was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner is Gleb Savchenko.

Film

Glaser played a small role in Henry Phillips' 2009 film Punching the Clown. She also appeared as herself in Jordan Brady's documentary I Am Comic, and its sequel, I Am Road Comic.

Glaser had a role in the Judd Apatow-directed film Trainwreck (2015).

Personal life

Glaser has voiced opinions on rape culture, following the Brock Turner case, suggesting Judge Aaron Persky, who handed down Turner's sentence, should be a synonym for rape apologist.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Herself
	Punching the Clown	Olympia
	It's On with Alexa Chung	Herself
2010	I Am Comic	Herself
2011-12	Red Eye	Panelist	Has appeared on two episodes
2012	Awkward. After Show. You're Welcome.	Host	Co-hosted with Sara Schaefer
2013	Nikki & Sara Live	Host/Creator	Co-hosted and co-created with Sara Schaefer
	Conan	Herself
	Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell	Guest
	Last Call with Carson Daly	Guest
	The Half Hour	Herself	Season 2 Episode 2: Stand-up comedy set
	Inside Amy Schumer	Amanda	Episode 3: A Porn Star Is Born
	Women Who Kill	Herself
2013-17	@midnight	Herself	Has appeared in twenty episodes.
2014	Big Morning Buzz Live	Herself
	Adam DeVine's House Party	Herself	Season 2 Episode 7: Marriage Material
	I Am Road Comic	Herself
2015	The View	Guest co-host
	VH1 Top 20 Countdown	Guest co-host
	Trainwreck	Lisa
2016	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Herself
	Not Safe with Nikki Glaser	Herself/Host
	Nikki Glaser's Perfect	Herself
	Conan	Guest
	And Punching the Clown	Claire the Bartender
	Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe	Herself/roaster	Television special
2017	The Standups	Herself
	Adam Ruins Everything	Sallie Mae	Episode: Adam Ruins College
2018	A.P. Bio	Chloe from Baltimore
	Alone Together	Annette	Episode: Property Management
	The Comedy Central Roast	Herself	Episode: "Bruce Willis"?
	Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle	Judge