Megan Stalter

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.{{cite web |last=Tartasky|first=Alexandra |title=Megan Stalter On Panera Bread and Pivoting|url=https://www.culturedmag.com/megan-stalter/ |work=Cultured Mag |date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=May 17, 2021}} 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.{{cite web |last=Varias|first=Chris |title=Megan Stalter, Dayton Comedian, returns home for pandemic videos|url=https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2020/11/05/megan-stalter-dayton-comedian-returns-home-pandemic-videos/6173975002/|work=Cincinnati Enquirer|date=November 5, 2020|access-date=May 17, 2021}} Stalter often collaborates with her brother Nick and his wife Destiny.Garron, Taylor. [https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/meg-stalter-best-up-and-coming-comedian.html "Meg Stalter Thinks the Villain From The Mask Is Hot,"] Vulture.com September 20, 2019.Escandon, Rosa. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2019/12/04/29-year-old-megan-stalter-isnt-afraid-to-beg/ "29-Year-Old Megan Stalter Isn't Afraid To Beg,"] Forbes December 4, 2019.

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 right." After a year, she moved to Chicago where she started to find her way in comedy. {{Cite magazine |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Meg Stalter, Uninterrupted |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/a33959638/meg-stalter-interview/ |access-date=August 22, 2023 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}} She also started posting videos online in 2018, on what would become The Megan Stalter show. In 2019, Stalter moved to New York and got a manager. She quickly made a name for herself in the "alt-comedy scene", often performing more than three nights a week around Brooklyn.{{Cite web |last= |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Megan Stalter always knew she was 'special.' The rest of us are catching up |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-05-18/megan-stalter-hacks-hbo-max-kayla |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} 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."Kroeger, Jake, and Anne Victoria Clark. [https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/best-new-up-and-coming-comedians-to-watch-in-2019.html "The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019,"] Vulture.com October 29, 2019. During the pandemic, she improvised as different characters on nightly shows on Instagram Live, which raised her profile rapidly. The Los Angeles Times compared Stalter to other self-distributed comedians such as Cole Escola and Ziwe.

In 2019, she joined the cast and writing staff of the reboot of The National Lampoon Radio Hour.Wright, Megh. [https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/national-lampoon-radio-hour-podcast-cast-writers.html "The National Lampoon Radio Hour to Feature All Your Favorite Comedy Babies,"] Vulture.com 19 Sept. 2019. She is also the host of the webseries The Megan Stalter Show and the Forever Dog podcast Confronting Demons with Megan Stalter. 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. The Los Angeles Times called the latter role, as a "clueless Hollywood assistant brimming with self-assurance yet utterly lacking self-awareness," her breakout role. In 2023, she joined the cast of the film The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, playing park ranger Lisa, alongside X Mayo.{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Please Don't Destroy gets a bigger canvas for the same shtick in 'The Treasure of Foggy Mountain' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/entertainment/please-dont-destroy-the-treasure-of-foggy-mountain-review/index.html |access-date=November 18, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Citation |last=Briganti |first=Paul |title=Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain |date=November 17, 2023 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21335356/ |type=Comedy |access-date=November 18, 2023 |others=Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Ben Marshall |publisher=Apatow Productions, Mosaic, Talent One}} {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/lena-dunham-netflix-megan-stalter-will-sharpe-1235829637/|title=Lena Dunham Sets Netflix Rom-Com Series 'Too Much' Starring Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe (Exclusive)|date=December 11, 2023 |publisher=Deadline}}

Stalter lives in Los Angeles. She is bisexual.{{Cite web|date=November 2, 2021|title=20 LGBTQ+ Entertainers Who Made the Out100|url=https://www.out.com/print/2021/11/02/20-lgbtq-entertainers-who-made-out100|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=out.com|language=en}}

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