Megan Stalter

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Megan Stalter
Born1990 (age 31–32)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Medium
  • Television
  • internet
Years active2018–present
Genres

Megan Stalter (born 1990)[1] is an American comedian. In her videos, Stalter specializes in desperate, deluded characters who are prone to theatricality, frequent mispronunciations, and botched suicide attempts.[1][2] "I feel like all my characters are people whose lives didn't turn out a certain way, but they're still trying to pretend like it did," Stalter has said.[2] In 2019, she joined the cast and writing staff of the reboot of The National Lampoon Radio Hour.[3] She is also the host of the webseries The Megan Stalter Show and the Forever Dog podcast Confronting Demons with Megan Stalter.

Early life[]

Stalter was born in Cleveland, where she lived until the age of 12. She then moved around with her family, and lived in Dayton, Huber Heights and Centerville, Ohio. She was raised in the Pentecostal Church.[4] Stalter attended Wayne High School, where she was part of the drama club, and tried out for every play, but never got the lead. After graduating from high school, Stalter attended Sinclair Community College and later Wright State University, but left to try acting again. She began doing sketch and improvisational comedy in Dayton and moved to Chicago soon after to do comedy full time.[5] Stalter often collaborates with her brother Nick and his wife Destiny.[6][7]

Career[]

In 2019, Stalter moved to New York and got a manager.[8] New York magazine named Stalter one of the "comedians you should and will know in 2019," and in 2020 The New York Times critic Jason Zinoman declared her "sketch comedy's newest star," writing, "In the constantly shifting ecosystem of young performers on Twitter and Instagram, the most vital voice to emerge during this anxious, isolating moment is that of Meg Stalter."[1][9]

She is the voice of Bonnie Davis in the Paramount+ original series Tooning Out the News and plays Kayla in the HBO Max comedy Hacks.

Personal life[]

Stalter now lives in Los Angeles. She is openly bisexual.[10]

Credits[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Star-Crossed: The Film Heist Gear Driver

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2020–present Tooning Out the News Bonnie Davis (voice) 31 episodes
2021–present Hacks Kayla 4 episodes
2021 Yearly Departed Self Comedy special

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Zinoman, Jason. "Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star," The New York Times 29 Mar. 2020.
  2. ^ a b Gillespie, Katherine. She started doing improv in her early 20s in Ohio. “I was really, really bad. There was a man at the theater in Ohio who asked me to stop being in the show,” says Stalter, “Ohio was pretty rough.” After a year, she moved to Chicago where she started to find her way in comedy.https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2019/12/04/29-year-old-megan-stalter-isnt-afraid-to-beg/#35b7c2843c7a"Megan Stalter: Faking It 'Til She Makes It," Paper 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ Wright, Megh. "The National Lampoon Radio Hour to Feature All Your Favorite Comedy Babies," Vulture.com 19 Sept. 2019.
  4. ^ Tartasky, Alexandra (April 19, 2021). "Megan Stalter On Panera Bread and Pivoting". Cultured Mag. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Varias, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Megan Stalter, Dayton Comedian, returns home for pandemic videos". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Garron, Taylor. "Meg Stalter Thinks the Villain From The Mask Is Hot," Vulture.com 20 Sept. 2019.
  7. ^ Escandon, Rosa. "29-Year-Old Megan Stalter Isn’t Afraid To Beg," Forbes 4 Dec. 2019.
  8. ^ Varias, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Megan Stalter, Dayton Comedian, returns home for pandemic videos". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  9. ^ Kroeger, Jake, and Anne Victoria Clark. "The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019," Vulture.com 29 Oct. 2019.
  10. ^ "20 LGBTQ+ Entertainers Who Made the Out100". www.out.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-02.

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